at a glance

due to its size and complexity, the city of rio de janeiro is divided into several administrative areas, which are grouped into four distinct zones - the south zone corresponds to the atlantic fringe, roughly extending from the western coast of the entrance to the pedra da gávea.

zona sul is rio's richest and most upmarket region, consisting of seventeen neighborhoods including the famous copacabana (forte de copacabana), ipanema, leblon, leme, gávea, vidigal, rocinha, lagoa (lagoa rodrigo de freitas), botafogo, cosme velho, urca, humaitá, catete, laranjeiras, jardim botânico, são conrado and flamengo - published by encontra rj, this page opens a simplified map of the zona norte of rio, the northern part of the city published by the prefeitura da cidade do rio de janeiro and the instituto brasileiro de geografia e estatística - ibge, this is a simplified map of the zona sul of rio, the southern zone.