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Copacabana is a district located in the southern zone of the city Rio de Janeiro, famous for its 4 km beach.

Copacabana starts at the begining of the Princesa Isabel Avenue, and ends at Posto Seis (lifeguard watchtower six) nearby the Forte de Copacabana (Stronghold of Copacabana). After Copacabana there is the small beach of Arpoador, followed by the famous borough of Ipanema and then, the borough of Leblon.

The Copacabana beach spans from Posto Dois (lifeguard watchtower two) to Posto Seis (lifeguard watchtower six). Leme is at Posto Um (lifeguard watchtower one).


There is also a beach called Copacabana Beach on the Central Coast of New South Wales in Australia, about an hour north of Sydney.


Copacabana is also the main Bolivian town on Lake Titicaca, from where boats leave for Isla del Sol , the sacred Inca island. The town has a large 16th-century cathedral.


Copacabana is also the name of a famous New York City nightclub. http://www.copacabanany.com/


Copacabana is also a 1978 discoDisco is an up-tempo style of dance music that originated in the early 1970s, mainly from funk and soul music, popular originally with gay and black audiences in large U. cities, and derives its name from the French word discotheque (meaning nightclub), c song by Barry ManilowBarry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus in Brooklyn, New York on June 17 1946) is an American singer and songwriter. Manilow dominated the 1970s soft rock scene with a string of top ten hits and multi-platinum albums. Despite the frequent barbs from crtics. It is also known as At the Copa after the first few words of the refrain. The song is named after its setting, the New York nightclub. It was recently developed into a musical http://www.pittsburghclo.org/copacabana.html


In PortuguesePortuguese portugues is a Romance language predominantly spoken in Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, and East Timor. With more than 200 million native speakers, Portuguese is one of the few languages spoken in such widely-distributed parts, "Cabana" beans hut, cabin, or shack, and "Copa" means pantry.


BrazilThis article is about Brazil, the country. For other article subjects named Brazil see Brazil (disambiguation). The Federative Republic of Brazil Republica Federativa do Brasil in Portuguese) is the largest and most populous country in South America. Bolivia

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