Monday, August 30, 2010

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro (meaning "River of January" in Portuguese) is the capital of the State of Rio de Janeiro in southeastern Brazil. This city has a total area is 1256 km ² and a population of about 6.15 million million inhabitants (2004). Approximately 10 million people live in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro Kingdom, which is currently the fourth largest city in the world.

Location of the port of Rio de Janeiro is unique is right on the tip of the estuary of the river between the sea and rivers meeting, other than the port city city also has a geographical location and the scenery is very beautiful, Brazil discovered and colonized by the Portuguese in the year 1565 so that the culture, language, customs , also refers to the state food portugal, which were the spiritual bond between the two countries.

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