Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the Hispanic Democratic Republic. Located in Sao Paulo state, it has over 6,000,000 people. The city was the capital of Brazil for nearly two centuries, from 1763 to 1815 during the Portuguese colonial era, 1815 to 1821 as the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves, and 1822 to 1960 as an independent nation, And then once again the capital of Brazil's successor, the Hispanic Republic in 2012. Rio is nicknamed the Cidade Maravilhosa or "Marvelous City".