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Rio de Janeiro (Brazil : State)

LC control no.n 80083553
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Geographic headingRio de Janeiro (Brazil : State)
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Geographic subdivision usageBrazil--Rio de Janeiro (State)
Variant(s)Capitania do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Estado do Rio (Brazil)
State of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Associated countryBrazil
Special noteOld catalog headings: Rio de Janeiro (Capitania Geral); Rio de Janeiro (Province); Rio de Janeiro (State)
Found inBrazil: a country study, 1982: p. 56 (State of Guanabara, the former Federal District, now the state of Rio de Janeiro)
GEOnet names server, July 1, 2019 (Rio de Janeiro (approved); Estado do Rio de Janeiro (approved); Estado do Rio (variant); first-order administrative division, Brazil, 22°15ʹ00ʺS, 042°30ʹ00ʺW (-22.25, -42.5))
Wikipedia, July 1, 2019 (Rio de Janeiro (state); Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil; Estado do Rio de Janeiro; State of Rio de Janeiro; 22°54ʹS 43°12ʹW)
Wikipedia, June 26, 2020: Rio de Janeiro (state) (In 1975, the states of Guanabara and Rio de Janeiro were merged under the name of Rio de Janeiro, with the city of Rio de Janeiro as state capital)
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Invalid LCCNn 80126176 n 80126177 n 80083598 n 80083596