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Porto Alegre | |
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| Município de Porto Alegre Municipality of Porto Alegre | |
Skyline of Porto Alegre and Guaíba Lake Mario Quintana House of Culture Statue of Laçador Gasometer Plant Monument to the Azoreans and Administrative Center Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows | |
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| Motto(s): Leal e Valorosa Cidade de Porto Alegre Loyal and Valiant City of Porto Alegre | |
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  Porto Alegre  Porto Alegre | |
| Coordinates: 30°01′59″S 51°13′48″W / 30.03306°S 51.23000°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | South |
| State |  Rio Grande do Sul |
| Mesoregion | Metropolitan Porto Alegre |
| Microregion | Microregion of Porto Alegre |
| Founded | 26 March 1772 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sebastião Melo (MDB) |
| Area | |
| 496.827 km2 (191.826 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| 1,332,845 (11th) | |
| • Density | 2,837.5/km2 (7,349/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 4,405,769 (4th) |
| Demonym | Porto-alegrenses |
| GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values) | |
| • Year | 2023 |
| • Total | $77.7 billion[2] |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC−3) |
| Postal Code | 90000-000 |
| Area code | +55 51 |
| HDI (2010) | 0.805 – very high[3] |
| Website | www |
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Porto Alegre (UK: /ˌpɔːrtuː əˈlɛɡreɪ/, US: /- ɑːˈleɪɡri, ˌpɔːrtoʊ əˈlɛɡrə/,[4][5] Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈpoʁtu aˈlɛɡɾi, -tw aˈ-] ; lit. 'Joyful Harbor') is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1.3 million inhabitants (2022) makes it the 11th-most populous city in the country and the center of Brazil's fifth-largest metropolitan area, with 4.4 million inhabitants (2010). The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian state.[6]
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 center of Brazil.
In recent years, 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.[7] 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.
- ^ IBGE 2022
- ^ "TelluBase—Brazil Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "Ranking IDHM 2010" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
- ^ "Pôrto Alegre"[dead link] (US) and "Pôrto Alegre". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2020-08-18.
- ^ "Porto Alegre". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Location of Porto Alegre". Iguide.travel. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
- ^ Eva-Maria Verfürth (February 2013). "More generous than you might think". dandc.eu. Archived from the original on 2013-05-21. Retrieved 2013-05-08.