Rocinha

Rocinha
Neighborhood
Rocinha Location in Rio de Janeiro Show map of Rio de Janeiro Rocinha Rocinha (Brazil) Show map of Brazil
Coordinates: 22°59′19″S 43°14′54″W / 22.98861°S 43.24833°W / -22.98861; -43.24833
Country	Brazil
State	Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Municipality/City	Rio de Janeiro
Zone	South Zone
Administrative Region	Rocinha
Area
• Total	143.72 ha (355.14 acres)
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	69,356 (2,010 census)

Rocinha (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁɔˈsĩɲɐ], little farm) is a favela in Brazil, located in Rio de Janeiro's South Zone between the districts of São Conrado and Gávea. Rocinha is built on a steep hillside overlooking Rio de Janeiro, and is located about one kilometre from a nearby beach. Most of the favela is on a very steep hill, with many trees surrounding it. Around 200,000 people live in Rocinha, making it the most populous in Rio de Janeiro.^[2]

Although Rocinha is officially categorized as a neighbourhood, many still refer to it as a favela. It developed from a shanty town into an urbanized slum. Today, almost all the houses in Rocinha are made from concrete and brick. Some buildings are three and four storeys tall and almost all houses have basic plumbing and electricity. Compared to simple shanty towns or slums, Rocinha has a better developed infrastructure and hundreds of businesses such as banks, medicine stores, bus routes, cable television, including locally based channel TV ROC (TV Rocinha), and, at one time, a McDonald's franchise.^[3] These factors help classify Rocinha as a favela bairro, or favela neighborhood.