Facts About Rio de Janeiro
All the stats and facts about Rio de Janeiro in this section is collected on the internet. My goal has been to be as accurate as possible but it´s very hard, in some cases figures are old or vary a lot. I have rounded off most figures. All are for the city of Rio de Janeiro.Facts & Info
Founded: 1565
Time Zone: 3, 4 or 5 hours behind GMT depending daylight savings adjustment
Climate: Tropical
Weights & Measure: Metric
Money: Brazilian Real
Telephone Prefix: 21
Electricity 110V (sometimes 220V available), adaptor plug needed
Tap Water Not drinkable Stats
Population: 6.430.000 (Dec 2007)
Area: 5400 km2
Medium Income: 945R$; 1215R$ for whites, 579R$ for blacks (2006)
Mothers 15-19 years old: 229.000 (2002)
Murders per year: 2333 (2007)
Personal Robberies per year: 37936 (2007)
Humans Hurt in Traffic Accidents per year: 42600 (2002)
Fatal Traffic Accidents per year: 2400 (2002)
Analphabets: 3% (2007)
Street Population: 1682 (2006) Weather
These are averages and cannot be seen as definite.
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