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A street sign indicating a Brazilian Postal Code (13010-111) at its bottom, in Campinas. Código de Endereçamento Postal (Postal Addressing Code) is the Brazilian postal code system commonly known as CEP. Introduced in 1972 as a sequence of five digits, it was expanded to eight digits in 1992 to allow for more precise localization.
Rio de Janeiro is Brazil's primary tourist attraction and resort. It receives the most visitors per year of any city in South America with 2.82 million international tourists a year. [217] Attractions in the city include approximately 80 kilometers of beaches, Corcovado and Sugarloaf mountains, and the Maracanã Stadium. While the city had in ...
Bom Jardim (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbõ(w) ʒaʁˈdʒĩ]) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 27,616 (2020) and its area is 385 km 2. [2] The municipality contains part of the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic, created in 2006. [3]
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 ...
Zona Central (Central Region) is the historical, administrative, and financial centre of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It has been undergoing a major revitalisation since it was rediscovered by locals in the 1990s.
Mesquita (Portuguese for 'mosque'; pronounced) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 176,569 (2020) and its area is 42 km 2 (16 sq mi). [1] The municipality contains part of the 4,398 hectares (10,870 acres) Mendanha State Park, created in 2013. [3]
Anchieta is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with an area of 409,691 km 2 and a population of 29,984 people. It saw a significant increase in its IDHM in the past few decades, going from 0.472 in 1991 to 0.730 in 2010, and it is known for its education of residents, registered at 99.1%.
Quintino Bocaiuva is a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The locality is famous for being the former home of football (soccer) player Zico , who was nicknamed "Little Rooster from Quintino". [ 1 ]