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Key Biscayne
is an island town in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population
was 12,344 at the 2010 census. The southern third of
Key Biscayne, which included Cape Florida, was owned by James Deering and,
after his death, by his brother Charles, for 35 years. In 1948 José Manuel leman,
a Cuban politician in exile, bought the Cape Florida property from the Deering
estate. Source
Whitehaven Beach
is a 7 km stretch along Whitsunday Island. The island is accessible by
boat from the mainland tourist ports of Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour, as well
as Hamilton Island. The Whitehaven Beach Ocean Swim is a 2 km open
swimming competition held on the Beach in November each year as part of the
Hamilton Island Triathlon Event. The 2012 event was held on 11 November 2012. Source
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. Source
