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Governorate General of Rio de Janeiro Governo-Geral do Rio de Janeiro | |||||||||
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| 1572–1578 1607–1613 | |||||||||
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 Brazil in 1572 | |||||||||
| Status | Colonial State of the Portuguese Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||
| Common languages | Portuguese | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||
• 1572–1578 | Sebastian I | ||||||||
• 1607–1613 | Philip II | ||||||||
| Governor General | |||||||||
• 1572–1574 | Cristóvão de Barros | ||||||||
• 1608–1613 | Afonso de Albuquerque | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1572 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1613 | ||||||||
| Currency | Portuguese Real | ||||||||
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The Governorate General of Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Governo-Geral do Rio de Janeiro) was a colonial administration of the Portuguese Empire.