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For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation. **Caramujo** is a [working class](/source/Working_class) neighborhood in the northern zone of [Niterói](/source/Niter%C3%B3i), [Brazil](/source/Brazil),[1] a municipality in the Eastern Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro, where Florália is located.[2] It borders between Fonseca, Ititioca, Santa Bárbara, Sapê, Baldeador and Viçoso Jardim, in an area that constitutes the so-called as the "sea of hills", which is characterized by the succession of valleys and low-lying hills, as well as the occupation of slopes due to the scarcity of flat areas.[3] ## Etymology The word *Caramujo* comes from the fact that there used to be an only single access and exit route to the neighborhood, Dr. Nilo Peçanha Street, and others were quite winding, making the place where it was necessary to "take many turns" to reach the destination, or to return to the point of origin.[3] The word *Caramujo* also in [Portuguese language](/source/Portuguese_language) means [snail](/source/Snail). According to the [SciELO](/source/SciELO) Brazil, the invasive of the African snail name [Fulica](/source/Lissachatina_fulica) has been introduced in Brazil from southern and southeastern states on at least three occasions. Its distribution currently had cover 24 of the 26 states and the Federal District. Dense populations of this species have been causing discomfort to the human populations, which also damage the gardens and small plantations, and acting as transmitters of the two [zoonoses](/source/Zoonosis) (abdominally [angiostrongyliasis](/source/Angiostrongyliasis) and [eosinophilic meningoencephalitis](/source/Eosinophilic_meningoencephalitis)), and other parasitic diseases of [veterinary](/source/Veterinarian) concern. In the present study, it present a new occurrences of a A. fulica in the state of Rio de Janeiro, as well as the data on the [larvae](/source/Larvae) of [nematodes](/source/Nematode) of medical and veterinary interest found in specimens of this species collected in this state.[4] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Bairros de Niterói](http://www.niteroi.rj.gov.br/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=61) *Prefeitura Municipal de Niterói*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["ANEXO IV"](https://culturaniteroi.com.br/chamadas/arq/2017_005_simfic_ANEXO%20IV%20-%20Regioes%20Administrativas.pdf) (PDF). *culturaniteroi.com.br*. Retrieved 12 Oct 2025. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Caramujo_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Caramujo_3-1) [Caramujo](http://www.culturaniteroi.com.br/blog/?id=327) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160829023659/http://www.culturaniteroi.com.br/blog/?id=327) 2016-08-29 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) *Cultura Niterói*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Neotrop, Biota (10 September 2010). ["The invasive exotic snail Achatina fulica (Stylommatophora, Mollusca) in the State of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil): current situation"](https://doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032010000300038). *SciELO Brazil*. Retrieved 29 June 2025. v t e List of neighborhoods in Niterói [pt] Praias da Baía Bairro de Fátima Boa Viagem Cachoeiras Centro Charitas Gragoatá Icaraí Ingá Jurujuba Morro do Estado Pé Pequeno Ponta d'Areia Santa Rosa São Domingos São Francisco Viradouro Vital Brazil Norte Baldeador Barreto Caramujo Cubango Engenhoca Fonseca Ilha da Conceição Santa Bárbara Santana São Lourenço Tenente Jardim Viçoso Jardim Oceânica Cafubá Camboinhas Engenho do Mato Itacoatiara Itaipu Jacaré Jardim Imbuí Maravista Piratininga Santo Antônio Serra Grande Pendotiba Badu Cantagalo Ititioca Largo da Batalha Maceió Maria Paula Matapaca Sapê Vila Progresso Leste Muriqui Rio do Ouro Várzea das Moças Category [15°50′S 57°51′W / 15.833°S 57.850°W / -15.833; -57.850](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Caramujo¶ms=15_50_S_57_51_W_region:BR_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Caramujo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caramujo) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caramujo?action=history)). 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