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Rio de Janeiro is a city in Brazil. The administrative center of the eponymous state of Rio de Janeiro. Population - 6.7 million people, it is the second largest city in the country and the fourth in South America. A major financial center and seaport on the continent, a scientific center. Located on the shores of the Guanabara Bay of the Atlantic Ocean, on a narrow plain, sandwiched on both sides by mountains and the sea. The climate is tropical. The area was discovered by the Portuguese navigator Gaspar de Lemos, who mistook the Guanabara Bay for the river, which was named the January River (Rio De Janeiro). In 1531, the Portuguese fort of San Sebastian de Rio de Janeiro was founded. Since 1763 - the capital of the Viceroyalty of Brazil, since 1822 - the capital of the independent Brazilian Empire, in 1889-1960 - the capital of the Republic of the United States of Brazil. The historical center with buildings of the XVI-XIX centuries, the coast together with the Copacabana beach, Sugar Loaf Mountain and the statue of Christ are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.