at a glance

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  freguesia (jacarepaguá)

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).

Presented by the    Gestão e Consultoria em Meio Ambiente, Turismo e Logística de Transporte, the study A baixada de Jacarepaguá - the lowland of  Jacarepaguá, suggests that It would appear that, during the past four centuries, Barra da Tijuca was unique in its immunity to the urban expansion of Rio de Janeiro, but in reality it was always a farming region, used for cattle rearing, hunting, fishing and leisure activities.