at a glance

although the bairro is mostly residential, it is also home to a substantial amount of industry including sarsa, long life and royal labs. situated between the neighborhood and the buildings of the old railway village is a rail bridge. it has not been active since the passenger service was stopped in 1972 around the same time as the time the fábrica do gato preto (black cat factory) was closed. on this page we listed all neighborhoods in rio, including unofficial neighborhoods, divided by city zone - this map shows all neighborhoods in rio de janeiro, grouped by city zone and color coded - zona west in pink, zona north in green, zona sul in light green, and zona central in beige.

rio de janeiro's prefecture, through the instituto pereira passos, makes data and statistics about  the district of rocha  available on this link, including data on land (território e meio ambiente), population (população) housing (domicílios), health (saúde), education (educação), buildings (imóveis), and infrastructure (infraestrutura).