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Brazil (Rio) (SouthAmerica)
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Foundation Day, S�o Sebasti�o do Rio de Janeiro (Rio only)
1 March
(every year)
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*Rio was founded on March 1, 1656, when Est�cio de S�, defeated the French and the indigenous populations, who had been dominating the region for 10 years, involved in the trade of "pau-brazil.
**The full name of Rio is S�o Sebasti�o do Rio de Janeiro. This "January River" name was given by Gaspar de Lemos andAm�rico Vesp�cio, who visited the region in 1502 and believed that the Guanabara bay was a river's estuary.
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