Marechal Hermes is a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a working class suburb situated in the North region of Rio surrounded by Bento Ribeiro, Campo dos Afonsos, Deodoro and Guadalupe. It takes its name from an ex-president of Brazil: Marechal Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca, being marshal the highest possible Army rank in Brazil.
Marechal, as it is known locally, gained from being a "planned" suburb. With wide avenues, a cinema, a theatre, a large hospital and a big church. Many of its original inhabitants were military men in view of the Army and Airforce headquarters nearby in Deodoro and Campo dos Afonsos respectively.
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Abolição · Acari · Água Santa · Aldeia Campista · Alto da Boa Vista · Anchieta · Andaraí · Bancários · Barros Filho · Benfica · Bento Ribeiro · Bonsucesso · Brás de Pina · Cachambi · Cacuia · Caju · Campinho · Cascadura · Cavalcante · Cidade Universitária · Cocotá · Coelho Neto · Colégio · Cordovil · Costa Barros · Del Castilho · Encantado · Engenheiro Leal · Engenho da Rainha · Engenho de Dentro · Engenho Novo · Fazenda Botafogo · Freguesia da Ilha · Galeão · Grajaú · Guadalupe · Higienópolis · Honório Gurgel · Inhaúma · Irajá · Jacaré · Jardim América · Jardim Carioca · Jardim Guanabara · Lins de Vasconcelos · Madureira · Maracanã · Marechal Hermes · Maria da Graça · Méier · Moneró · Muda · Olaria · Osvaldo Cruz · Parada de Lucas · Parque Anchieta · Parque Colúmbia · Pavuna · Penha · Penha Circular · Piedade · Pilares · Pitangueiras · Portuguesa · Praça da Bandeira · Praia da Bandeira · Quintino Bocaiúva · Ramos · Riachuelo · Ribeira · Ricardo de Albuquerque · Rio Comprido · Rocha · Rocha Miranda · Sampaio · São Cristóvão · São Francisco Xavier · Tauá · Tijuca · Todos os Santos · Tomás Coelho · Turiaçu · Usina · Vasco da Gama · Vaz Lobo · Vicente de Carvalho · Vila da Penha · Vigário Geral · Vila Isabel · Vila Kosmos · Vista Alegre · Zumbi |
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Coordinates: 22°52′S 43°22′W / 22.867°S 43.367°W / -22.867; -43.367
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