Ipanema District

Also known as Ipanema, Brazil, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro

Ipanema () is a neighbourhood located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between Leblon and Arpoador. The beach at Ipanema became known internationally with the popularity of the bossa nova song, "The Girl from Ipanema" ("Garota de Ipanema"), written by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes. It borders the neighborhoods of Copacabana, Leblon, and Lagoa.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Ipanema
Settlement.settlement_type: Neighbourhood
Settlement.image_skyline: Ipanema rio.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Brazil Rio de Janeiro#Brazil
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Rio de Janeiro
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Rio de Janeiro
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Rio de Janeiro
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Zone
Settlement.subdivision_name3: South Zone

Article

9 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Character
Beach
Posto 9
Feira Hippie de Ipanema
Cultural references
References
External links

== Etymology == The name Ipanema originally referred to a river in the state of São Paulo, its etymology deriving from the Tupi language words ipá (pond) and nem-a (stinking). Possible translations for its original meaning are "worthless water", "stinking lake", "turbid water", or "water worthless for human consumption". The historian Teodoro Sampaio translated Ipanema as "bad water".