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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 ...
In order to separate the province from the capital of the Empire, the city was converted in Neutral Municipality in 1834, passing the province of Rio de Janeiro to have Niterói as capital. [24] As a political center of the country, Rio concentrated the political-partisan life of the Empire.
Barra de Guaratiba, Guaratiba, Pedra de Guaratiba: 123,114 [27] XXVII Rocinha Rocinha: 69,356 [28] XXVIII Jacarezinho Jacarezinho: 37,839 [29] XXIX Complexo do Alemão Complexo do Alemão: 69,143 [30] XXX Maré Maré: 129,770 [31] XXXI Vigário Geral Cordovil, Jardim América, Parada de Lucas, Vigário Geral: 136,171 [32] XXXIII Realengo
The city of Rio de Janeiro, the imperial capital, was removed from the province of Rio de Janeiro, and was included in the Neutral Municipality. At the same time, the capital of the province of Rio de Janeiro was transferred to Niterói .
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), located in the Southeast Region of Brazil. Rio de Janeiro is divided into 92 municipalities, which were, until 2017, grouped into 18 microregions, which were grouped into 6 mesoregions. [1] Municipalities of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. See table for key. [n 1]
The surrounding Province of Rio de Janeiro (which did not include the city) had its capital city in Niterói. When Brazil became a republic in 1889, the city of Rio de Janeiro remained the national capital, and the territory of the Neutral Municipality became the Federal District ( Portuguese : Distrito Federal ), while the surrounding ...
During the colonial period, especially when Rio de Janeiro was a captaincy, several towns were founded, in addition to the city of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, which served as its administrative center: Angra dos Santos Reis da Ilha Grande (1608), Santa Helena (later Nossa Senhora da Assunção de Cabo Frio, 1615), Nossa Senhora dos ...
FN: Territory of Fernando de Noronha, split from Pernambuco (PE) in 1942, merged back into the state in 1988. GB: State of Guanabara, merged into Rio de Janeiro (RJ) in 1975. Was the country capital until 1960, replaced by Distrito Federal (DF).