Guadalupe is a neighborhood located in the North Zone of

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. It is surrounded by Barros Filho,

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, Marechal Hermes, Deodoro, Ricardo de Albuquerque, Costa Barros and Anchieta. Its designation is a homage to

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which main

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in Rio de Janeiro is located in this neighbourhood. The neighbourhood was built as a project of former Casa Popular Foundation and it was inaugurated by

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. Are also notable in the neighbourhood the "Igloos of Guadalupe", a set of

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s in

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, looking like

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s, and built in the late 1940s on Calama

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. In Guadalupe, there are many

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, courses,

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, the Terra

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, the Augusto Amaral Peixoto clinic and many city-owned and private

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s. Guadalupe is crossed by the Avenida Brasil, which links downtown area to the West Zone of the city. By this reason, many bus lines that cross the city are available in Guadalupe. Other notable pathways within the neighbourhood are Marcos de Macedo street, Camboatá road, Francisco Portela street and Luís Coutinho Cavalcanti street. The main

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located in Guadalupe are: Pimaco (owned by Société Bic), Perdigão factory, Casa & Video (

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and

), Atacadão hypermarket, Prezunic hypermarket, Cacau Show, C&A, Casas Bahia,

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and

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. There is also a branch of Fisk Language Course, the Labormed (

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), the Guadalupe Shopping (

), Bob's, Bradesco bank, Estácio de Sá University, Ponto Cine (

), Pio XII school and others. In December 2009, Saphyr

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announced the plan of building a major

in the place previously occupied by the former

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Melhoral. The mall openened on November 24, 2011, and it is named Shopping Jardim Guadalupe.

Data

* Land area (2003): 382.00

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s * Population (2000): 46,325 people * Number of homes (2000): 13,959 units Guadalupe belongs to XXII Administrative Region (Anchieta) of Rio de Janeiro. The neighborhoods that compound this Administrative Region are: Anchieta, Guadalupe, Parque Anchieta and Ricardo de Albuquerque. The designation Guadalupe has been used informally for many decades but only on July 23, 1981, the neighbourhood was officially created, by means of a municipal

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References

External links

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