Just like Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf Mountain
Just like Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf Mountain, favelas are a hallmark of Rio's landscape. According to data from the 2010 Census, there are 160 neighborhoods with formal buildings and 763 favelas in the municipality, which are home to around 1.3 million people, which is equivalent to almost a quarter of the population of Rio de Janeiro. If all the inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro's favelas got together, they would form the 12th most populous city in Brazil.
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