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	Rio de Janeiro (state) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Its capital is the city of Rio de Janeiro, which was the colony's capital as of 1763 (the first capital being Salvador da Bahia), and the nation's capital from 1822 to 1960.
		In 1763, Rio de Janeiro was became the headquarters of the Colonial Brazil and the capital of the colony.
		In 1834, the city of Rio De Janeiro was transformed into neutral city, remaining as capital of the country, while the captainships passed to being provinces, with its headquarters in Niterói, a neighbor city.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_(state) (829 words)

	Rio de Janeiro State: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Itatiaia is a brazilian municipal district of the state of rio de janeiro....
		Bahia is a state in the north-east of brazil....
		Maranhão is one of the states of brazil in the north-eastern region....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ri/rio_de_janeiro_state.htm (1342 words)

	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 was eternalized in the song "Garota de Ipanema" (The Girl from Ipanema) composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim and recognized worldwide and recorded by Astrud Gilberto, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald.
		Rio de Janeiro is also a paradise for rock climbers, with hundreds of routes all over the town, ranging from easy boulders to highly technical big wall climbs, all inside the city.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro (3919 words)

	Learn more about Rio de Janeiro in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rio de Janeiro ("River of January") is the name of both a state and a city in southeastern Brazil.
		The bay where Rio de Janeiro is located (Guanabara) 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.
		Rio de Janeiro was Brazil's capital from 1764 to 1960, when the government was transferred to Brasilia, but remains the second biggest city in the country, after São Paulo.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /r/ri/rio_de_janeiro.html (773 words)

	* Irene's Country Corner * - Brasil - Rio de Janeiro
		Rio de Janeiro lies on a strip of Brazil's Atlantic coast, close to the Tropic of Capricorn.
		It is located in the Rio de Janeiro state, which is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and south and also by three other states: Minas Gerais to the north and north-west, Espírito Santo to the north-east and São Paulo to the south-west.
		Rio de Janeiro city is its capital, and also the most important city of the state.
	www.irenescorner.com /home/braziliancorner/rio (889 words)

	Rio de Janeiro
		Rio was the capital and dominant city of Brazil from 1763 to 1960.
		Rio's role as national capital for almost 200 years meant that much foreign trade had to pass through the main customs office here, and the city acted as a distribution center for goods moving in and out of the country.
		From 1808 to 1821 Rio was the seat of the exiled royal family of Portugal, and in 1822 it became the capital of the independent Brazilian Empire.
	www.fortunecity.com /oasis/malibu/459 (784 words)

	Real Estate in Brazil - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		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
		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.
	realestateinbrazil.com /Rio-de-Janeiro (1379 words)

	RIO DE JANEIRO (1)
		Rio de Janeiro is the third-smallest state in Brazil but is one of the most populous.
		Rio de Janeiro state was the center of the coffee industry until slavery was abolished in 1888 and new agricultural regions developed in São Paulo state and Paraná;.
		Population of the city of Rio de Janeiro in 1859 was 150,000.
	www.tramz.com /br/tto/6RJ1.html (7514 words)

	Rio de Janeiro travel guide - Wikitravel
		Rio de Janeiro [1] is a large city in Brazil, on the South Atlantic coast.
		Rio is connected by many roads to neighboring cities and states, but access can be confusing as there are insufficient traffic signs or indications of how to get downtown.
		Many tourist attractions in Rio de Janeiro as well as some urban facilities such as the subway are being revamped for the Pan American Games that will take place in 2007, when the city expects to draw a lot additional tourists.
	wikitravel.org /en/Rio_de_Janeiro (3272 words)

	State of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On 23 July 1975, the new constitution of the State of Rio de Janeiro established that the flag and the shield of the new state (which was absorbing Guanabara) would be the same that those of the ancient state.
		There are today two administrative units with the name of Rio de Janeiro: the state (whose flag is the one quarterly of blue and white) and the City (whose flag is white with a blue saltire).
		The parliament recomended that the symbols of the former state of Rio de Janeiro should remain as before the joining (the blue and white quartered flag, the coat of arms with the flowering branches and the anthem) since contests to choose new ones had not been promised.
	atlasgeo.span.ch /fotw/flags/br-rj.html (1122 words)

	Maryland Sister State - History of Rio de Janeiro Brazil
		Rio became the capital of the Vice-Kingdom of Brazil in 1763.
		Rio was the capital of Brazil until the year of 1960, when President Juscelino Kubitschek inaugurated what was his dream vision of a model capital.
		It is the capital of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
	www.sos.state.md.us /International/mdss/RioHistory.htm (1413 words)

	ipedia.com: Rio de Janeiro (state) Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rio de Janeiro is one of the 26 states of Brazil (plus the Federal District).
		Its capital is the city of Rio de Janeiro, which was the colony's capital as of 1764 (the first being Salvador da Bahia), and the nation's capital from 1822 to 1960.
		Here the flag can be seen with the eagle, symbol of Brazil's royal family and God's Finger Rock in the back, which is visible from Rio de Janeiro in a clear day.
	www.ipedia.com /rio_de_janeiro__state_.html (232 words)

	Rio de Janeiro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rio sits on the southern shore of a landlocked harbour within the magnificent natural setting of Guanabara Bay.
		The panoramic view over Rio is breathtaking, and even the concrete skyscrapers which dominate the city’s skyline add to the attraction.
		The state of Rio de Janeiro, surrounding the city, is a fairly recent phenomenon, established in 1975 as a result of the amalgamation of Guanabara State and Rio city.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /south_america/brazil/about_destin/riodejaneiro_state.html (662 words)

	Rio de Janeiro State Dimension Stones Catalogue
		So we are sured that the State of Rio de Janeiro fulfills all the requirements in accomplishing it´s mission as development, income and job generator, in many industrial sectors, but specially in the mineral sector, offering to the national and foreign companies the opportunity to be better acquainted with the products manufactured in our State.
		In that period Rio de Janeiro was responsible for 8,5% of the U$ 332,2 millions Brazilian stone exports, raising the State to the 3rd position as Brazilian exporter.
		The publishing Rio de Janeiro Dimension Stones Catalogue was realized because of importants partnerships were established since 1999 between Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro, entrepreneurs and research supporting institutions.
	www.drm.rj.gov.br /catalogoingles.htm (637 words)

	Rio de Janeiro, Brasil by Sergio Koreisha
		Rio de Janeiro, was discovered on January (Janeiro) 1, 1502 by Portuguese navigators who mistook the entrance of Guanabara Bay for the mouth of a river (Rio).
		With the inauguration of Brasilia in 1960, Rio de Janeiro ceased to be Brazil's capital.
		Rio de Janeiro has a majestic beauty, with built-up areas nestled between a magnificent bay and dazzling beaches on one side and an abruptly rising mountain range, covered by a luxuriant tropical forest, on the other.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~sergiok/brasil/rio.html (777 words)

	CPD: South America, Site SA15, Mountain Ranges of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		Considering that the city of Rio de Janeiro is one of the main tourist attractions of Brazil, the preservation of the forest in this region is basic to development of tourist activities.
		The current habitat loss and exploitation of forests in Rio de Janeiro are destructive practices which are drastically reducing the size and the number of the state's remaining natural areas.
		In 1990 the government of the State of Rio de Janeiro decreed as preserved the remaining areas of Atlantic forest in the state.
	www.nmnh.si.edu /botany/projects/cpd/sa/sa15.htm (2759 words)

	Rio de Janeiro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rio de Janeiro state's most famous attractions is the city of Rio, a vibrant tropical beach resort.
		Whoever visits Rio de Janeiro can hardly resist the appeal of its sun which shines almost the whole year in a very blue sky and its 90 kilometers-long beaches, from Guanabara Bay in the east to Sepetiba Bay in the West, passing through the open sea in the Southern part of the city.
		And nowhere in Brazil is the New Year celebrated on so large scale as in Rio de Janeiro.
	www.luiz-lima.com /travel/brazil/rio.htm (382 words)

	Brazil: Human Rights Abuse and Criminality in Rio de Janeiro
		Much of the Brazilian drug trade is concentrated in Rio de Janeiro, where the lower levels of trafficking hierarchy are dominated by organized crime gangs ensconced in the favelas.
		In Operation Rio, the army was deployed to help in the fight against drug trafficking gangs precisely because of the notorious violence and corruption of Rio’s police.
		An increasing number of analysts and observers of the Rio de Janeiro Civil Police believe that corruption and the use of violence have become so entrenched that nothing less than a radical overhaul of the institution is required.
	www.hrw.org /summaries/s.brazil961.html (2180 words)

	Rio de Janeiro articles on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rio de Janeiro RIO DE JANEIRO [Rio de Janeiro] [Portriver of January], city (1990 pop.
		Guanabara GUANABARA [Guanabara], former state, SE Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean; since 1974, part of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
		508,200), Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, a residential suburb northwest of the city of Rio de Janeiro.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/11000.html (487 words)

	IFSE-Rio Conference - Destination : Rio de Janeiro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Founded at the entrance to Guanabara Bay (on the Atlantic Ocean) in 1555, Rio was capital of the country from 1763 to 1960, when it lost its national administrative role to Brasília.
		Rio is the home of the famous samba schools which parade through an open mall during the three days of the Carnaval.
		Rio's exuberant forests, beautiful mountains, wonderful beaches, and warm people make it the "marvellous city", as it is called in Brazil.
	www.bireme.br /ifse-rio/I/destination.htm (331 words)

	Rio de Janeiro (City), Rio de Janeiro State (Brazil) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The flag of former Guanabara State became the flag of Rio de Janeiro City again; it lost the white star on the crown.
		The flag of the city of Rio de Janeiro is shown and explained on the
		The flag is similar to that shown for the former State of Guanabara, which was, for all practical purposes, coterminous with the city of Rio, if I understand the arrangement correctly, but with the color of the coat of arms changed to red and white for display on the flag.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/br-rj-rj.html (348 words)

	Rio de Janeiro Pictures
		Rio, as it is commonly known, is the capital of The Rio de Janeiro State.
		Parque Nacional de Tijuca, 15 minutes from the concrete jungle of Copacobana, is all that's left of the tropical jungle that once surrounded Rio.
		All pictures are from Rio de Janeiro or very near the city, using film and digital cameras.
	www.worldfromtheweb.com /parks/brazil/rio.html (802 words)

	JW Marriott Hotel Rio de Janeiro: Luxury rooms for sophisticated travelers in Rio de Janeiro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		More than a destination, Rio de Janeiro is a state of mind.
		You may experience new perspective of this incomparable city at JW Marriott Rio de Janeiro, an oasis of approachable luxury in the heart of Copacabana beach.
		Rio de Janeiro named the friendliness city in the world.
	marriott.com /property/propertypage/RIOMC (191 words)

	WWF - Partnership guarantees revitalization of Pedra Branca State Park in Rio de Janeiro
		Their habitat is the Pedra Branca State Park, with its approximately 6.000 hectares, one of the largest urban forests in the world.
		Located in the Rio de Janeiro municipality, the State Park covers the slopes of the Pedra Branca massif, extending over 12,500 hectares.
		The Pedra Branca Peak, which is in the park, at 1,024 meters altitude, is the highest point in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
	www.panda.org /about_wwf/what_we_do/forests/news/index.cfm?uNewsID=2338 (615 words)

	Brazil - brol.com - Tickets, Tours, Amazon and Pantanal Ecotourism, Hotels, Carnival, Lodge
		In the Mid 1500 the French tried to establish an area in the bay, but were expelled by the Portuguese and after that the city grew rapidly by exploiting its harbor and sugarcane agriculture.
		In 1647 Rio became the colony's capital because of its strategic location and later attracted the wealthy that made fortune with the gold discovered in the Minas Gerais.
		With beautiful beaches and mountains, Rio is considered one of the most marvelous cities all over the world.
	www.brol.com /trv_cty02weather.asp?ID=1 (547 words)

	CDC - Highly Endemic, Waterborne Toxoplasmosis in North Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
		In 1987, a survey of public school students in the capital of Rio de Janeiro State (Rio de Janeiro City) showed that the prevalence increased with age, reaching 71% for persons 16–20 years old (5).
		In this region of northern of Rio de Janeiro State, on average, water can be found only 9 m deep, and the well entrances are usually close to the ground.
		Epidemiological aspects of toxoplasmosis in school children residing in localities with urban or rural characteristics within the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/EID/vol9no1/02-0160.htm (3411 words)

	Rio de Janeiro definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		Rio de Janeiro definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		Ri·o de Ja·nei·ro city and port in Brazil, in the southeast of the country.
		It is the capital of Rio de Janeiro State, and the former capital of the country.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861702899 (95 words)

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