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Municipality in Southeast, Brazil
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Belford Roxo is a city of Baixada Fluminense, in Grande Rio. It is a part of the metropolitan region of the city of Rio de Janeiro.
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Areia Branca Square
The main square of the neighborhood of Areia Branca.
Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição
A church in the Belford Roxo city center.
Church of São Simão
A church in the neighborhood of Lote XV, close to the limit with Duque de Caxias.
Bayer Industrial Park
An important industrial park between the Belford Roxo city center and the neighborhood of Bom Pastor.
Belford Roxo train station and the old Rio d'Ouro Railway
The Belford Roxo station is the last train station in the railway stretch between Pavuna, in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, and the Belford Roxo city center, a stretch of the 19th-century Rio d'Ouro Railway which is still used by commuter trains. The Rio d'Ouro Railway was built to assist in the construction of water mains for the city of Rio de Janeiro from springs of Serra do Tinguá, a section of the longer mountain range known as Serra do Mar. The building of this railway was concluded on 1882.
APA Alto Iguaçu - Alto Iguaçu Environmental Protection Area
Environmental Protection Area in the north of the municipality.
The municipality is served by suburban trains through the Belford Roxo railway line, which starts in the Central do Brasil station, in downtown Rio de Janeiro, goes through the capital's North Zone and the municipality…
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