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Porto Alegre
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil · South America
About Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre sits on the route: 15 minutes from Eldorado do Sul.
Porto Alegre is in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with about 1.5 million people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Eldorado do Sul, about 8 km away.
Porto Alegre (UK: , US: ; Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈpoʁtu aˈlɛɡɾi, -tw aˈ-], locally [ˈpoɾ-] ; lit. 'Joyful Harbor') is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of roughly 1.4 million inhabitants (2022) makes it the 11th-most populous city in the country and the centre ofRead more
Brazil's fifth-largest metropolitan area, with 4.1 million inhabitants (2022). The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian state.
Porto Alegre was founded in 1769 by Manuel Jorge Gomes de Sepúlveda, who used the pseudonym José Marcelino de Figueiredo to hide his identity; the official date, though, is 1772 with the act signed by immigrants from the Azores, Portugal.
The city lies on the eastern bank of the Guaíba Lake, where five rivers converge to form the Lagoa dos Patos, a giant freshwater lagoon navigable by even the largest of ships. This five-river junction has become an important alluvial port and a chief industrial and commercial centre of Brazil.
In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Porto Alegre hosted the World Social Forum, an initiative of several nongovernment organizations. The city became famous for being the first city that implemented participatory budgeting. The 9th Assembly of the World Council of Churches was held in Porto Alegre in 2006. Since 2000, Porto Alegre also hosts one of the world's largest free software events, called FISL. The city was one of the host cities of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, having previously been a venue for the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
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Porto Alegre is in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, about 8 km from Eldorado do Sul.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,488,252
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Timezone
- America/Sao_Paulo
- Coordinates
- -30.0328, -51.2302
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