At the time of its construction, the now extinct ADEMG (Administração de Estádios do Estado de Minas Gerais), the organization responsible for building the arena, was administered by sportswriters, who decided to honor Felipe Drummond, one of the mo…
Laranjeiras (Portuguese pronunciation: [laɾɐ̃ˈʒejɾɐʃ], orange trees) is an upper-middle-class neighborhood located in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Primarily residential, It is one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, having been founded …
Jornal do Brasil, widely known as JB, is a daily newspaper published by Editora JB in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was founded in 1891 and is the third oldest existent Brazilian paper, after the Diário de Pernambuco and O Estado de S.
Jacareí (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒakaɾeˈi]) is a city of approximately 211,308 inhabitants in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city is known as "Capital of Beer" by the daily output of its factories, considered the biggest in Latin America. Th…
Jacarepaguá (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒakaɾepaˈɡwa]), with a land area of 29.27 square miles (75.8 km2), is a neighborhood situated in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Jaboatão dos Guararapes (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒabwaˈtɐ̃w duz ɡwaɾaˈɾapis]) is a municipality in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It is a part of the Recife metro area. The population was 687,688 according to the Brazilian Institute of Geograph…
The Federal University of Uberlândia (in Portuguese Universidade Federal de Uberlândia; UFU) is a Brazilian public university, located in the southwest of Minas Gerais, in Uberlândia, Brazil. The students are admitted through semesterly exams, the v…
Estádio José do Rego Maciel, also known as Estádio do Arruda, is a multi-purpose stadium in Recife, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium was built in 1972 and is able to hold 60,044 people. Estádio do Arruda is owned…
Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira, often shortened to Couto Pereira, is the home of Coritiba Foot Ball Club, located in Curitiba, Paraná state, Brazil.
Edifício São Vito, popularly known as Treme-Treme (literally "Shiver-Shiver"), was a 112-metre (367 ft), 27-storey former residential building, located in São Paulo, Brazil, finished in 1959. Throughout its existence, the building became deteriorate…
Central do Brasil (Portuguese pronunciation: [sẽˈtɾaw du bɾaˈziw]) is the most important train station in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. It is the last stop of Rio's railway network, as well as a hub for connection with the city subway and a …
Caçador is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil.
Catedral Basílica Menor Nossa Senhora da Glória (or simply Catedral de Maringá 'Cathedral of Maringá' is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in downtown Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, reaching 124 m in height.
The Catete Palace (Portuguese: Palácio do Catete, IPA: [paˈlasju du kaˈtetʃi]) is an urban mansion in Rio de Janeiro's Catete neighborhood. The property stretches from Rua do Catete (Catete Street) to Praia do Flamengo (Flamengo Beach). Construction…
Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (local Portuguese pronunciation: [kaʃuˈe(j)ɽu ˌdʒiːtapemiˈɾĩj]) is a municipality and a major town, located in the south of Espírito Santo, Brazil, on the banks of the Itapemirim River. It is the economic hub of southern Espí…
The region has humid-subtropical weather, with dry winters and hot summers. During winter the temperature rarely falls below 2 °C. During most of the year, mainly at night, a breeze blowing over São Paulo plateau, from which Botucatu elevates about …
Bagé is a municipality in the south of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. In 2007 its population was 164,550 (IBGE) in a total area of 4,096 km2.
Atibaia (or Estância de Atibaia) is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The name is derived from an indigenous language called Tupi, and means "healthy water river".
Arraial do Cabo is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 27,715 as of 2010 census and its total area is 160 square kilometres (62 sq mi).
The Aparados da Serra National Park (Parque Nacional de Aparados da Serra) is located in the Serra Geral range of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina states in the south of Brazil, between 29º07’—29º15’ S and 50º01’—50º10’ W. It has been created in…
The Escola Americana do Rio de Janeiro (American School of Rio de Janeiro) is an English-medium international school located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a private, independent, coeducational, non-denominational day school which offers an educat…
Mooca (Portuguese pronunciation: [muˈɔka]) from tupi mo-oka, meaning to build houses, is a district in the subprefecture of the same name in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Mooca today is home to over 75,000 inhabitants, spread in its 7.7 square kilo…
Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport (IATA: MCZ, ICAO: SBMO), formerly called Campo dos Palmares Airport, is the airport serving Maceió, Brazil.
Viçosa is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the Zona da Mata, 228 km (142 miles) southeast of the state capital of Belo Horizonte. As of 2004 its population is estimated to be 73,121 and the area of the municipality i…
The Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV; English: Federal University of Viçosa) is a federal university in the city of Viçosa, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
The Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro) is a centenary Brazilian university located in the city of Seropédica in the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
The Ponta da Madeira Maritime Terminal, owned by mining company Vale, sits next to the public Porto do Itaqui, in the state of Maranhão, in northern Brazil. It was chosen as the terminus of the Estrada de Ferro Carajas, where trains unload iron ore …
Sumaré is a city in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The population in 2004 was 225,308 and the area is 153.44 km². The elevation is 583 m. Sumaré was founded in 1868, after being upgraded to a city. Its old name was Rebouças.
Sinop is a city on the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. The fourth-largest city in the state, its population in 2011 is estimated at more than 110,000 inhabitants, placing Sinop in 229th place in Brazil. It has an area of 3194.339 km ². A Sivam radar…
Santana do Livramento is a city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Santa Genoveva/Goiânia Airport (IATA: GYN, ICAO: SBGO) is the airport serving Goiânia, Brazil.
The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul), often abbreviated as PUCRS, is a private non-profit Catholic university. With campuses in the Brazilian cities of Porto Alegre and Viamã…
Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (IATA: SLZ, ICAO: SBSL), formerly called Tirirical Airport, is the airport serving São Luís, Brazil.
Juazeiro do Norte Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuaˈzejɾu du ˈnɔɦt̪i] is a city in the state of Ceará state in northeastern Brazil. It is located 528 km south of the state capital Fortaleza in the semiarid sertão.
Jacobina is a city in the Centro Norte Baiano mesoregion of Bahia.
Itaguaí (Portuguese pronunciation: [itɐɣwɐˈi]) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 93,662 (2005) and its area is 272 km². The city was founded in 1688.