at a glance

along the bandeirantes highway, residents can find retail stores and american fast food restaurants such as mcdonald's, bob's and subway. also along highway bandeirantes are brazilian headquarters for a few pharmaceutical labs like merck, roche, and schering plough. for the reason that taquara lacks a metrô subway system, bandeirantes often becomes congested with traffic.

like its neighboring cities, taquara has a relatively low crime rate and residents are able to enjoy close proximity to the rio's state park, pedra branca - 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 oeste in pink, zona norte in green, zona sul in light green, and zona central in beige.