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- Rio de Janeiro, city, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro [Port.,=river of January], city (1990 pop. 5,533,011; 1995 metropolitan area est. pop. 10,181,000), capital of Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, on Guanabara Bay of the Atlantic ...
- Guanabara
Guanabara, former state, SE Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean; since 1974, part of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Guanabara Bay, a deep inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, is noted for its beauty. The site...
- Duque de Caxias
Duque de Caxias, city (1996 pop. 712,370), Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, on Guanabara Bay. It is a commercial and industrial suburb of the city of Rio de Janeiro. Its industries include oil...
- São João de Meriti
São João de Meriti, city (1990 est. pop. 508,200), Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, a residential suburb northwest of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It has some light industry. Most of the labor ...
- São Gonçalo
São Gonçalo, city (1990 pop. 827,967), Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, on Guanabara Bay opposite the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is a distribution point and a manufacturing center.
- Sá, Mem de
Sá, Mem de, d. 1572, Portuguese colonial official, governor-general of Brazil (1557?–1572). He drove (1567) the French colony from Guanabara Bay and founded the city of Rio de Janeiro at its s...
- Niterói
Niterói, city (1996 pop. 450,124), Rio de Janeiro prov., SE Brazil, on Guanabara Bay opposite the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is a residential suburb of Rio, and many of its citizens commute to...
- Baixada Fluminense
Baixada Fluminense, coastal lowland region, Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil. It extends c.250 mi (400 km) from Sepetiba Bay to the Paraíba River between the Serro do Mar and the Atlantic Ocean...
- Petrópolis
Petrópolis, city (1996 pop. 267,704), Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, picturesquely situated in hills just N of Rio de Janeiro. It is a fashionable resort, with a healthful climate, beautiful...
- Volta Redonda
Volta Redonda, city (1996 pop. 228,939), Rio de Janeiro state, E Brazil, on the Paraíba River. Its proximity to sources of hydroelectricity and basic raw materials and to the industrial center...
