Senador Camará
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Senador Camará is a populous neighborhood in the west region of Rio de Janeiro, with 111.231 residents (according to information of the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística - IBGE- Demographic Census of 2000) distributed in an area of 1,723.59 hectares, of lower class. It borders the neighborhoods of Bangu
and Santíssimo
.
The origin of the name originated from the railroad station that attends the neighborhood and is named "Estação Senador Camará" (Senador Camará Station in English), in honor of the Senator Otacílio de Carvalho Camará, that was the Senator of the Republic in 1919 and 1920.
The neighborhood is divided by the railway of the extension line of Santa Cruz, nowadays operated by the company SuperVia
. On the left of the railway, on the direction to Santa Cruz, the neighborhood is cut by the Santa Cruz Avenue, that connects the neighborhoods of Realengo
and Santa Cruz. On the right side, the neighborhood is cut by the Taquaral Roadway, that starts and finishes on the neighborhood of Senador Camará.
Bangu (neighborhood)
Bangu is a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, RJ. It is a lower middle class neighborhood. It is located in the western area of the city being one of the most populated districts, with 244,518 inhabitants [1] distributed in an area of 4570.69 ha...
and Santíssimo
Santíssimo
Santíssimo is a neighborhood of lower class in the west region of Rio de Janeiro, near Campo Grande.In the beginning the railroad stations proceeded on this order: Bangu, Senador Camará, Santíssimo, Senador Vasconcelos, and Campo Grande. Santíssimo was prosperous in the epoch that Rio de Janeiro...
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The origin of the name originated from the railroad station that attends the neighborhood and is named "Estação Senador Camará" (Senador Camará Station in English), in honor of the Senator Otacílio de Carvalho Camará, that was the Senator of the Republic in 1919 and 1920.
The neighborhood is divided by the railway of the extension line of Santa Cruz, nowadays operated by the company SuperVia
SuperVia
SuperVia is a Brazilian train operator founded in Rio de Janeiro in November 1998. It carries around 126 million passengers a year on a railroad network comprising 89 stations in 11 cities: Rio de Janeiro, Duque de Caxias, Nova Iguaçu, Nilópolis, Mesquita, Queimados, São João de Meriti, Belford...
. On the left of the railway, on the direction to Santa Cruz, the neighborhood is cut by the Santa Cruz Avenue, that connects the neighborhoods of Realengo
Realengo
Realengo is a neighborhood in northern Rio de Janeiro. The lower and middle class neighborhood is between the Mendanha and Pedra Branca mountains...
and Santa Cruz. On the right side, the neighborhood is cut by the Taquaral Roadway, that starts and finishes on the neighborhood of Senador Camará.