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What Is a Favela, Really? Inside Brazil’s Hillside Communities
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Living in Brazil Key Facts —Population. Brazil’s 2022 census (IBGE) counted 16.4 million people — 8.1% of the national population — living in 12,348 favelas and urban communities across 656 municipalities. —Rio concentration. The city of Rio de Janeiro alone hosts roughly 1.4 million favela residents, according to the Rio city government’s Instituto Pereira Passos. […] The post What Is a Favela, Really? Inside Brazil’s Hillside Communities appeared first on The Rio Times.
Living in Brazil Key Facts —Population. Brazil’s 2022 census (IBGE) counted 16.4 million people — 8.1% of the national population — living in 12,348 favelas and urban communities across 656 municipalities. —Rio concentration. The city of Rio de Janeiro alone hosts roughly 1.4 million favela residents, according to the Rio city government’s Instituto Pereira Passos. […] The post What Is a Favela, Really? Inside Brazil’s Hillside Communities appeared first on The Rio Times.
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