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|- |colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Flag Of Rio De Janeiro |- | align=center colspan=2 | |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | See Other Brazilian States |- |- | style="white-space: ;" | Capital | style="white-space: ;" | Rio De Janeiro |- | style="white-space: ;" | Largest City | style="white-space: ;" | Rio De Janeiro |- | style="white-space: ;" | Area | style="white-space: ;" | 43,696.054 Km&2 |- | style="white-space: ;" | Population - Total - Density | style="white-space: ;" | 14,381,282 328.59 inh./km&2 |- | style="white-space: ;" | Governor | style="white-space: ;" | Rosângela Matheus |- | style="white-space: ;" | Demonym | style="white-space: ;" | ''Fluminense'' |- | style="white-space: ;" | HDI ( 2000 ) | style="white-space: ;" | 0.807 – high |- | style="white-space: ;" | Timezone | style="white-space: ;" | GMT-3 |- |''' |} Rio de Janeiro ( of Brazil (plus the Federal District ). It has an area of 43,653km&2 and is situated on the southeastern coast. 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 the year 2000 , the state population was 14,381,282. ''Governor:'' Rosângela Matheus (since January 1 , 2003 ). ''Lieutenant Governor:'' Luiz Paulo Conde (former Mayor of Rio De Janeiro ). Flag Here the flag can be seen with, in the foreground, the Eagle , symbol of Brazil's royal family, and in the background, the rock formation ''Dedo de Deus'' (" The Finger Of God "), which is visible from the city of Rio de Janeiro on a clear day. The outer part of the coat of arms represents its agricultural richness, sugarcane (left) and coffee (right). Location This Brazilian state is in the east of the southeastern subdivision of (E), the state of Espírito Santo (N), the state of Minas Gerais (N) and (W), and the state of São Paulo (S). Ethnic Groups
Economy Rio de Janeiro has the second largest economy of the federation, after São Paulo . Major industries include Oil extration and refinery, chemicals, naval construction and the state is home to some of the most successful brazilian companies, such as Petrobrás (the largest company of the country) and Banco do Brasil (the country's largest bank). The per capita income is higher than the country's itself and the size of the economy ($ 190 billion) is comparable to that of Chile, Ireland, Portugal and Denmark (which, curiously, is about the size of the state). History , the capital state of Rio de Janeiro]] Hereditary captainships Rio de Janeiro originated from parts of the captainship of de Tomé and São Vicente. Between 1555 and 1567 , the territory was busy for the Frenchmen, whom they intended to install a colony, France Antarctique . Aiming at to prevent the occupation for the Frenchmen, in March 1565 , the city of Rio De Janeiro was established, for Estácio De Sá . In 17 century, cattle and the sugar cane they had stimulated the progress, definitively assured when the port started to export the extracted gold of - and the Imprensa Régia, with the Gazette do Rio of Janeiro. In following years had also appeared the Botanical Garden, Academia Real Militar. Thus, a process of cultural introduction, influenced occurred not only for inform brought by the arrival of the Royal Family, but also by the presence of European artists who had been contracted to register the society and Brazilian nature. In this same time, was born the Escola Real de Ciências, Artes e Ofícios. The Neutral City In 1834 , the city of Rio De Janeiro was transformed into neutral city, remaining as capital of the country, while the captainship passed the province, with headquarters in Niterói. In 1889, the city was changed into capital of the Republic, the neutral city in federal district and the province in State. With the change of the capital for Brasilia, in 1960 , the city of Rio de Janeiro became the State of Guanabara . The new State of Rio de Janeiro Finally in 1975 , both the states of Guanabara and Rio de Janeiro merged under the name of Rio de Janeiro. The capital of the new State of Rio de Janeiro started to be the city of Rio de Janeiro, turning itself it previous politician-territorial situation the 1834, year of the creation of the Neutral City. The symbols of the old State of Rio de Janeiro had been kept still, while the symbols of the old State of the Guanabara had started to be the symbols of the City of Rio de Janeiro. Cities Other cities include: Notes #Note|pronunciation}} The presented pronunciation is in Brazilian Portuguese . The European Portuguese pronunciation is: //. External links
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