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