Madureira, Rio de Janeiro

Madureira is a lower middle-class neighborhood in the North Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Madureira
Neighborhood
Madureira is located in Rio de Janeiro
Madureira
Madureira
Location in Rio de Janeiro
Madureira is located in Brazil
Madureira
Madureira
Madureira (Brazil)
Coordinates: 22°52′15″S 43°20′12″W
Country Brazil
StateRio de Janeiro (RJ)
Municipality/CityRio de Janeiro
ZoneNorth Zone

The suburb is the hub to several bus lines that reach several parts of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is famous for being home of the samba schools Portela and Império Serrano, two of the most traditional samba schools of Rio de Janeiro.

Madureira borders other suburbs such as Cascadura, Cavalcanti, Vaz Lobo, Engenheiro Leal, Turiaçu, Campinho and Oswaldo Cruz, and it has approximately 50 thousand inhabitants.

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