| Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January
in Portuguese) is the name of both a state and a city
in southeastern Brazil. The city is famous for the hotel-lined
tourist beaches Copacabana and Ipanema, for the giant
statue of Jesus, known as Christ the Redeemer ("Cristo
Redentor") on the Corcovado mountain, and for its
yearly Carnival celebration. It also has the biggest forest
inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca".
The population of the city proper of Rio de Janeiro is
about 6,150,000 (as of 2004), occupying an area of 1256
km² (485 sq. miles). The larger metropolitan area
population is estimated at 10-13 million. It's Brazil's
second largest city after São Paulo and used to
be the country's capital until 1960, when Brasília
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| Salvador (in full, São Salvador
da Baía de Todos os Santos, meaning "Holy
Savior of the Bay of All Saints") is a city on the
northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Brazilian
state of Bahia. It was for a long time known as the city
of Bahia, and appears under that name (or as Salvador
Bahia) on many maps and books from before the mid 20th
century. |
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| Recife (population 1.3 million, 3.5
million in the metropolitan area) is located in the Northeastern
Region, and it's the fifth largest city in Brazil. It
is the capital of the Pernambuco state and is a port on
the Atlantic Ocean. It has been called the "Venice
of Brazil" because it is dissected by numerous waterways
and connected by many bridges. The city got its name from
the coral reefs that line the coast. Local fishermen go
out into the high seas in "jangadas", crude
log rafts with beautiful sails unique to the area, that
require expert navigational skills to maneuver. |
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