Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro ("River o Januar", ; ), commonly referred tae simply as Rio, is the caipital ceety o the State o Rio de Janeiro, the seicont lairgest ceety o Brazil an the third lairgest metropolitan aurie an agglomeration in Sooth Americae, 6t lairgest in the Americaes.

The ceety wis the caipital o Brazil for nearly twa centuries, frae 1763 tae 1815 durin the Portuguese colonial era, 1815 tae 1821 as the caipital o the United Kinrick o Portugal, Brazil an Algarves, an frae 1822 tae 1960 as an independent naition. Rio is nicknamed A Cidade Maravilhosa or "The Marvelous Ceety." It is considered a Beta- Warld Ceety.

Rio de Janeiro represents the seicont lairgest GDP in the kintra (an 30t lairgest in the warld), estimatit at aboot 140 billion reais (IBGE/2007), an is the headquarters o twa major Brazilian companies – Petrobras an Vale, an major ile companies an telephony in Brazil, besides the lairgest conglomerat o media an communications companies in Latin Americae, the Globo Organizations. Considered bi mony varsities an institutes, is the seicont lairgest centre o research an development in Brazil, accounting for 17% o naitional scienteefic production – accordin tae 2005 data.

 Internaitional relations 

 Twin touns — Sister ceeties 
Rio de Janeiro is twinned wi:

   Americas   Europe   Asie an Africae Mexico Ceety, Mexico Istanbul, Turkey Batangas Ceety, Philippines Managua, Nicaragua Saunt Petersburg, Roushie Kobe, Japan Caracas, VenezuelaWarsaw, PolandTunis, Tunisie Puerto Varas, ChileSanto Tirso an Vila Nova de Gaia, PortugalSeoul, Sooth KoreaLa Paz, BolivieBarcelona an Santa Cruz de Tenerife, SpainAmsterdam, NetherlandsMiami, Unitit StatesMontpellier, FraunceTel Aviv, IsraelOklahoma Ceety, Unitit StatesLiverpuil, Unitit Kinrick Mumbai, IndieNewark, Unitit StatesParis, FraunceDurban, Sooth AfricaeAtlanta, Unitit StatesLisbon, PortugalBeirut, LebanonVancouver, CanadaeMadrid, SpainCasablanca, MoroccoBuenos Aires, ArgentinaeKiev, UkraineLagos, NigerieBelo Horizonte, Brazilhttp://spl.camara.rj.gov.br/spldocs/pl/2006/pl0980_2006_008195.pdf Bucharest, RomanieRufisque, SenegalNatal, BrazilLeis sancionadas e vetos (21 de janeiro de 2008). Lei n.º 4.752/2008. Câmara Municipal do Rio de Janeiro. Página visitada em 26 de outubro de 2008.Guimarães, PortugalLei nº 2.643/1998. Câmara Municipal do Rio de Janeiro. Página visitada em 26 de dezembro de 2008.Beijing, CheenaeYerevan, Armenie

 References 


Category:Carnival ceeties an touns
Category:Populatit coastal places in Rio de Janeiro (state)
Category:Umwhile naitional caipitals
Category:Port ceeties in Brazil
Category:Populatit places established in 1565
Category:State caipitals in Brazil
Category:Warld Heritage Steids in Brazil
Category:Host ceeties o the Simmer Olympic Gemmes