Heliópolis, Brazil
Cidade Nova Heliópolis
Heliópolis is a town of 12,309 people in Bahia, Brazil.
Why visit Heliópolis
Townapedia lists 4 parks and trails in and around town.
Weather in Heliópolis
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About Heliópolis
Heliópolis is a favela in the Sacomã district of São Paulo. It has around 200,000 inhabitants and has developed into a serviced neighbourhood from its beginnings as a squatted settlement in the 1970s.
From the Wikipedia article Heliópolis (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parks, trails and playgrounds4
Churches and places of worship2
Congregação Cristã no Brasil
Church · Pentecostal · 1.0 km
Rua Francisca Alves, Heliópolis
Igreja Matriz de São Sebastião
Church · Roman Catholic · 0.9 km
Praça Padre Mendonça, Heliópolis
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries5
Colégio Estadual José Dantas de Sousa
School · 0.9 km
Travessa Francisca Alves, Heliópolis
Escola de Ensino Fundamental e Médio Governador Waldir Pires
School · 1.1 km
413 Avenida Helvécio Pereira de Santana, Heliópolis
Escola Municipal Castro Alves
School · 0.9 km
Rua José Antonio do Rosário, Heliópolis
Escola Municipal de Educação Infantil e Ensino Fundamental Galdino Barbosa de Andrade
School · 0.8 km
Rua Mangabeira, Heliópolis
Escola Municipal de Educação Infantil e Ensino Fundamental Rui Barbosa
School · 0.8 km
216 Praça Honorina Gonçalves Pires, Heliópolis
History
Heliópolis began as a series of vacant lots and a few homes of factory workers, but from the 1960s and 1970s onwards there was a large land invasion. The informal settlement was built illegally, then was consolidated and turned into a neighborhood.
In the area housing estates were built and CDHU COHAB replaced degraded horizontal buildings, although there are still several tracts in this condition. The dirt roads were replaced by asphalt, and thus consolidated in structure.
In March 2008, international delegations visited the urbanization works in Heliopolis to study urban design and model the use of public space. Delegations were present from Lagos (Nigeria), La Paz (Bolivia), Cairo (Egypt), Manila (Philippines) and Ekurhuleni (South Africa).
From the History section of Heliópolis on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Healthcare1
Map of Heliópolis
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Getting there and nearby towns
Aeroporto de Canudos (SNKU) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 119 km away.
- Poço Verde 12 km east, about 12 min by car
- Fátima 12 km northeast, about 12 min by car
- Cícero Dantas 14 km northwest, about 14 min by car
- Adustina 26 km northeast, about 26 min by car
- Antas 31 km north, about 31 min by car
- Ribeira do Pombal 32 km southwest, about 32 min by car
- Sítio do Quinto 36 km north, about 36 min by car
- Banzaê 38 km west, about 38 min by car
- Novo Triunfo 41 km north, about 41 min by car
- Ribeira do Amparo 44 km south, about 44 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Contrastes urbanos em Heliópolis, Lukaaz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- ISS053-E-412645 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS053-E-412646 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS053-E-430172 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS053-E-430171 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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