Alegrete (Rio Grande do Sul)
| Município de Alegrete "Baita Chão"
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 Historic building on Praça Getúlio Vargas
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| Coordinates | 29 ° 47 ′ S , 55 ° 47 ′ W | ||
 Location of the municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul
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| founding | October 25, 1831 (as Vila: 188 years) January 22, 1857 (as Cidade) |
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Rio Grande do Sul | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-RS | ||
| height | 102 m | ||
| Waters | Rio Ibirapuitã | ||
| climate | subtropical, cfb | ||
| surface | 7,800.2 km² | ||
| Residents | 77,653 (2010) | ||
| density | 10 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 73,589 (July 1, 2019) | ||
| Parish code | IBGE : 4300406 | ||
| Telephone code | (+55) 55 | ||
| Time zone | UTC −3 | ||
| Website | alegrete.rs (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
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| City Prefect | Márcio Fonseca do Amaral (2017-2020) | ||
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| GDP | 1,853,528 thousand R $ 23,689 R $ per person (2016) |
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| HDI | 0.740 (2010) | ||
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Alegrete (officially Portuguese Município de Alegrete , German the happy ) is a city in Brazil in the state of Rio Grande do Sul and is considered the center of the Gaúcho culture. With half a million cattle and almost as many sheep, it is one of the main places where milk and wool are produced. It is home to the poet Mario Quintana .
It is located on the Rio Ibirapuitã river at 102 meters above sea level. The distance to the capital Porto Alegre is 506 km. As of July 1, 2019, the population was estimated at 73,589 inhabitants, who are called Alegretenses ( alegretenses ) and live on a large community area of around 7800 km², about three times the size of the Saarland, but arithmetically only around 10 inhabitants per km².
The ecoregion and biome are predominantly that of the pampas .
economy
The city is a center of the meat processing industry.
sons and daughters of the town
- Olegario Víctor Andrade (1839–1882), writer, journalist and politician
- Oswaldo Aranha , (1894–1960), politician
- Moderato Wisintainer (1900–1986), national soccer player
- Mario Quintana (1906–1994), poet and writer
- João Saldanha (1917–1990), football coach and journalist
- Luciana Martins (* 1963), cultural scientist
- Valdomiro Soares Eggres (* 1988), football player
- Sidnei (* 1989), football player
Web links
- Alegrete City Prefecture Website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Alegrete - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed September 11, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).