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Centro (Downtown, lit. "Center") is a neighborhood in the Central Region of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . It represents the financial heart of the city, and the crux of the Central Region.
Downtown Rio, in the financial district of the city Botafogo with the Sugarloaf Mountain Largo da Carioca, in Downtown Rio Barra da Tijuca. Rio de Janeiro has the second-largest GDP of any city in Brazil, surpassed only by São Paulo. According to the IBGE, it was approximately US$201 billion in 2008, equivalent to 5.1% of the national total.
Confeitaria Colombo is a coffeehouse located in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is one of the main landmarks of the city's Central Region . Website City Guides named Colombo one of the 10 most beautiful cafés in the world.
The Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel (full name in Portuguese: Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Monte do Carmo da antiga Sé, lit. 'Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel of the Ancient See') is an old Carmelite church which served as cathedral (Sé) of Rio de Janeiro from around 1808 until 1976.
This May 1966 aerial photo shows a significant portion of the land for the Tarrant County Convention Center cleared of late 19th and early 20th century buildings. Downtown was stagnant, and a ...
In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's second-largest city, the main business district still is in downtown, where Petrobrás and Vale headquarters are located, but there is a concentration of business in Botafogo harbor and in Barra da Tijuca, a newer Rio de Janeiro suburb located in city's west region.
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Niteroi is 14 km (8.7 mi) distant from Rio de Janeiro City, to which it is linked by the Rio–Niterói Bridge and two ferryboat services. According to the 2010 Brazilian Census, the city has a population of 487,320 people, making it the fifth most populous city in the state of Rio de Janeiro and the 39th most populous in the country .