Cidade de Deus, Rio de Janeiro

Cidade de Deus
Neighborhood
Cidade de Deus Location in Rio de Janeiro
Coordinates: 22°56′53″S 43°21′47″W / 22.94806°S 43.36306°W / -22.94806; -43.36306Coordinates: 22°56′53″S 43°21′47″W / 22.94806°S 43.36306°W / -22.94806; -43.36306
Country	Brazil
State	Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Municipality/City	Rio de Janeiro
Zone	West Zone

The neighborhood of Cidade de Deus (Portuguese pronunciation: [siˈdadʒi dʒi ˈdewʃ], City of God) is in the West Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is also known as CDD among their inhabitants.

The neighborhood was founded in 1960, planned and executed by the government of Guanabara State as part of the policy to systematically remove favelas (slums) from the center of Rio de Janeiro and settling their inhabitants in the suburbs.

It is used as backdrop in the 2002 film City of God. In 2009, it was occupied by a Pacifying Police Unit.

U.S. president Barack Obama visiting Rio's Cidade de Deus (City of God) favela. This favela started out as public housing built on marshy flatlands in the city's Western suburbs

Basic statistics

Area (2003): 1.2058 km² (0.4656 mi²; 298.0 ac)
Population (2000): 38,016
Residences (2000): 10,866
Administrative Region: XXXIV - Cidade de Deus

In literature and film

Known in English as City of God, Cidade de Deus is the eponymous name of a 1997 semi-autobiographical novel by Paulo Lins, about three young men and their lives of petty crime during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s in the favela where Lins grew up. An English translation by Alison Entrekin was published in 2006. The novel was filmed by Fernando Meirelles (director of The Constant Gardener) in 2002 under the same title City of God, with most of the cast from real-life favelas and in some cases, even Cidade de Deus itself. After filming, the producers set up help groups to encourage those involved to build more promising futures. In 2004 the film received four Academy Award nominations for cinematography, for director Meirelles, for editing and for adapted screenplay by Mantovani. In 2005 TIME chose it as one of the 100 greatest films of all time. The tagline "If you run, the beast catches; if you stay, the beast eats", is analogous to the English aphorism "Damned if you do, damned if you don't".

Local currency

In 2011, a local currency called CDD was created for use exclusively in the Cidade de Deus, to encourage inhabitants to spend more locally, thus boosting the local economy. The currency is subsidized. Its value is indexed^[1] to about 20% higher than the national currency, the Brazilian real.^[2]

References

External links

Wikiquote has quotations related to: City of God

Cidade de Deus Web Portal (in Portuguese)
Cidade de Deus on Google Maps
Inside City of God - slideshow by The New York Times
City of God movie official website

Rio de Janeiro city neighbourhoods

Central Region	Benfica Caju Catumbi Centro Cidade Nova Estácio Gamboa Imperial de São Cristóvão Gamboa Lapa Mangueira Paquetá Rio Comprido Santa Teresa Santo Cristo Saúde Vasco da Gama

South Zone	Botafogo Catete Copacabana Cosme Velho Flamengo Gávea Glória Humaitá Ipanema Jardim Botânico Lagoa Laranjeiras Leblon Leme Rocinha São Conrado Urca Vidigal

North Zone	Abolição Acari Água Santa Alto da Boa Vista Anchieta Andaraí Bancários Barros Filho Bento Ribeiro Bonsucesso Brás de Pina Cachambi Cacuia Cavalcanti Campo dos Afonsos Campinho Cascadura Cidade Universitária Cocotá Coelho Neto Colégio Complexo do Alemão Cordovil Costa Barros Del Castilho Encantado Engenheiro Leal Engenho da Rainha Engenho de Dentro Engenho Novo Freguesia (Ilha do Governador) Galeão Grajaú Guadalupe Higienópolis Honório Gurgel Irajá Inhaúma Jacaré Jacarezinho Jardim América Jardim Carioca Jardim Guanabara Lins de Vasconcelos Madureira Manguinhos Maracanã Maré Marechal Hermes Maria da Graça Méier Moneró Olaria Oswaldo Cruz Parada de Lucas Parque Anchieta Parque Colúmbia Pavuna Penha Penha Circular Piedade Pilares Pitangueiras Praça da Bandeira Praia da Bandeira Portuguesa Quintino Bocaíuva Ramos Riachuelo Ribeira Ricardo de Albuquerque Rocha Rocha Miranda Sampaio São Francisco Xavier Tauá Tijuca Todos os Santos Tomás Coelho Turiaçu Vaz Lobo Vicente de Carvalho Vigário Geral Vila Cosmos Vila da Penha Vila Isabel Vista Alegre Zumbi

West Zone	Anil Bangu Barra da Tijuca Barra de Guaratiba Camorim Campo Grande Cidade de Deus Cosmos Curicica Deodoro Freguesia (Jacarepaguá) Gardênia Azul Gericinó Grumari Guaratiba Inhoaíba Itanhangá Jacarepaguá Jardim Sulacap Joá Magalhães Bastos Paciência Padre Miguel Pedra de Guaratiba Praça Seca Pechincha Realengo Recreio dos Bandeirantes Santa Cruz Santíssimo Senador Camará Senador Vasconcelos Sepetiba Tanque Taquara Vargem Grande Vargem Pequena Vila Militar Vila Valqueire

Islands	Ilha do Fundão Ilha do Governador Paquetá Villegaignon

Favelas	Complexo do Alemão Morro da Babilônia Dona Marta Jacarezinho Mangueira Manguinhos Maré Rocinha Vidigal Vila Vintém

Unofficial	Aldeia Campista Arpoador Bairro Araújo Bairro Peixoto Boca do Mato Buraco do Padre Castelo Colônia Consolação Dadur Distrito Industrial Bairro de Fátima Fazenda Botafogo Fazenda da Bica Fonte da Saudade Horto Jabour Jardim Boiúna Jardim Oceânico Largo do Machado Manguariba Mallet Mariópolis Mato Alto Muda Península Praça do Carmo Providência Rio das Pedras Rio Grande Silvestre Terreirão do Rio Bonito Triagem Usina Vila Aliança Vila Kennedy Village

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