Botafogo
Sign in to saveBotafogo (local/standard alternative Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a beachfront neighborhood (bairro) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of Mundo Novo, Dona Marta (which separates it from Laranjeiras) and São João (which separates it from Copacabana). The word Botafogo also refers to a Latin American ballroom dance move that originated in this area.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Botafogo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Neighborhood
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Enseada de Botafogo e Pão de Açúcar.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Brazil Rio de Janeiro#Brazil
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- Location in Rio de Janeiro
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
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- Municipality/City
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Rio de Janeiro
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Zone
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- South Zone
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- Administrative Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Botafogo
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 4.8
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 82,890
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Rio de Janeiro – Bairro do Botafogo | ipatrimônio
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- Area
- 4.8
- Image
- Enseada de Botafogo e Pão de Açúcar.jpg
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- Botafogo
- street address
- R. Fernando Ferrari, n° 61 - Botafogo
- described at URL
- www.ipatrimonio.org/rio-de-janeiro-bairro-do-botafogo
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Botafogo (local/standard alternative Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a beachfront neighborhood (bairro) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of Mundo Novo, Dona Marta (which separates it from Laranjeiras) and São João (which separates it from Copacabana). The word Botafogo also refers to a Latin American ballroom dance move that originated in this area.
== Etymology == thumb|right|"Botafogo Bay" (1869), by Nicolao Antonio Facchinetti. Collection of the São Paulo Museum of Art. Botafogo was named after João Pereira de Sousa Botafogo (1540–1627), who was responsible for the galleon Botafogo's artillery. Because of that, he received the nickname "Botafogo" and included it in his family name. When he went to live in Brazil, the Portuguese Crown granted him the land known today as Botafogo. The name literally means "set it on fire" in Portuguese (a reference to the Botafogo galleon's artillery power). In the mid-19th century, English language speakers also called it Boto Fogo.
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