Cidade De Deus (Rio De Janeiro)
Coordinates: 22°56′53.95″S 43°21′47.69″W / 22.9483194°S 43.3632472°W / -22.9483194; -43.3632472
The neighbourhood of Cidade de Deus (, City of God) is part of the borough of Jacarepaguá, in the Western Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is also known as CDD among their inhabitants.
The neighbourhood was founded in 1960, planned and executed by the government of Guanabara State as part of the policy to systematically remove favelas from the center of Rio de Janeiro and settling their inhabitants in the suburbs.
It is used as backdrop in the 2002 film City of God.
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