Marechal Hermes is a suburb of Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. It is a working class

Working class

Working class is a term used in the social sciences and in ordinary conversation to describe those employed in lower tier jobs , often extending to those in unemployment or otherwise possessing below-average incomes...

 suburb situated in the North region of Rio surrounded by Bento Ribeiro

Bento Ribeiro

Bento Ribeiro is a middle class neighborhood in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Located in Rio's North Zone, it is a suburban area in the vicinity of Marechal Hermes and Oswaldo Cruz. Bento Ribeiro owes its name to Bento Manuel Ribeiro Carneiro Monteiro, mayor of Rio de Janeiro between 1910...

, Campo dos Afonsos

Afonsos Air Force Base

Afonsos Air Force Base – BAAF is a base of the Brazilian Air Force, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The official name of the Base is Campo Délio Jardim de Matos after a former commander of the base and Minister of the Air Force.-History:...

, Deodoro and Guadalupe

Guadalupe (Rio de Janeiro)

Guadalupe is a neighbourhood located in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is surrounded by Barros Filho, Honório Gurgel, Marechal Hermes, Deodoro, Ricardo de Albuquerque, Costa Barros and Anchieta. Its designation is a homage to Our Lady of Guadalupe which main church in Rio de Janeiro...

. It takes its name from an ex-president of Brazil

President of Brazil

The president of Brazil is both the head of state and head of government of the Federative Republic of Brazil. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the Brazilian Armed Forces...

: Marechal Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca

Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca

Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca was a Brazilian soldier and politician. The nephew of Deodoro da Fonseca, the first Brazilian President, he was the country's Minister of War in 1906...

, being marshal

Marshal

Marshal , is a word used in several official titles of various branches of society. The word is an ancient loan word from Old French, cf...

the highest possible Army rank in Brazil.

Marechal, as it is known locally, gained from being a "planned" suburb. It contains wide avenues, a cinema, theatre, large hospital and a big church. Many of its original inhabitants were military men in view of the Army and Airforce headquarters nearby in Deodoro and Campo dos Afonsos respectively.