Favela Copacabana
Google Street View project Favela Copacabana is about two worlds geographically very close, in fact socially different and far distant.
Copacabana Beach is located in the southern part of Rio de Janeiro and its 4 km of beaches are among the best known and most popular resorts in the world. Near Copacabana Beach is located more than 60 hotels and several of them lying on the beach.
Just 200 meters away there are 4 large favelas (Brazilian slums), Morro dos Cabritos, Pavao-Pavaozinho, Chapéu Mangueira and Babilonia. In Rio de Janeiro there are about 625 favelas total, but only occupy less than 4 percent of the total area of the city. Every fifth citizen of six million Rio de Janeiro lives in favela.

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