Campo Grande is the largest neighborhood 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 ...

. Campo Grande has a population of 328,370 inhabitants and an area of , on both counts Rio's largest. It is situated 50

kilometers The kilometre ( SI symbol: km; or ), spelt kilometer in American and Philippine English, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousand metres (kilo- being the SI prefix for ). It is the preferred measu ...

(31 miles) away from Downtown Rio. The Campo Grande neighborhood is the headquarters of the administrative region of Campo Grande, which includes the neighborhoods of Campo Grande, Inhoaíba, Senador Vasconcelos and Santíssimo. Its occupation dates back to

November 17 Events Pre-1600 * 887 – Emperor Charles the Fat is deposed by the Frankish magnates in an assembly at Frankfurt, leading his nephew, Arnulf of Carinthia, to declare himself king of the East Frankish Kingdom in late November. * 1183 &nd ...

1603 Events January–March * January 24 – Anglo-Spanish War: English Admiral Christopher Newport leads an unsuccessful attempt to take the Spanish-controlled Caribbean island of Jamaica, where he was attempting to pillage the area t ...

, mainly due to the numerous Jesuit works in the region.

History

Campo Grande, which in the early 1940s was considered the "Empire of the Orange", grew along with the settlement of Brazil. The valley, which begins in the Rio da Prata and ends in Cabuçu, was inhabited by Picinguabas and granted by the Portuguese Crown to Barcelos Domingos. In 1673, Domingos built the chapel of Our Lady of the Exile, which later became the

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...

of Campo Grande. Near the church was a well also called Our Lady of the Exile, which provided water to the local population. The region began to grow in 1878 with the inauguration of the Campo Grande railway station, connected to the

Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil The Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil was one of the principal railways of Brazil, uniting the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais. Origins On 9 February 1855, The imperial government of Brazil signed a contract with Edward Pr ...

(Brazilian Central Railway). It became easier to reach the center of the city quickly, and the region began to develop at a rapid pace. On October 16, 1895, Campo Grande began

tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

service. On that day, the Municipal Council gave a concession to a private company, the Companhia de Carros Urbanos (Urban Streetcar Company), to install a line using animal power. The goal was to provide transportation to the railway. In 1915, the company proposed to the Prefecture of the

Federal District A federal district is a specific administrative division in one of various federations. These districts may be under the direct jurisdiction of a federation's national government, as in the case of federal territory (e.g., India, Malaysia), or the ...

the substitution of animal power with 48 km of electrified lines, whose trams would leave from the center of Campo Grande for Pedra de Guaratiba, Ilha, and Rio da Prata. The line remained in service until October 30, 1967, when trams were removed from Campo Grande. Campo Grande went from being an essentially rural area to an urban one. Next to Realengo,

Jacarepaguá Jacarepaguá (), with a land area of , is a neighborhood situated in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2010, it had a population of 157,326. The name comes from the indigenous name of the location, "shallow pond of caymans", yakaré (c ...

, and Santa Cruz, until 1939 Campo Grande was one of the largest producers of oranges, exporting up to 144,577 tons each year.

Development

The

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

fabric of Campo Grande is regular and discontinuous, the habitation of the area consisting in isolated lots of large areas. Owing to the large network of services and a growing level of commerce, Campo Grande grew at an extraordinary pace. High levels of homeownership are found in Campo Grande. Three-bedroom houses are most common, with an area of 120 square meters. In 1962 and 1979, CEHAB built the Conjunto Santa Margarida on the Estrada do Campinho. In terms of education, Campo Grande has one of the largest concentrations of students in the

Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro () is one of the States of Brazil, 27 federative units of Brazil. It has the second largest economy of Brazil, with the largest being that of the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. The state, which has 8.2% of the Brazilian p ...

. The rate of school attendance is satisfactory, as is the rate of enrollment, which has increased yearly. The Miécimo da Silva Sports Complex, in which sports training is provided to the population in Campo Grande, hosts major international events such as the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games () and commonly known as Rio 2007, were a major Americas, continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of ...

City of Campo Grande

On June 14, 1968, the locality was officially designated a ''city'' () under Law #1627, advanced by the deputy Frederico Trotta, though it remained part of the city and municipality of

Industry and commerce

Commerce in the neighborhood is self-sufficient, attracting business from other regions. Campo Grande has two shopping malls, West Shopping and the ParkShopping Campo Grande, which is planning to be the biggest in South America. The industrial sector is also growing. Campo Grande has an Industrial District on km. 43 of the Avenida Brasil, reaching the Estrada do Pedregoso. In 1946, Bartolomeu Rabelo founded an aviary that was the birthplace of

carioca Carioca ( or ) is a demonym used to refer to residents of the City of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil and their culture. Like other Brazilians, ''Cariocas'' speak Portuguese. The ''carioca'' accent and sociolect (also simply called "''carioca''", ...

bird farming, which today has attained a high level of development. Some of the companies found in Campo Grande include AmBev, Refrigerantes Convenção, Guaracamp, Cogumelo (metallurgy), Fredvic (heating),

Novartis Novartis AG is a Swiss multinational corporation, multinational pharmaceutical company, pharmaceutical corporation based in Basel, Switzerland. Novartis is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world and was the eighth largest by re ...

(pharmaceuticals), Sacipan (café Câmara),

Michelin Michelin ( , ), in full ("General Company of the Michelin Enterprises P.L.S."), is a French multinational tyre manufacturing company based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes '' région'' of France. It is the second largest t ...

, EBSE (electrical fuses), Superpesa (metallurgy), Dancor (munitions) and Ranbaxy (pharmaceuticals). In Rio da Prata, Mendanha, and Guaratiba, one can still find agriculture and livestock. Among the most common crops are

banana A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large treelike herbaceous flowering plants in the genus '' Musa''. In some countries, cooking bananas are called plantains, distinguishing the ...

s, oranges, mangoes,

pear Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in late summer into mid-autumn. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus ''Pyrus'' , in the Family (biology), family Rosaceae, bearing the Pome, po ...

cassava root ''Manihot esculenta'', commonly called cassava, manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes. Although a perennia ...

, and chayotes. In terms of birds and livestock, one can find goat antelopes,

pig The pig (''Sus domesticus''), also called swine (: swine) or hog, is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal. It is named the domestic pig when distinguishing it from other members of the genus '' Sus''. Some authorities cons ...

cow Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus '' Bos''. Mature female cattle are called co ...

, and

rabbit Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas). They are familiar throughout the world as a small herbivore, a prey animal, a domesticated ...

. Campo Grande remains one of the most industrialized suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. Campo grande is a great place to conduct business because population is increasing over the years.

Sub-neighborhoods of Campo Grande

Adriana (in Portuguese)
*Alessandra *Amanda *Amazonas *Andréa *Araújo *Arnaldo Eugênio *Benjamim do Monte *BNH *Carina *Caroba *Carobinha *Carolina *Comari *Corcundinha *Cosmos *Débora *Inhoaíba *Isadora *Jardim da Luz (in Portuguese) *Jardim Letícia *Jardim Nova Guaratiba *Jardim Paulista *Jardim Terra Firme *Joari *Magali *Manguariba *Manuela * Mendanha *Monteiro *Morada *Morada do Campo *Moriçaba *Novo Campo Grande *Oiticica *Padre Belisário *Pedra Angular *Pedregoso *Rio da Prata *Rozendo (in Portuguese) *Santa Cecília *Santa Rosa *Santa Margarida *Santíssimo *Santo Antônio *São Geraldo *São Basílio *São Cláudio *São Pedro *São Jorge *São Vítor *Senador Vasconcelos *Souza *Tingüi *Vila Adelaide *Vila Eunice *Vila Izete *Vila Jardim *Vila Mariana *Vila Nova *Vila Santa Rita *Vila São João *Vilar Carioca

References

External links

Portal Campo Grande (Portuguese)Official radio station of Campo Grande (Portuguese)Lions Club of Campo Grande (Portuguese)
{{Rio de Janeiro city neighbourhoods Neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro (city)