Guaratiba is a large neighborhood located in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

. It has one of the city's smallest population densities

Population density

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Sub-neighborhoods

Due to its territorial size is divided in sub-regions or sub-neighborhoods:

• Barra de Guaratiba
  Barra de Guaratiba
  Barra de Guaratiba is a neighbourhood in the Western Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
  
   is located at the lowland situated in the south of Serra da Grota Funda, including mangrove
  Mangrove
  Mangroves are various kinds of trees up to medium height and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats in the tropics and subtropics – mainly between latitudes N and S...
  
  s and an access point to Restinga de Marambaia.
• Pedra de Guaratiba
  Pedra de Guaratiba
  Pedra de Guaratiba is a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
  
   is situated along the neighborhood's coastal region, with access to Sepetiba Bay, where the fishery activity is strong.
• Ilha de Guaratiba is essentially a rural area, including the southeastern face of Maciço da Pedra Branca.

Attractions

The region is currently expanding due to real estate investment because the access to the neighborhood is predisposed to be made easier due to Grota Funda tunnel, scheduled to be finished in 2008.