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Rio De Diego History

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History
Discovered on 1 January 1502 by a Portuguese expedition in Pedro Alavares Cabral's fleet, Rio de Janeiro or "January River" was inhabited by the Tupi, Puri, Botocudo and Maxakali people. On 1 March 1565, the city Rio de Janeiro was properly founded by the Portuguese. In the early 18th century this city was invaded several times by French pirates and buccaneers. The French and Portuguese fought over Rio until 1567; Portuguese governor Mem de Sa expelled the French over the next 200 years fighting off successive military incursions. By 1769 Rio took over as the Brazilian capital from Salvador, Rio had over 50,000 inhabitants. Portuguese royal family began to move to Rio from Europe in 1808, transforming small colonies into the capital. Prince Pedro declared Brazillian Independence in 1822. Rio was the capital city of the country and remained so when Brazil became a Republic in 1889. In 1960, Rio was surpassed as the biggest city in Brazil by its rival Sao Paulo.

Location
Rio De Janeiro lies on a strip of Brazil's Atlantic coast, close to the Tropic of Capricorn in the South Eastern part of South America. "Widely recognized as one of the world's most beautiful and attractive urban centres." (Britannica) The city has three distinct features, the plains, coastal lowland and …show more content…

The population grew as a result of domestic migration which accounted for 2/3 of the state increase. In the 1930's Rio's government began to restrict foreign immigration. By the 1960's almost half of the cities, the population were immigrants, foreign-born immigrants consist of Portugal, Italy and Spain. Locals of African decent or "Afro-Brazilians" go by other terms as "Pardos and Pretos". Pardos are mixed of African and European ancestry while Pretos do not claim any European

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