Barros Filho | |
Settlement Type: | Neighborhood |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil Rio de Janeiro#Brazil |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Rio de Janeiro |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Rio de Janeiro (RJ) |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality/City |
Subdivision Name2: | Rio de Janeiro |
Subdivision Type3: | Zone |
Subdivision Name3: | North Zone |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 14,049 |
Coordinates: | -22.8364°N -43.3656°W |
Barros Filho is a lower-class neighbourhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. It is one of the poorest areas in the city. Its name honours the farmer's son who gave land from his farm Boa Esperança (what is now the neighbourhoods of Barros Filho, Costa Barros and part of Guadalupe and Honório Gurgel), Antônio da Costa Barros for the construction of the railway which was inaugurated in 1908.