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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]
Rio is a 2011 American animated musical adventure comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox Animation.It was directed by Carlos Saldanha from a screenplay written by Don Rhymer, Joshua Sternin, Jeffrey Ventimilia, and Sam Harper, based on a story conceived by Saldanha and the writing team of Earl Richey Jones and Todd Jones.
Attack of French Villegagnon island by the Portuguese on 15 March 1560. The acclamation ceremony of King John VI of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 6 February 1818 Port of the Mineiros in Rio de Janeiro View of Rio de Janeiro from the church of the monastery of São Bento c. 1820
The population of the city of Rio de Janeiro, occupying an area of 1,182.3 square kilometers (456.5 sq mi), [3] is about 6,000,000. [4] The population of the greater metropolitan area is estimated at 11–13.5 million. Residents of the city are known as cariocas. The official song of Rio is "Cidade Maravilhosa", by composer André Filho.
The typical Rio Carnival parade is filled with revelers, floats, and adornments from numerous samba schools which are located in Rio (more than 200 approximately, divided into five leagues/divisions). A samba school is composed of a collaboration of local neighbours that want to attend the carnival together, with some kind of regional ...
All too often, when Rio state's military police conduct operations and face off with local drug traffickers, class is canceled and they take shelter behind washing machines, under their beds or far from windows that a stray bullet might shatter. Mare is one of Rio's most populous favelas, with about 130,000 residents.
Map of Rio de Janeiro, 1895. 1803 - Paço de São Cristóvão building erected. 1808 City becomes capital of Kingdom of Portugal. [3]Impressão Régia [] (royal printing press) begins operating.
Rio de Janeiro's carnival alone drew 6 million people in 2018, with 1.5 million being travelers from inside and outside Brazil. [7] Rio's carnival is the largest in the world according to Guinness World Records. [8]