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Aldeia Campista (Portuguese pronunciation:[awˈdejɐkɐ̃ˈpiʃtɐ], "Camper Village") was a neighborhood inRio de Janeiro,Brazil, close to contemporaryVila Isabel,Tijuca,Maracanã andAndaraí.
Located in the flat plain of theGrande Tijuca area of southernmostZona Norte carioca neighbourhoods, once swampy, it was drained. Today most of the ancient Aldeia Campista was merged with Vila Isabel, in the area of it which is most close to Maracanã stadium, Tijuca and Andaraí. It is more close to thefavelas of Mangueira and Morro dos Macacos thanTijuca National Park. A few schools, hospitals, small businesses and meet points for the Rio de Janeiro's youth are present there, close to a major shopping center in Tijuca and the Maracanã Stadium. Also close to the ancientAldeia Campista is also Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro's state University, most known by its acronym in Portuguese,UERJ), Vila Isabel Campus. Its standards of living are higher than the average of North Zone, nevertheless it is not an affluent area in the city or even popular outsideGrande Tijuca.
In 1885, the Companhia de Fiação e Tecidos Confiança Industrial, a textile factory, was established in Aldeia Campista, between Vila Isabel and Andaraí. This factory played a significant role in the local economy and contributed to the area's development.[1]
Common traditions found throughout Rio de Janeiro such as commemoratingsoccer victories and the carnival in the streets known asbloco de rua are also practised there. The region, as the whole middle class areas of Grande Tijuca, is mildlyLGBT-friendly, although not representative when compared toZona Sul, Zona Central and some areas ofNiterói city (the closest to Grande Tijuca, Zona Central and Zona Sul in Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area) andBarra da Tijuca, but way more tolerant than other mostly residential neighbourhoods in Zona Norte, where discretion is highly advisable.
Rio's Metro stations close to what in the past was Aldeia Campista are Maracanã, São Francisco Xavier and Saens Peña (the latter two in Tijuca neighbourhood).
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