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Alvorada
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil · South America
About Alvorada
Alvorada sits on the route: 10 minutes from Cachoeirinha.
Alvorada is in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with about 190,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Cachoeirinha, about 6 km away.
Alvorada (Portuguese: [aw.voˈɾa.dɐ] , lit. 'dawn') is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in the south of Brazil, adjacent to the capital of the state, Porto Alegre. The city is also known as "The Capital of Solidarity." Alvorada is primarily a bedroom community with most workers commuting to adjacentRead more
cities such as Porto Alegre to work. Its name means "the awakening" or "the sunrise".
Although improvements have been made, the city suffers from heavy crime and squatting. The largest of these slums or favelas is the dangerous Umbu subdivision. Drug and arms trafficking are punctuated by periodic violence.
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Alvorada is in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, about 6 km from Cachoeirinha.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 187,315
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Timezone
- America/Sao_Paulo
- Coordinates
- -30.0002, -51.0763
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