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BID CITY PROFILE AND FACT SHEET
Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Bid: 2016 Summer Olympic Games
City Population: 6,100,369
Country Population: 187,570,963
Location: Brazil makes up a large portion of Eastern South America. Rio de Janeiro lies on the Atlantic Ocean near the South-East side of the country.
Olympic History: Rio bid for the 1936, 2004 and 2012 Olympic Games. The city failed to qualify for the short-list in 2012. South America has never hosted an Olympic Games.