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| Rio De Janeiro, Brazil |
Rio
de Janeiro, commonly
referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de
Janeiro, the second
largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making
it the 6th largest in the Americas, and 26th in the world.
Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca
Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", identified by UNESCO on 1 July
2012 in the category Cultural Landscape.
