Engenho de Dentro is a middle-class and lower-middle-class neighbourhood in the North Zone of

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. It borders the neighbourhoods of

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, Água Santa, Cachambi, Encantado, Inhaúma, Lins de Vasconcelos,

Méier Méier is a middle class and upper middle class neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The neighborhood is the historic center of the "''Área dos Engenhos''", or "Mill Area", which today is known as ''Grande Méier'' (Great M ...

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and Todos os Santos. The Nilton Santos Olympic Stadium, home stadium of Botafogo F.R. and one of the venues of the

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and

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, is situated in Engenho de Dentro. The Olímpica de Engenho de Dentro station is the SuperVia train station in Rio de Janeiro that serves this neighborhood. From

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station, passengers can reach Engenho de Dentro neighbourhood and Nilton Santos stadium in 25 minutes taking the Japeri, Santa Cruz or Deodoro lines, leaving the train in Olímpica de Engenho de Dentro station.

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