Bento Ribeiro (Rio de Janeiro) | neighbourhood

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Bento Ribeiro is a middle class neighborhood in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Located in Rio's North Zone, it is a suburban area in the vicinity of Marechal Hermes and Oswaldo Cruz. Bento Ribeiro owes its name to Bento Manuel Ribeiro Carneiro Monteiro, mayor of Rio de Janeiro between 1910 and 1914. It is the birthplace of the professional football player Ronaldo and the place where the famous television host [Xuxa] lived in her childhood.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bento_Ribeiro
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Coordinates:   22°52'1"S   43°21'38"W
This article was last modified 14 years ago