Copacabana is a neighborhood located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is known for its 4 km (2.5 mile) spa beach, which is one of the most famous in the world.
Copacabana begins at Princesa Isabel Avenue and ends at Posto Six (lifeguard six). Besides Copacabana, there are two small beaches: one, inside Fort Copacabana and another, just after: Praia Devil ("Devil"). The beach of Arpoador, where surfers go after their perfect waves, comes next, followed by the famous neighborhood of Ipanema. The area was one of four "Olympic Zones" during the 2016 Summer Olympics. According to Riotur, Rio de Janeiro's Tourism Secretariat, there are 63 hotels and 10 hostels in Copacabana.
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Copacabana beach, located on the Atlantic coast, extends from Posto Two (bodyguards Two) to Posto Six (watchtower six). Leme is on Post One (Watchtower One). There are historical forts on both sides of Copacabana beach; Fort Copacabana, built in 1914, is in the far south by Posto Six and Fort Duque de Caxias, built in 1779 in the far north. One curiosity is that the watchtower of Posto Six never existed. Hotels, restaurants, bars, nightclubs and residential buildings dot the promenade in front of Avenida Atlântica.
Copacabana Beach is host to millions of revelers during annual New Year celebrations.
The Copacabana tour is a large-scale paved landscape (4 kilometers long). It was rebuilt in 1970 and used a black and white Portuguese pavement design since its inception in the 1930s: a geometric wave. The tour of Copacabana was designed by Roberto Burle Marx.
Copacabana has the 11th highest Human Development Index in Rio; the 2000 census put the Copacabana HDI at 0.902.
According to IBGE, 160,000 people live in Copacabana and 44,000 or 27.5% of them are 60 or older. Copacabana covers an area of 7.84 km ², which gives the municipality a population density of 20,400 people per km ². Residential buildings from eleven to thirteen floors, built side by side, dominate the neighborhood. Houses and two-story buildings are rare.
When Rio was the capital of Brazil, Copacabana was considered one of the best neighborhoods in the country.
Over 40 different bus routes serve Copacabana, as well as three subway stations: Cantagalo, Siqueira Campos and Cardeal Arcoverde.
Three major parallel arteries cross the whole city: Avenida Atlântica (Avenida Atlântica), which is a 6-lane avenue, 4 km by the beach, Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana and Rua Barata Ribeiro / Raul Pompéia both 4 tracks and 3.5 km long. Barata Ribeiro Street changes its name to Rua Raul Pompéia after the Sá Freire Alvim Tunnel. Twenty-four streets cross the three main arteries and seven other streets cross some of the three.
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(References: en.wikipedia.org)
