Rocha, Rio de Janeiro

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Rocha
Neighborhood
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Rocha
Location in Rio de Janeiro
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Rocha
Rocha (Brazil)
Coordinates: 22°53′55″S43°14′59″W / 22.89861°S 43.24972°W / -22.89861; -43.24972 Coordinates: 22°53′55″S43°14′59″W / 22.89861°S 43.24972°W / -22.89861; -43.24972
Country Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
State Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Municipality/City Rio de Janeiro
Zone North Zone

Rocha is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Rio de Janeiro Second-most populous municipality in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas. The metropolis is anchor to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, the second-most populous metropolitan area in Brazil and sixth-most populous in the Americas. Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's third-most populous state. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape.

Brazil Federal republic in South America

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers and with over 208 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the fifth most populous. The capital is Brasília, and the most populated city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states, the Federal District, and the 5,570 municipalities. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas; it is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world.