The ceety wis the caipital o Brazil for nearly twa centuries, frae 1763 tae 1815 durin thePortuguesecolonial era, 1815 tae 1821 as the caipital o theUnited Kinrick o Portugal, Brazil an Algarves, an frae 1822 tae 1960 as an independent naition. Rio is nicknamedA Cidade Maravilhosa or "The Marvelous Ceety." It is considered aBeta- Warld Ceety.
Rio de Janeiro represents the seicont lairgestGDP in the kintra (an 30t lairgest in the warld), estimatit at aboot 140 billion reais (IBGE/2007), an is the headquarters o twa major Brazilian companies –Petrobras anVale, an major ile companies an telephony in Brazil, besides the lairgest conglomerat o media an communications companies in Latin Americae, theGlobo Organizations. Considered bi mony varsities an institutes, is the seicont lairgest centre o research an development in Brazil, accounting for 17% o naitional scienteefic production – accordin tae 2005 data.
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