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Rio de Janeiro, the state capital of the same name, is the second largest city in Brazil, located in the southeast of the country. Brazilian city better known abroad, [10] [11] major route of international tourism in Brazil [12] and main tourist destination in Latin America and throughout the Southern Hemisphere, [12] the state capital serves as a "mirror" or "portrait" national, either positively or negatively. Currently, Rio de Janeiro is the second largest city, after São Paulo. It is also known as the Marvelous City, and one that is born it is called carioca. In 2012, the urban landscape of the city was considered World Heritage by UNESCO.
It is a major economic centers, cultural and financial of the country, and is internationally known for many cultural icons and landscapes such as the Sugar Loaf, the Corcovado Mountain to the Christ the Redeemer statue, the beaches of Copacabana, Ipanema and Barra Tijuca (among others), the Maracanã Stadium, the João Havelange Olympic Stadium, the Teatro Municipal of Rio de Janeiro, the forests of Tijuca and Pedra Branca, Quinta da Boa Vista, the National Library, the island of Paqueta New Year's Eve in Copacabana, Rio carnival, Bossa Nova and samba.
Represents the second largest GDP in the country [15] (and 30th largest in the world [16]), estimated at about 140 billion reais (IBGE/2007), [9] and is the headquarters of two major Brazilian companies - Petrobras and Vale, and major oil companies and telephony in Brazil, besides the largest conglomerate of media and communications companies in Latin America, the Globo Organizations. [17] contemplated by many universities and institutes, is the second largest center of research and development in Brazil, accounting for 19% of national scientific production, according to 2005 data. Highlight for the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro has published 5952 articles between 1998 and 2002. [18] Rio de Janeiro is considered a global city beta - the 2008 inventory at Loughborough University (GaWC).
The municipality of Rio de Janeiro is divided into 161 districts, grouped into 33 administrative regions. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, the most populous state capital of Campo Grande is taking about 330 thousand inhabitants. The western neighborhoods of concentrated largely's most populous municipality, with a high population growth, but not a similar development, causing undue crowding and segregation. Aside from Campo Grande, Bangu, Santa Cruz and Barra da Tijuca are other neighborhoods with populations over 200 thousand people. Already in the south, there is a high concentration of elderly, such as Copacabana, taking almost 25% of its elderly residents.
It is a major economic centers, cultural and financial of the country, and is internationally known for many cultural icons and landscapes such as the Sugar Loaf, the Corcovado Mountain to the Christ the Redeemer statue, the beaches of Copacabana, Ipanema and Barra Tijuca (among others), the Maracanã Stadium, the João Havelange Olympic Stadium, the Teatro Municipal of Rio de Janeiro, the forests of Tijuca and Pedra Branca, Quinta da Boa Vista, the National Library, the island of Paqueta New Year's Eve in Copacabana, Rio carnival, Bossa Nova and samba.
Represents the second largest GDP in the country [15] (and 30th largest in the world [16]), estimated at about 140 billion reais (IBGE/2007), [9] and is the headquarters of two major Brazilian companies - Petrobras and Vale, and major oil companies and telephony in Brazil, besides the largest conglomerate of media and communications companies in Latin America, the Globo Organizations. [17] contemplated by many universities and institutes, is the second largest center of research and development in Brazil, accounting for 19% of national scientific production, according to 2005 data. Highlight for the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro has published 5952 articles between 1998 and 2002. [18] Rio de Janeiro is considered a global city beta - the 2008 inventory at Loughborough University (GaWC).
The municipality of Rio de Janeiro is divided into 161 districts, grouped into 33 administrative regions. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, the most populous state capital of Campo Grande is taking about 330 thousand inhabitants. The western neighborhoods of concentrated largely's most populous municipality, with a high population growth, but not a similar development, causing undue crowding and segregation. Aside from Campo Grande, Bangu, Santa Cruz and Barra da Tijuca are other neighborhoods with populations over 200 thousand people. Already in the south, there is a high concentration of elderly, such as Copacabana, taking almost 25% of its elderly residents.