Vila do João ("John's Village") is a favela in the neighborhood of Maré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In 1982, the Brazilian government built 1,500 homes in the region.
[1] The favela is named after João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo, the 30th president of Brazil.
[1] It currently has about 4,000 households and a population estimated at nearly 12,000 people.
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