Rio de Janeiro (abbreviated as Rio, port. Rio de Janeiro - January River) is a city in Brazil. The administrative center of the eponymous state of Rio de Janeiro.
The population is 6.7 million people (2018), it is the second largest city in the country and the fourth in South America. Forms an agglomeration with a population of more than 12.5 million people (2018). A major financial center and seaport on the continent, a scientific center.
Located on the shores of the Gulf of Guanabara of the Atlantic Ocean, on a narrow plain, sandwiched on both sides by mountains and the sea. The climate is tropical. The area was discovered by the Portuguese navigator Gaspar di Lemos, who mistook Guanabara Bay for a river, which they called the January River. In 1531, the Portuguese fort of San Sebastian de Rio de Janeiro was founded. Since 1763 - the capital of the Viceroyalty of Brazil, since 1822 - the capital of the independent Brazilian Empire, in 1889-1960 - the capital of the Republic of the United States of Brazil.
Historical center with buildings of the 16th-19th centuries. The coast, along with Copacabana Beach, Sugar Loaf Mountain and the statue of Christ, is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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