Rio de Janeiro

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Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁiu dʒi ʒaˈneiɾu] ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian geopolitical region of the Southeast (assigned by IBGE) and its boundaries, all of them with other Brazilian states in the Southeast region (Rio de Janeiro is the only state in the Southeast to share borders exclusively with other states in the same macroregion), are with Minas Gerais (N and NW), Espírito Santo (NE) an... more
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  • Rio de Janeiro State,
  • Rio De Janeiro,
  • Estado Do Rio,
  • Estado Do Rio De Janeiro

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  • BR-RJ

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  • -22.91
  • -43.1756

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