Bangu is a traditional neighbhorhood located in Rio de Janeiro, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is located in the city's Western Zone, being one of the most populated neighborhoods, with a population of 244,518 inhabitants (according to the info provided by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IBGE, in the 2000 demographic census) distributed in an area of 4,570.69 ha. It is located in the city's border, and it borders the municipality of Nova Iguaçu and the neighborhoods of Campo Grande, Senador Camará, Santíssimo, Realengo and Padre Miguel. Ipanema beach, in the South Zone, immortalised by Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Morais song The Girl from Ipanema Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese), pron. ... Flag of Rio de Janeiro See other Brazilian States Capital Rio de Janeiro Largest City Rio de Janeiro Area 43,696. ... IBGE, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica), is the agency responsible for statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil. ... Nova Iguaçu Nova Iguaçu is a city in southeast Brazil in Rio de Janeiro. ...

Etymology

The word Bangu has two different meanings. It is a word of Tupi language origin, meaning black rampart or black wall, and it is also a word derivative from the African bangüê, which was the name given by the slaves to the mill where the sugar cane's bagasse was stored ^[1]. The Tupi languages are a language family of 70 languages which are spoken by Indian tribesmen in South America. ... Species Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ... Bagasse is the biomass remaining after sugarcane stalks are crushed to extract their juice. ...

History

In 1673, Manuel de Barcelos Domingues built in his farm, named Fazenda Bangu, a private chapel, called Paróquia de Nossa Senhora do Desterro de Campo Grande. In this location started the first economical activity of the place, with the foundation of the Engenho da Serra, which was a sugar cane mill.

In 1889, the Companhia Progresso Industrial do Brasil, founded on February 6 of that year, bought several farms, including Fazenda Bangu, and the construction of a factory in the place started. The sugar cane farming was replaced by the cotton farming. At this time, there was only one street in the region, named Estrada Real de Santa Cruz, used by the Jesuits. The Society of Jesus (Societas Iesu (S.I. or S.J.) in Latin) is a Christian religious order of the Roman Catholic Church in direct service to the Pope. ...

In 1890, the Bangu railway station was inaugurated, stimulating the neighborhood's growth and development. Bangu became a proletarian neighborhood, exporting fabric to Europe. It has been suggested that Textile be merged into this article or section. ... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to some dispute as to Europes actual borders. ...

On March 8, 1893, the Fábrica de Tecidos Bangu (Bangu Fabrics Factory) is inaugurated, with the presence of the country's vice-president, Floriano Peixoto and the Federal District's mayor. March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Floriano Vieira Peixoto (1839–1895) was Brazilian soldier and politician, born in Ipioca (nowadays a district in the city of Maceió), in the State of Alagoas and veteran of the War of the Triple Alliance, second President of Brazil. ...

After 1900, several streets were built, and the first school, called Marco Seis was inaugurated.

Bangu Penitentiary Complex

The Bangu Penitentiary Complex is a maximum security prison, composed of 17 penal unities. Nine of them are penitentiaries (only the Talavera Bruce is a women's prison), one is a penal institute, four are safehouses, one is a penal sanatorium and there are two hospitals ^[2]. A safe house is a location where people may go to avoid persecution of their activities by authorities. ...

Fernadinho Beira-Mar, a Brazilian druglord, was held in the Bangu Penitentiary Complex from 2001 to 2003, before being transferred to a Presidente Prudente prison ^[3]. Presidente Prudente is a municipality/county in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. ...

Sports

Bangu Atlético Clube is a traditional football club based in the neighborhood and founded in 1904. The club plays its home matches at Estádio Moça Bonita, inaugurated in 1947. Bangu Atlético Clube, or Bangu as they are usually called, is a traditional Brazilian football team from Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro, founded on April 17, 1904. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

References

1. ↑  ((Portuguese)) Secretaria Municipal do Governo
2. ↑  ((Portuguese)) Câmara dos Deputados
3. ↑  ((Portuguese)) Beira-Mar é transferido para presídio em SP - Terra (February 27, 2003)
4. Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Portuguese-language Wikipedia article (retrieved April 19, 2006).

February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• ((Portuguese)) Neighborhood's history
• ((Portuguese)) Bangu On Line