Sao Sebastiao de Rio de Janeiro, known as the Rio de Janeiro is the biggest city and port in Brazil and the capital of the State of Rio de Janeiro. Located on the coast of the Guanabara Bay. At the end of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are in the vicinity of swamps were drained and built a number of buildings to modern principles of town planning, which is why Rio de Janeiro has become one of the most pleasant places to live in the tropics of South America.
This spectacular city is known for its large number of cultural and historical monuments, but many of them are well-known and popular famous long expanse of beach. Wonderful natural environment, the world’s largest carnivals, samba and of course the sandy beaches of Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon are the thing that identifies this travel destination.
However, indisputably the biggest attraction and symbol of the town’s statue of Jesus, known as Cristo Redentor on Corcovado mountain, which commands a breathtaking view of the Sugar Hill Head with cable car that goes to its peak, then the most famous part of Leblon and one of the the largest stadium in the world, football temple Maracanã. Rio also has the two largest forest in the urban area, Floresta da Pedra Branca and Floresta da Tijuca. Estimate the number of residents in the city in 2005. year was just over 6 million, and a wider range of the city was estimated to live between 11 and 12 million people.
