Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro ("River o Januar", Inglis pronunciation: /ˈriːoʊ deɪ dʒəˈnɛəroʊ/; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁiu dʒi ʒaˈnejɾu]), 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.

Rio de Janeiro
Municipality
Município do Rio de Janeiro The Municipality o Rio de Janeiro
Frae the top, left tae richt: Christ the Redeemer, Rio–Niterói brig, Dountoun frae the Guanabara Bay, Maracanã Stadium, Sugarloaf cable caur, the pavement o Copacabana Beach, an panorama o the ceety taken frae Corcovado.
Banner Seal
Eik-name(s):  Cidade Maravilhosa ("The Marvelous Ceety") or simply Rio
Location in the State o Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 22°54′30″S 43°11′47″W / 22.90833°S 43.19639°W / -22.90833; -43.19639 43°11′47″W / 22.90833°S 43.19639°W / -22.90833; -43.19639
Kintra	Brazil
Region	Sootheast
State	Rio de Janeiro
Foondit	1 Mairch 1565
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor-cooncil
• Bodi	Prefeitura da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro
• Mayor	Eduardo Paes (PMDB)
Area
• Municipality	1221 km2 (486.5 sq mi)
• Metro	4539.8 km2 (1759.6 sq mi)
Elevation	frae 0 tae 1021 m (frae 0 tae 3349 ft)
Population  (2015)[1]
• Municipality	6,453,682
• Rank	2nt
• Urban	11,616,000
• Metro	12,280,702 (2nt)
• Metro density	2705.1/km2 (7,006/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	carioca
Time zone	UTC-3 (BST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (BDT)
Postal Code	20000-000
Area code(s)	+55 21
Website	Ceety o Rio de Janeiro

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.