Rio de Janeiro is the second largest city in Brazil, the sixth
largest city in the Americas and the world's thirty-fifth largest city by
population. The population of the city of Rio de Janeiro, occupying an area of
1,182.3 square kilometres,
is about 6,000,000.
The population of the greater metropolitan area is
estimated at 11 to 13.5 million. It was Brazil's capital until 1960, when Brasilia
took its place. Residents of the city are known as
cariocas. The official song of Rio is "Cidade
Maravilhosa", by composer Andre Filho.
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