Santa Cruz (Rio de Janeiro)

Brazil / Rio de Janeiro / Itaguai / Rio de Janeiro
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Santa Cruz is an extensive, populous, mostly low-income neighborhood in the West Side of Rio de Janeiro, the most distant of the central area of the city, at about 60 km (37 miles) from downtown Rio. Traversed by the Central do Brasil suburban railway, it has a quite diversified landscape, with rural, commercial, residential and industrial areas. Santa Cruz is over 440 years old, having originated from a farm founded in 1567.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz,_Rio_de_Janeiro
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Coordinates:   22°55'0"S   43°42'16"W
This article was last modified 12 years ago