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| Brazilian Maps: Country, Cities, and Subways | |
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Brazil is a huge country, larger than the lower-48 U.S. states. It's divided into 26 states and a Federal District. When you research Brazilian sites for travel information, you may find that the listings are by state, and not by city. To figure out what state a city is located in, you'll need a good map. The map here is a pretty good one, showing the states, the regions into which Brazil is officially divided, major cities and time zones.
To see Brazil in the context of the whole continent, click here for a highly resolved map. To research information, you will also find it useful to know the names of the state capitals (which are also most of the major cities) and the two-letter abbreviations for each of the states. Starting from the deepest south, by region, they are: SOUTH: Rio Grande do Sul (RS): Porto Alegre Santa Catarina (SC): Florianópolis Paraná (PR): Curitiba SOUTHEAST: São Paulo (SP): São Paulo Rio de Janeiro (RJ): Rio de Janeiro Minas Gerais (MG): Belo Horizonte Espírito Santo (ES): Vitória NORTHEAST: Bahia (BA): Salvador Sergipe (SE): Aracaju Alagoas (AL): Maceió Pernambuco (PN): Recife Paraíba (PB): João Pessoa Rio Grande do Norte (RN): Natal Ceará (CE): Fortaleza Piauí (PI): Teresina Maranhão (MA): São Luis NORTH: Pará (PA): Belém Amapá (AP): Macapá Amazonas (AM): Manaus Roraima (RR): Boa Vista Acre (AC): Rio Branco Rondônia (RO): Porto Velho Tocantins (TO): Palmas CENTER-WEST: Goiás (GO): Goiânia Mato Grosso (MT): Cuiabá Mato Grosso do Sul (MS): Campo Grande Distrito Federal (DF): Brasília |
| City Maps | |
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Finding your way around a strange Brazilian
city can be an adventure, to say the least. Help is at hand here on
Gay Travel Brazil! We've posted a collection of detailed city maps for cities our
readers are likely to visit.
PLEASE NOTE: These maps are not intended to be complete, In some cases, maps that spread over two orignial pages were scanned leaving a dark band where the pages come together. In other cases, two maps on facing pages were merged into one. Unfortunately the merges aren't seamless, so you will see discontinuities where the two pages were brought together. However, all of these maps are still quite detailed and usable, and will give you a good overview of the areas covered. For some cities there's a metro area overview map with areas marked in yellow showing page numbers for more detailed maps. Numbers shown on map names here correspond to the page numbers shown in the overview map. After you're oriented using these maps, you can get even more detailed maps and directions in a number of major cities, by using our link to an on-line Brazilian Map/Address Search Service. On that page, in the box labeled "Endereço" ("Address") choose a city from the drop-down box, then the name of the street in the field marked "Rua" ("street") and the address number in the field marked "Número," then click on "Mostrar Mapa" ("Show Map"). Estimated Populations for Brazilian Metro Areas
* The maps appear first with Rio de Janeiro, followed by São Paulo, and then the cities appear in alphabetical order. Rio Overview Map Rio Centro Map Rio Botafogo Map Rio Copacabana Map Rio Ipanema Map Rio Barra Overview Map São Paulo Overview Map São Paulo Northwest Map 82-83 São Paulo Map Centro 84-85 São Paulo WestMap 86-87 São Paulo South Central Map Map 88-89 São Paulo Soutwest Map 90-91 Aracaju Downtown (Centro) Map Aracaju Beaches Map Belém Map Belo Horizonte Overview Map Belo Horizonte Downtown (Centro) Map Brasília Overview Map Boa Vista Map Búzios Map Campinas Map Campo Grande Overview Map Campo Grande Map Cuiabá Overview Map Cuiabá Map Curitiba West and Overview Map Curitiba Downtown (Centro) Map Curitiba Map 2 Curitiba Map 3 Fernando de Noronha Map Florianópolis Island Overview Map Florianópolis Downtown (Centro) Map Fortaleza Overview And Beaches Map Fortaleza Downtown Map Foz do Iguaçu Overview Map Foz do Iguaçu Falls Map Goiânia Map 32-33 Goiânia Map 34 João Pessoa Beaches Map Macapá Map Maceió Map Manaus Map Natal Ponta Negra And Overview Map Natal Downtown Map Ouro Preto Map Palmas Map Parati Map Petrópolis Map Porto Alegre Downtown (Centro) Map Porto Alegre Map 1 Porto Alegre Map 2 Porto Velho Map Recife Overview Map Recife Downtown Map Recife Boa Viagem Map Recife Pina Map Rio Branco Map Salvador Downtown/Overview Map 68-69 Salvador Barra Map70-71 Santos Map Teresina Map Vitória Map with Overview 94 Vitória Map 95 Vitória Map 96-97 |
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| Rio de Janeiro Subway Map | |
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Rio de Janeiro has a modern metro system. While not as extensive as in some other major cities, it's useful to visitors. Many destinations of interest to Gay Travel Brazil readers are conveniently accessible by metro.
The system is easy to use, with system maps in all stations and trains, as well as maps of the immediate surrounding area
in each individual station. The metro operates every day, from at least 6:00 a.m. to near midnight.
Schedules and fares change frequently, though, so please check this information locally.
If you're familiar with the metros in Montreal, Paris, Mexico City, Barcelona, etc., the metro works the same way.
Buy a single, round-trip, or 10-trip ticket at the ticket booth. (A round trip or multiple ticket is a good idea because the lines at the ticket booths are very long during rush hour.) The ticket is pasteboard with a magnetic stripe on one side. Insert the ticket into the slot in the turnstile. If it's a single ride ticket, the turnstile will swallow it. If it's a multiple-ride ticket, it will be returned to you for future use (although it will be swallowed when you've used the last ride). Just follow the many signs for the direction in which you're going. "Embarque" means "boarding." "Saída" means "Exit." Now have fun exploring the city! 
If you understand Portuguese you can get more information on the Metro's official site: http://www.metrorio.com.br |
| São Paulo Subway Map | |
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São Paulo has a modern metro system. While not as extensive as in some other major cities, it's useful to visitors. Many destinations of interest to Gay Travel Brazil readers are conveniently accessible by metro.
The system is easy to use, with system maps in all stations and trains, as well as maps of the immediate surrounding area
in each individual station. The metro operates every day, from at least 6:00 a.m. to near midnight.
Schedules and fares change frequently, though, so please check this information locally.
If you're familiar with the metros in Montreal, Paris, Mexico City, Barcelona, etc., the metro works the same way.
Buy a single, round-trip, or 10-trip ticket at the ticket booth. (A round trip or multiple ticket is a good idea because the lines at the ticket booths are very long during rush hour.) The ticket is pasteboard with a magnetic stripe on one side. Insert the ticket into the slot in the turnstile. If it's a single ride ticket, the turnstile will swallow it. If it's a multiple-ride ticket, it will be returned to you for future use (although it will be swallowed when you've used the last ride). Just follow the many signs for the direction in which you're going. "Embarque" means "boarding." "Saída" means "Exit." Now have fun exploring the city! 
If you understand Portuguese you can get more information on the Metro's official site: http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/ |
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