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	Rio de Janeiro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rio de Janeiro's waterfront and the Morro de Castello from the Ilha das Cobras in 1919 by Harriet Chalmers Adams
		Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of both a state and a city in southeastern Brazil.
		Rio was maintained as Brazilian capital after the military overthrew the monarchy and imposed a republic in 1889.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro (2542 words)

	Rio de Janeiro -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rio de Janeiro is located at 22 degrees, 54 minutes south (An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator) latitude, 43 degrees 14 minutes west (An imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator) longitude.
		Rio was maintained as Brazilian capital after the military overthrew the (An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority) monarchy and imposed a republic in 1889.
		Rio de Janeiro is also the paradise for (A climber of vertical rock faces) rock climbers, with hundreds of routes all over the town, raging from easy boulders to highly technical big walls climbs, all inside the city.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ri/rio_de_janeiro.htm (2006 words)

	rio de janeiro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rio de Janeiro ("River of January") is the name of both a state and a city in southeastern Brazil.
		Rio de Janeiro was Brazil's capital from 1764 to 1960, when the government was transferred to Brasília, but remains the second biggest city in the country, after São Paulo.
		Rio is a city of contrasts, and though much of the city clearly ranks alongside the world's most modern metropoles, a significant percentage of the city's 13 million inhabitants do still live in areas of poorer quality housing.
	yourencyclopedia.net /rio_de_janeiro.html (1015 words)

	Rio de Janeiro - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The bay where Rio de Janeiro is located (Guanabara Bay) was discovered by Europeans on January 1, 1502, by a Portuguese explorer Gaspar de Lemos; he named it "Rio" because he thought it was a river mouth rather than a bay.
		The city of Saint Sebastian of Rio de Janeiro was founded by the Portuguese Estacio de Sá on March 1, 1565, during the 12-year struggle to expel French Protestants that invaded the region (see "France Antarctique").
		Rio de Janeiro is host to four traditional Brazilian football(soccer) clubs: Flamengo, Botafogo, Fluminense and Vasco.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Rio_de_Janeiro (1296 words)

	rio de janeiro - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		The North Zone of Rio is home to the Maracan stadium, still the world's highest capacity football venue, able to hold nearly 200,000 people (however, the biggest stadium of any type is located in Prague, Czech Republic, yet it is not suitable for football).
		The carnival in Rio de Janeiro has many choices including the famous Escolas de Samba parades in the "sambdromo" and the popular "blocos de carnaval" that parade in almost every corner of the city.
		Rio de Janeiro is also the paradise for rock climbers, with hundreds of routes all over the town, raging from easy boulders to highly technical big walls climbs, all inside the city.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Rio-de-Janeiro (1223 words)

	rio-de-janerio-brazil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rio de Janeiro is located at 22 degrees, 54 minutes south latitude, 43 degrees 14 minutes west longitude.
		The area where Rio de Janeiro is now was reached by Portuguese explorers in an expedition led by Italian Amerigo Vespucci in January of 1501.
		Rio was maintained as Brazilian capital after the military overthrowned the monarchy and imposed a republic in 1889.
	www.brasil101.com /directory/riodejaneriobrazil.html (1886 words)

	Read about Mayor at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Mayor and learn about Mayor here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A mayor (from the Latin maīor, meaning "larger","greater") is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities.
		Mayors may also function as the head of the city council, sometimes elected as mayor by the council rather the citizens, while day-to-day operations of the city are delegated to a professional
		The longest serving mayor in the U.S. was Robert Linn, who served for 58 years from 1946 to 2004 as mayor of Beaver,
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Mayor (573 words)

	Cesar Maia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A native of Rio born in 1945, like many other politically active members of his generation Maia was forced to leave Brazil in exile during the 1960s on account of his membership of the Brazilian Communist Party.
		Maia supported Brizola’s campaign to become Governor of Rio de Janeiro state in 1983, as Brazil was emerging from the military-led regime towards full democracy, and was rewarded with the position of Treasury Secretary for the state.
		The Mayor has also come under fire for declaring his candidacy for the 2006 presidential elections during the last set of mayoral elections, arguing that he can double up as Rio’s Mayor and his party’s standard-bearer in the national poll.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Cesar_Maia.htm (745 words)

	Real Estate in Brazil - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		Rio de Janeiro is one of the 26 states of
		Gaspar de Lemos; he named it "Rio" because he thought it was a river mouth rather than a bay.
		Rio de Janeiro was Brazil's capital from 1764 to
	realestateinbrazil.com /Rio-de-Janeiro (1393 words)

	RIO DE JANEIRO FACTS, INFORMATIONS AND TRADES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rio de Janeiro is located at 22 degrees, 54 minutes south latitude, 43 degrees 14 minutes west longitude ().
		The area where Rio de Janeiro is now was reached by Portuguese explorers in an expedition led by Portuguese explorer Gaspar_de_Lemos in January of 1502.
		The American_School_of_Rio, the most expensive private school in the city, is located literally within a stone's throw of Rocinha, South America's largest slum, with an estimated population of 200,000; the school's basketball courts and classrooms are visible from the slum.
	www.furtrade.com /en:Rio_de_Janeiro (2344 words)

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		For the state with the same name, see Rio de Janeiro (state).'' Image:Rio_de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpgthumbnail250pxrightIpanema beach Image:Rio_deJaneiro_LE2002059_lrg.jpgthumb250pxA NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro '''Rio de Janeiro''' (meaning ''River of January'' in Portuguese languagePortuguese) is the name of both a Rio de Janeiro (state)state and a city in southeastern Brazil.
		Rio de Janeiro is located at 22 degrees, 54 minutes south latitude, 43 degrees 14 minutes west longitude ({{coor dm2254S4314Wregion:BR-RJ_type:city(6,150,000)}}).
		Rio de Janeiro is also the paradise for rock climbingrock climbers, with hundreds of routes all over the town, raging from easy boulders to highly technical big walls climbs, all inside the city.
	www.dancinglessonsfromgod.co.uk /holiday-destinations/holiday-destinations_0024.txt (1880 words)

	Mayor - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A mayor (Latin major "better") is the chief executive official of a city, town, or village.
		In some cities, subdivisions such as arrondissements or boroughs may have their own mayors.
		The longest serving mayor in the U.S. was Robert Linn, who served for 58 years as mayor of Beaver, Pennsylvania.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Mayor (406 words)

	Rio de Janeiro: rio de janeiro, the harbor of rio de janeiro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rio de Janeiro: rio de janeiro, the harbor of rio de janeiro
		Considered by many to be the most or among the most beautiful cities of the world, Rio 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.
		The worst of these poorer areas are the slums and shanty towns known as favelas, often crowded onto the hillsides where sturdy buildings are difficult to build, and accidents, mainly from heavy rainfall, are frequent.
	winelib.com /wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro (2188 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of Mayors of Rio de Janeiro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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		This is a list of mayors of Rio de Janeiro from the most recent chronologically backwards.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Mayors-of-Rio-de-Janeiro (108 words)

	City Mayors: Rio de Janeiro favelas
		Rio de Janeiro Mayor Cesar Maia at the Washington seminar in October 2003
		In Rio de Janeiro favelas usually exist along the steep hill sides surrounding the city or on the outer fringes of built-up areas.
		Rio de Janeiro is not the only South American city with this type of squatter settlements.
	www.citymayors.com /report/rio_favelas.html (1181 words)

	Rio de Janeiro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		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.
		The city wasn't founded until March 1st, 1565 by Portuguese knight Estácio de Sá, who called it São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (San Sebastian of the January River), in honor of then King Sebastian I of Portugal.
		The southern zone of Rio de Janeiro is composed of several districts, amongst them are São Conrado, Leblon, Ipanema, Arpoador, Copacabana, Leme, Botafogo and Flamengo which composes Rio's famous beach coastline.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/R/Rio-de-Janeiro.htm (1997 words)

	Rio De Janeiro Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is Brazil's second-largest city after São Paulo and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when Brasília took its place.
		Since there was no physical space nor urban structure to accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arrived suddenly, many inhabitants were simply evicted from their homes.
		Rio de Janeiro is also host to four traditional Brazilian football clubs: Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco.
	www.artbytexans.com /encyclopedia/Rio_de_Janeiro (2361 words)

	City Mayors: Cesar Maia - Mayor of Rio de Janeiro
		However, Maia’s three terms as Mayor of the country’s most famous city means he cannot be lightly dismissed, not least by President Lula, whom he is likely to face in the 2006 presidential elections.
		The contest World Mayor 2005 aims to raise the profile of mayors worldwide, as well as to honour those who have served their communities well and who have made contributions to the well-being of cities nationally and internationally.
		We are looking for mayors who have shown that they have the vision, the passion and the skills to make their cities amazing places to live in, to work in and to visit.
	citymayors.com /mayors/rio_mayor.html (1324 words)

	Mayor explained (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A mayor (Latin maīor "better") is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities.
		In Germany the corresponding title is Bürgermeister, in Italy sindaco, in Bohemia starosta and in Spain, a term derived from a Moorish post, alcalde.
		He was the " mayor of the palace " In London, the Lord Mayor of London is now largely ceremonial, a post that should be distinguished from the elected Mayor of London.
	www.wordspider.net /ma/mayor.html (803 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Rio de Janeiro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
		Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Rio de Janeiro; all previous versions may be viewed here.
		They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Rio_de_Janeiro (2668 words)

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