Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro (; River of January), or simply Rio, is anchor to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area and the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas. Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's third-most populous state. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape.
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| Founded | 1 March 1565
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| Area:Metro | 4,539.8 km (1,759.6 sq mi)
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| Area:Municipality | 1,221 km (486.5 sq mi)
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| Elevation | from 0 to 1,020 m (from 0 to 3,349 ft)
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| Population:Urban | 11,616,000
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| Population:Metro | 12,280,702 (2nd)
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| Population:Metro density | 2,705.1/km (7,006/sq mi)
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| Population:Municipality | 6,688,930
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| Postal code | 20000-000 |
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| Area code | +55 21
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