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Rio de Janeiro subsequently served as the capital of the independent monarchy, the Empire of Brazil, until 1889, and then the capital of a republican Brazil until 1960 when the capital was transferred to Brasília. Rio de Janeiro has the second largest municipal GDP in the country, [8] and 30th-largest in the world in 2008. [9]
The original demonym for the State of Rio de Janeiro is fluminense, from Latin flumen, fluminis, meaning "river".While carioca (from Old Tupi) is an older term, first attested in 1502, fluminense was sanctioned in 1783, twenty years after the city had become the capital of the Brazilian colonies, as the official demonym of the Royal Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro and subsequently of the Province ...
Greater Rio de Janeiro, officially the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region (Grande Rio, officially Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro, in Portuguese) is a large metropolitan area located in Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil, the second largest in Brazil and third largest in South America. It consists of 22 municipalities, including the state ...
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro 134 m (440 ft) 30 1991 Frederico Bokel [40] Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro 134 m (440 ft) 37 1970 78 Barão de Iguape [57] São Paulo São Paulo 133 m (436 ft) 37 1959 79 Edifício Conde Pereira Carneiro [58] Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro 133 m (436 ft) 43 1976 80 Freguesia de Casa Forte [59] Recife Pernambuco
The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro) is a festival held every year before Lent; it is considered the biggest celebration of Carnival in the world, with two million people per day on the streets. The first Carnival festival in Rio occurred in 1723. [1] [2]
It's so big it has nine different time zones. Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY. January 16, 2023 at 8:05 AM ... In fact, Russia is so large it has nine time zones and borders 16 other countries.
Rio de Janeiro, Recife, and Salvador on the coast have warm climates, with average temperatures ranging from 23 to 27 °C (73.4 to 80.6 °F), but enjoy constant trade winds. [1] The southern cities of Porto Alegre and Curitiba have a subtropical climate similar to that in parts of the United States and Europe, and temperatures can fall below ...
A viral video captured in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, Nov. 5, demonstrated the power of the ocean when a massive wave crashed ashore with little warning, sending dozens of people scrambling for dry ...