Urca, Rio de Janeiro

Federal State

Urca is a district in the south of Rio de Janeiro. The name came from the abbreviation of the construction project Urbanização Carioca in Enseada do Botafogo.

Located at the foot of the Sugar Loaf, is the bottom station of the Bondinho, the cable car to the summit of Sugar Loaf. Behind the famous Praia Vermelha ( Red beach ) begins the climbing route to Sugarloaf.

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