Tijuca came from an obscure term from Tupi language which means marsh, and is a reference to the Tijuca lagoon in the contemporary Barra da Tijuca.

Barra means port entrance or sandbank, and Tijuca is a word originally from the Tupi ty-yúc and means putrid water, mud, swamp, puddle, clay or clay-pit.

Three weeks later, on December 18, 1869, at the age of 40, he died at his hotel in Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, probably from an overdose of quinine.

The stadium's popular name is derived from the Rio Maracanã, whose point of origin is in the jungle covered hills to the west, crossing various bairros ( neighbourhoods ) of Rio's Zona Norte ( North Zone ) such as Tijuca and São Cristóvão via a canal which features sloping sides constructed of concrete.

Real Auto Ônibus operates executive bus 2018, that runs half-hourly between 05: 30 and 22: 30 hours, from the airport to the Central Bus Station and Galeão International Airport in one direction, and in the opposite direction to the southern parts of the city along the shore, with its final stop at Alvorada Bus Terminal in Barra da Tijuca.

It is one of the most traditional districts of Rio de Janeiro and has the third largest urban forest in the world, the Tijuca Forest, which is result of reforestation from coffee fields that led to lack of water at that time.

Since then, the growth of Barra da Tijuca has been characterized by large inflows of people from all parts of the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro looking for the " paradise city ".

* The football ( soccer ) club Barra da Tijuca Futebol Clube derives its name from the region, and its headquarters are located in neighbouring Camorim.

The upper middle class Barra da Tijuca separates the suburb from the sea.

After all the original forest had been destroyed to make way for coffee farms, Tijuca was replanted by Major Manuel Gomes Archer in the second half of the 19th century in a successful effort to protect Rio's water supply.

The granite peak is located in the Tijuca Forest, a national park.

Today is the second largest urban forest of Brazil, behind only the Forest of Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro.

Singapore is one of the only two major cities with a tropical rainforest within its city limits, the other being Tijuca Forest in Rio de Janeiro.

The jackfruit is considered an invasive species in Brazil, especially in the Tijuca Forest National Park in Rio de Janeiro.

The Tijuca forest is mostly an artificial secondary forest, whose planting began during the mid-19th century, and jackfruit trees have been a part of the park's flora since its founding.

The Tijuca Forest ( Floresta da Tijuca in Portuguese ) is a mountainous hand-planted rainforest in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Tijuca Forest is home to hundreds of species of plants and wildlife, many threatened by extinction, found only in the Atlantic Rainforest ( Mata Atlântica in Portuguese ).

The organization is based in Barra da Tijuca neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro state.

It weighs 635 tonnes ( 625 long, 700 short tons ), and is located at the peak of the Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city.

Tijuca is also home to many favelas such as Salgueiro, Borel, Formiga, Turano and Casa Branca.

Recreio dos Bandeirantes ( or simply Recreio ) is both the name of a beach and neighbourhood in Barra da Tijuca region, in the West Side —— of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Barra da Tijuca () is a famous borough in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located southwest of the city on the Atlantic Ocean.

Barra da Tijuca is also the name of the economic center of the borough, the neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca, classified as one of the richest places in the country and based on the 2010 Brazil Census, it has the highest HDI ( 0. 970 ) in Brazil.

With large mansions and luxury condominiums, Barra da Tijuca is well known for being the home of celebrities, soccer stars and the new Brazilian elite society, along with the majority middle class of the region.

Barra da Tijuca is divided into eight municipal districts ( officially neighbourhoods ): Barra da Tijuca neighborhood, Recreio dos Bandeirantes, Vargem Pequena, Vargem Grande, Camorim, Grumari, Joá, and Itanhangá.

The mountains were called Tijuca after it, as well the neighbourhood on the other side of it.

This will finally reach the Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood in the West Zone, passing under São Conrado and Rocinha.

In the 1990s, another large urban development that enabled better connection with the North Zone of Rio was the creation of the Yellow Line, an expressway linking Barra da Tijuca to the Galeão International Airport.

Jacarepaguá is located in the West Zone of Rio in the Baixada de Jacarepaguá, between Maciço da Tijuca and the Serra da Pedra Branca.

* Barra da Tijuca, a neighborhood of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

* 16 September 2005: a private Cessna 525 Citation Jet registration PT-WLX on a ferry flight between Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont and Rio de Janeiro-Jacarepaguá crashed on Morro da Taquara, near the neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca.

At the height of his wealth, Alexander had a $ 5 million dollar group of condominiums in the Barra da Tijuca section of Rio de Janeiro.

Tijuca hosts GRES Acadêmicos do Salgueiro, GRES Império da Tijuca and GRES Unidos da Tijuca, three of the main Rio de Janeiro Samba Schools, that together have won 9 titles.

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There is still a bill in progress in the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro looking for the formation of a new council formed by the region's districts ( Barra, Recreio, Grumari, Vargem Pequena, Vargem Grande, Itanhangá, Joá e Camorim ) with the name of Barra da Tijuca.

The connection works of Barra with the rest of the urban network, transposing the Maciço da Tijuca ( Lagoa-Barra highway and Via Amarela ) are among the most expensive works already carried out in Rio, confirming the city's road transport choice.

Some of the most famous samba-schools include GRES Estação Primeira de Mangueira, GRES Portela, GRES Imperatriz Leopoldinense, GRES Beija-Flor de Nilópolis, GRES Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel, and recently, Unidos da Tijuca and GRES União da Ilha do Governador Local tourists are allowed to participate, paying ($ 500 – 950 ), depending on the costume, to buy a Samba costume and dance in the parade through the Sambadrome with one of the schools.

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* Mistérios da Tijuca, ou Girândola de Amores ( 1882 )