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TERRIBLE PLACE TO VISIT!! DONT THINK ABOUT IT

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-[[File:Rio de janeiro copacabana beach 2010.JPG|thumb|A view of the Copacabana beach from Sugar Loaf]]
-[[Image:CopacabanaPavement.jpg|thumb|The [[Portuguese pavement]] wave pattern at Copacabana beach]]
-[[File:Location map Rio de Janeiro Copacabana.png|thumb|Map of Copacabana]]
-[[File:Copacabana Beach Rio de Janeiro at Dawn 2009-04.JPG|thumb|Copacabana at dusk]]
-[[Image:Hotel copacabana palace.jpg|thumb|The Copacabana Palace Hotel]]
-'''Copacabana''' (<small>local and standard </small>{{IPA-pt|kɔpakɐˈbɐ̃nɐ}} or {{IPA-pt|kɔpɐkaˈbɐ̃nɐ|}}, rarely {{IPA-pt|kɔpakaˈbɐ̃nɐ|}} and {{IPA-pt|kopɐkaˈbɐ̃nɐ|}} in other [[Portuguese dialects|Brazilian dialects]]) is a ''[[bairro]]'' (neighborhood) located in the [[Zona Sul]] (southern zone) of the city of [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]. It is known for its 4&nbsp;km [[balneario]] beach, which is one of the most famous in the world.<ref>http://www.photos4travel.com/destination-ideas/top-10-most-popular-beaches-in-the-world</ref>
-== History ==
-The district was originally called ''Sacopenapã'' (translated from the [[tupi language]], it means "the way of the socós (a kind of bird)") until the mid-18th century. It was renamed after the construction of a chapel holding a replica of the [[Virgen de Copacabana]], the [[patron saint]] of [[Bolivia]].<ref>http://www.infoescola.com/geografia/copacabana/</ref>
-== Characteristics ==
-Copacabana begins at Princesa Isabel Avenue and ends at Posto Seis ([[lifeguard]] watchtower Six). Beyond Copacabana, there are two small beaches: one, inside [[Fort Copacabana]] and other, right after it: Diabo ("Devil") Beach. [[Arpoador]] beach, where surfers used to go after its perfect waves, comes in the sequence, followed by the famous borough of [[Ipanema]]. The area will be one of the four "Olympic Zones" during the [[2016 Summer Olympics]].
-According to Riotur, the Tourism Secretariat of Rio de Janeiro, there are 63 hotels and 10 hostels in Copacabana.<ref>[http://www.rio.rj.gov.br/riotur/en/hotel/?Canal=184 Riotur]</ref>
-== Copacabana Beach ==
-Copacabana beach stretches from Posto Dois (lifeguard watchtower Two) to Posto Seis (lifeguard watchtower Six). [[Leme (Rio de Janeiro)|Leme]] is at Posto Um (lifeguard watchtower One). There are historic forts at both ends of Copacabana beach; ''Fort Copacabana'', built in 1914, is at the south end by Posto Seis and Fort Duque de Caxias, built in 1779, at the north end. One curiosity is that the lifeguard watchtower of Posto Seis never existed.<ref>[http://www.funceb.org.br/espacocultural.html FUNCEB - Fundação Cultural Exército Brasileiro]</ref>
-Hotels, restaurants, bars, night clubs and residential buildings dot the [[promenade]].
-Copacabana Beach plays host to millions of revellers during the annual [[New Year's Eve]] celebrations and, in most years, has been the official venue of the [[FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup]].
-==Copacabana promenade==
-The Copacabana promenade is a pavement landscape in large scale (4 kilometres long). It was completed in 1970 and has used a black and white [[Portugal|Portuguese]] pavement design since its origin in the 1930s: a geometric wave. The Copacabana promenade was designed by [[Roberto Burle Marx]].
-==Living standard==
-Copacabana has the 11th highest [[Human Development Index]] in Rio, the 2000 census put the [[Human Development Index|HDI]] of Copacabana at 0.902.<ref>[http://www.copacabana.com/copafato.shtml Compilação de dados, informações e fatos sobre Copacabana - Copacabana.COM]</ref>
-==The neighborhood==
-According to the [[IBGE]], 160,000 people live in Copacabana and 44,000 or 27.5% of them are 60 years old or older.<ref>[http://spl.camara.rj.gov.br/spl/spl_docdown; jsessionid=D87126B13F258E820EA8A71A891194B3?id=8449 SPL.camera.rj.gov.br]</ref><ref>[http://veja.abril.com.br/vejarj/070606/comportamento.html Veja Rio on-line]</ref> Copacabana covers an area of 7.84&nbsp;km²{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} which gives the borough a [[population density]] of 20,400 people per km².
-Residential buildings eleven to thirteen stories high built right next to each other dominate the borough. Houses and two-story buildings are rare.
-==Transportation==
-More than 40 different bus routes serve Copacabana,<ref>[http://www.rioonibus.com/guia_de_itinerarios/consultas/consulta-todos-numeros.asp Rio Ônibus]</ref> as do four subway [[Rio de Janeiro Metro|Metro]] stations: Cantagalo, Siqueira Campos, Cardeal Arcoverde and General Osório
-Three major arteries parallel to each other cut across the entire borough: [[Avenida Atlântica|Atlantic Avenue]], which is a 6 lane 4&nbsp;km avenue by the beachside, [[Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana|Nossa Senhora de Copacabana Avenue]] and [[Rua Barata Ribeiro|Barata Ribeiro]]/[[Rua Raul Pompéia|Raul Pompéia Street]] both of which are 4 lanes and 3.5&nbsp;km in length. Barata Ribeiro Street changes its name to Raul Pompéia Street after the Sá Freire Alvim [[Tunnel]]. Twenty-four streets intersect all three major arteries, and seven other streets intersect some of the three, but not all.
-==Notable events==
-*On 26 April 1949, {{RMS|Magdalena|1948|6}} broke in two as she was being towed into Rio de Janeiro harbour. Much of her cargo of [[Orange (fruit)|oranges]] was washed up upon the beach.
-*On December 31, 1994, the New Year's Eve celebrations featured a [[Rod Stewart]] concert, which featured 3.5 million, making it the largest concert crowd ever.<ref>{{cite web
-  | title = Rolling Stones hold giant Rio gig
-  | publisher = BBC News
-  | date = 2006-02-19
-  | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4725050.stm
-  | accessdate = 2009-01-21 | location=London}}</ref> More recently, the beach has been a site for huge free concerts unrelated to the year-end festivities. On March 21, 2005, [[Lenny Kravitz]] performed there in front of 300,000 people, on a Monday night. On February 18, 2006, a Saturday, [[The Rolling Stones]] surpassed that mark by far, attracting over 1.5 million people to the beach.
-*On July 7, 2007, the beach hosted the [[Live Earth concert, Rio de Janeiro|Brazilian leg]] of the [[Live Earth (2007 concert)|Live Earth concerts]], which attracted 400,000 people. As the headliner, [[Lenny Kravitz]] got to play the venue a second time, with [[Jorge Benjor]], [[Macy Gray]], [[O Rappa]] and [[Pharrell]] as the main opening acts, on October 2, 2009, 100,000 people filled the beach for a huge beach party as the IOC announced Rio would be hosting the 2016 Olympics. 11 of the 15 [[FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup]]s have taken place here.
-On March 5 2012, 25 members of the Yale Undergraduate Gospel Choir(YGC) visited the Copacabana beach, and enjoyed all that the sandy brazilian beach has to offer, after which they sang for an audience of little children at Pequena Cruzada, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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-==See also==
-*[[Rua Tonelero]]
-On March 5 2012, 25 members of the Yale Undergraduate Gospel Choir visited the Copacabana beach, and enjoyed all that the sandy brazilian beach
-has to offer, after which they sang for an audience of little children at Pequena Cruzada, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
-==References==
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