Cidade de Deus
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Cidade de Deus ("City of God"), is the name of a favela located in the district of Jacarepaguá, west zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cidade de Deus started to be built in 1960, through a policy of systematic removal of all shanty towns in Rio de Janeiro. It was featured in the 2002 film City of God.