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Rio de Janeiro
THE CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO
Rio de Janeiro, which means River of January in Portuguese, is the second largest city of Brazil and South America, and the second largest metropolitan area in South America. The largest city of the country is São Paulo. The city was the capital of Brazil for nearly two centuries, from 1763 to 1822 during the Portuguese colonial era, and from 1822 to 1960 as an independent nation.
A Portuguese captain discovered the area of Rio by accident in 1502. Initially, the Portuguese were not really interested in this new territory until the French started to invade the settlement in order to create a new French colony. After the defeat of the French invaders in 1567 the Portuguese founded the city in 1565. Its original name was Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro after the Portuguese King, Sebastian I.
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