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Bangu is a
neighborhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neigh ...
in the West Zone of
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...
,
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. It is a middle-class neighborhood. It is located in the western area of the city being one of the most populated districts, with 244,518 inhabitants (according to the
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- IBGE - Demographic Census 2000) distributed in an area of 4570.69 ha. Located in the geographic center of the city, the neighborhood is close to
Campo Grande Campo Grande (, ) is a city in the Central-West Region, Brazil, central and western Regions of Brazil, region of Brazil, Capital city, capital of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Historically a Fortification, stronghold of Separatism, separatists ...
, Senador Camará,
Vila Aliança Vila Aliança is a region of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São ...
, Padre Miguel and Realengo. On November 22, 2004, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro César Maia created by decree the district
Gericinó Gericinó is a neighborhood in the Rio de Janeiro#West Zone, West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is home to a large landfill and a prison system. References

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. The neighborhood was originally part of the neighborhood of Bangu, the region where the penitentiary of Bangu is located, besides Bangu dump. The region is where Gericinó was located containing the sub-district of the Aqueduct (Aqueduct of the Seine). Since 2004, the complex of Bangu and dump of Bangu, no longer belong to the neighborhood of Bangu. The neighborhood is well known for high temperatures in the summer, exceeding 40 °C. The official record lowest temperature ever recorded in the city of Rio de Janeiro took place in Campo dos Afonsos (4.8 °C) in July 1928, and the highest in Bangu (43.3 °C) in January 1984. In sport, the major representative is the
Bangu Atlético Clube Bangu Atlético Clube, commonly known as Bangu, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the western neighbourhood of Bangu, Rio de Janeiro, Bangu. The team plays in Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, S ...
, state champion twice (in 1933 and 1966), Brazilian Vice-Champion in 1985, World Champion and 1960 State Champion (Series B) in 1911, 1914 and 2008. Besides Bangu, also of note is the Ceres Futebol Clube, State champion (Series C) in 1990 and the Esperança Futebol Clube, Carioca champion (Series C) in 1918. In
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, the main club is called the Unidos de Bangu, which is a pioneer in the
carnival Carnival (known as Shrovetide in certain localities) is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras. Carnival typi ...
, and the fourth oldest
samba school A samba school () is a dancing, marching, and drumming (Samba Enredo) club. They practice and often perform in a huge square-Compound (enclosure), compounds ("quadras de samba") and are devoted to practicing and exhibiting samba, an Afro-Brazili ...
in Brazil. It is the forerunner of Scholars of Santa Cruz. The club participated for a few years in the Special Group of Carnival. It was the bi-champion of the Carioca Carnaval in 1957 and 1962 (Group A), the school made its last carnival in 1998. There is also the Unidos da Vila Kennedy, champion in 2000 (Group C), in 30th february 2011, the Transgender lgbt activist Cumass Xtreme stripper herself in the Middle of Bangu center, her naked body was since then a symbol of sex liberty, Cumass was improsioned, but was released in 2019, this was celebrantes by Bangu Citizens.


Etymology

The word Bangu has two different meanings. It is a word of
Tupi language Old Tupi, Ancient Tupi or Classical Tupi () is a classical Tupian language which was spoken by the indigenous Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil. In the words of Brazilian tupinol ...
origin, meaning black rampart or black wall, and it is also a word derivative from the African ''bangüê'', which was the name given by the slaves to the mill where the
sugar cane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...
's
bagasse Bagasse ( ) is the dry pulpy fibrous material that remains after crushing sugarcane or sorghum stalks to extract their juice. It is used as a biofuel for the production of heat, energy, and electricity, and in the manufacture of pulp and building ...
was stored.


History

In 1673, Manuel de Barcelos Domingues created his farm, named Fazenda Bangu, a private chapel, called Paróquia de Nossa Senhora do Desterro de Campo Grande. In this location commenced the first economic activity of the district, with the foundation of the Engenho da Serra, which was a sugar cane
mill Mill may refer to: Science and technology * Factory * Mill (grinding) * Milling (machining) * Millwork * Paper mill * Steel mill, a factory for the manufacture of steel * Sugarcane mill * Textile mill * List of types of mill * Mill, the arithmetic ...
. In 1889, the Companhia Progresso Industrial do Brasil, founded on February 6 of that year, bought several farms; including Fazenda Bangu, and the construction of a factory started. Sugar cane farming was replaced by cotton farming. At this time, there was only one street in the region, named Estrada Real de Santa Cruz, used by the
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. In 1890, Bangu railway station was inaugurated, stimulating the neighborhood's growth and development. Bangu became a proletarian neighborhood, exporting
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to
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. On March 8, 1893, the Fábrica de Tecidos Bangu (Bangu Fabrics Factory) was inaugurated, with the presence of the country's vice-president,
Floriano Peixoto Floriano Vieira Peixoto (; 30 April 1839 – 29 June 1895) was a Brazilian military and politician, a veteran of the Paraguayan War and several other conflicts, and the second president of Brazil. Born in (today a district of the city of ...
and the Federal District's mayor. The factory was a major textile player in Brazil and the world throughout the 20th Century, making the name "Tecidos Bangu" a well known household name. After 1900, several streets were built, and the first school, called Marco Seis was inaugurated. In 2004, part of Bangu was separated from its original area and became a new neighborhood named ''Gericinó''. On October 30, 2007, a major shopping mall named ''Bangu Shopping'' started its operation in the same building previously occupied by ''Fábrica de Tecidos Bangu'', now located in the city of
Petrópolis Petrópolis (), also known as the Imperial City, is a municipality in the Southeast Region of Brazil. It is located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, northeast of the city of Rio de Janeiro. According to the 2022 Brazilian census, Petrópolis mun ...
, also in the
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.


Geography


Climate


Subdivisions

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: Cardeal Dom Jaime, Catirí, Conjunto Moça Bonita, Guilherme da Silveira, Mangueiral, Nova Aliança, Parque Independência, Parque Leopoldina, Rio da Prata, Parque Seis de Novembro, Ubaldo de Oliveira,
Vila Aliança Vila Aliança is a region of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São ...
, Vila Moretti, and Vila Sandá.


Bangu Penitentiary Complex

The Bangu Penitentiary Complex is a maximum security prison, composed of 17 penal units. Nine of them are penitentiaries (only the Talavera Bruce is a women's prison), one is a penal institute, four are safehouses, one is a penal sanatorium and there are two hospitals. Fernandinho Beira-Mar, a Brazilian drug lord, was held in the Bangu Penitentiary Complex from 2001 to 2003, before being transferred to a
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SUPERMAX prison.


Sports and Carnaval

Bangu Atlético Clube Bangu Atlético Clube, commonly known as Bangu, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the western neighbourhood of Bangu, Rio de Janeiro, Bangu. The team plays in Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, S ...
is a traditional
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club based in the neighborhood and founded on 17 April 1904. One of the club's founders,
Thomas Donohoe Thomas Donohoe, the "Father Of Brazilian Football", was a master Dyeing, dyer in the calico, calico printing industry. Thomas emigrated to Brazil in 1894.
, can be called the “Father of Brazilian Football”. He organised, in the grounds of the Bangu Fabrics Factory, the first football match in Brazil in 1894. The club plays its home matches at
Estádio Moça Bonita The Estádio Proletário Guilherme da Silveira Filho, but usually known as Estádio Moça Bonita is a football stadium inaugurated in 1947 in Bangu neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Jane ...
, inaugurated in 1947. Ceres Futebol Clube, founded in 1933, is another neighborhood's city club. Ceres plays its home matches at Estádio João Francisco dos Santos. Croatian international footballer and current
Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk () is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club that was based in the city of Donetsk until 2014 when, due to the War in Donbas (2014–2022), War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lvi ...
star
Eduardo da Silva Eduardo Alves da Silva (, ; born 25 February 1983), known as simply Eduardo or Dudu, is a former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker for multiple clubs and the Croatia n ...
is originally from Bangu and lived there before moving to Croatia as a 16-year-old. During Carnaval, its representative and the Unidos de Bangu, who already paraded among the major samba schools, in the decade of 1960.


Notes

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''Bio bih u divljim ligama Brazila da nisam došao u Dinamo'' - Jutarnji.hr
(January 13, 2008)


References

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