42 Facts About Rio Janeiro

Rio Janeiro remained as the capital of the pluricontinental Lusitanian monarchy until 1822, when the Brazilian War of Independence began.

Rio de Janeiro subsequently served as the capital of the independent monarchy, the Empire of Brazil, until 1889, and then the capital of a republican Brazil until 1960 when the capital was transferred to Brasilia.

Rio de Janeiro has the second-largest municipal GDP in the country, and 30th-largest in the world in 2008.

Rio de Janeiro is one of the most visited cities in the Southern Hemisphere and is known for its natural settings, carnival, samba, bossa nova, and balneario beaches such as Barra da Tijuca, Copacabana, Ipanema, and Leblon.

Rio de Janeiro was the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics, making the city the first South American and Portuguese-speaking city to ever host the events, and the third time the Olympics were held in a Southern Hemisphere city.

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Region of Rio Janeiro was inhabited by the Tupi, Puri, Botocudo and Maxakali peoples.

Between 1811 and 1831,500,000 to a million slaves arrived in Rio de Janeiro through Valongo Wharf, which is a World Heritage Site.

Rio Janeiro continued as the capital of Brazil after 1889, when the monarchy was replaced by a republic.

In 1910, Rio Janeiro saw the Revolt of the Lash, where Afro-Brazilian crew members in the Brazilian Navy mutinied against the heavy use of corporal punishment, which was similar to the punishment slaves received.

In 1992, Rio Janeiro hosted the Earth Summit, a United Nations conference to fight environmental degradation.

Rio de Janeiro is on the far western part of a strip of Brazil's Atlantic coast, close to the Tropic of Capricorn, where the shoreline is oriented east–west.

Rio de Janeiro is home to the largest Portuguese population outside of Lisbon in Portugal.

In Rio Janeiro, there were 1,033 primary schools with 25,594 teachers and 667,788 students in 1995.

Rio Janeiro has more people living in slums than any other city in Brazil, according to the 2010 Census.

Rio de Janeiro is the only Brazilian state where the number of federal employees exceeds the number of state employees.

Rio de Janeiro is administratively divided into 33 distritos named Regioes Administrativas and 164 bairros.

The West Side of Rio Janeiro has many historic sites because of the old "Royal Road of Santa Cruz" that crossed the territory in the regions of Realengo, Bangu, and Campo Grande, finishing at the Royal Palace of Santa Cruz in the Santa Cruz region.

Rio de Janeiro is a part of the Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities.

Rio de Janeiro has the second-largest GDP of any city in Brazil, surpassed only by Sao Paulo.

Rio de Janeiro became an attractive place for companies to locate when it was the capital of Brazil, as important sectors of society and of the government were present in the city, even when their factories were located in other cities or states.

For many years Rio Janeiro was the second largest industrial hub of Brazil, with oil refineries, shipbuilding industries, steel, metallurgy, petrochemicals, cement, pharmaceutical, textile, processed foods and furniture industries.

Rio Janeiro is an important financial center, second only to Sao Paulo in volume of business.

In Greater Rio Janeiro, which has one of the highest per capita incomes in Brazil, retail trade is substantial.

Rio de Janeiro is the second largest exporting municipality in Brazil.

Rio Janeiro had the most expensive hotel rates in Brazil, and the daily rate of its five star hotels were the second most expensive in the world after only New York.

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Rio de Janeiro is an international hub of highly active and diverse nightlife with bars, dance bars and nightclubs staying open well past midnight.

Rio de Janeiro Metro has three subway lines with 58 kilometers and 41 stations plus several commuter rail lines.

Rio de Janeiro Light Rail is a modern light rail system serving with 28 kilometers, 42 stations, distributed in 3 lines.

Rio Janeiro was home to the Portuguese Imperial family and capital of the country for many years, and was influenced by Portuguese, English, and French architecture.

Rio de Janeiro has inherited a strong cultural role from the past.

Rio Janeiro currently brings together the main production centers of Brazilian television.

Rio Janeiro commented on and criticized the political and social events of the city and country such as the abolition of slavery in 1888 and the transition from Empire to Republic with his numerous chronicles published in newspapers of the time.

Rio de Janeiro has many Carnaval choices, including the famous samba school parades in the sambadrome exhibition center and the popular blocos de carnaval, street revelry, which parade in almost every corner of the city.

Rock in Rio Janeiro is a music festival conceived by entrepreneur Roberto Medina for the first time in 1985, and since its creation, recognized as the largest music festival in the Latin world and the largest in the world, with 1.

Rio de Janeiro was one of the host cities of the 1950 and 2014 FIFA World Cups, for which on both occasions Brazil was the host nation.

Rio Janeiro made their first bid for the 1936 Summer Olympics, but lost to Berlin.

Rio Janeiro is the first Brazilian and South American city to host the Summer Olympics.

Rio de Janeiro became the first city in the southern hemisphere outside of Australia to host the games – Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000.

In July 2007, Rio Janeiro successfully organized and hosted the XV Pan American Games.

Rio de Janeiro hosted the 2011 Military World Games from 15 to 24 July 2011.

Rio de Janeiro hosted the MotoGP Brazilian Grand Prix from 1995 to 2004 and the Champ Car event from 1996 to 1999.

Rio de Janeiro is paradise for rock climbers, with hundreds of routes all over the city, ranging from easy boulders to highly technical big wall climbs, all inside the city.