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(Redirected from Alegrete (Rio Grande do Sul)) Municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil This article is about the town in Rio Grande do Sul. For other uses, see Alegrete (disambiguation).

Municipality in Sul, Brazil
City of Alegrete
Municipality
Fountain at the lake of Neytha Ramos ParkFountain at the lake of Neytha Ramos Park
Flag of City of AlegreteFlagOfficial seal of City of AlegreteSeal
Nickname: "Baita Chão" ("Hell of a Ground")
Location in Rio Grande do Sul and BrazilLocation in Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil
Coordinates: 29°47′01.63″S 55°47′27.54″W / 29.7837861°S 55.7909833°W / -29.7837861; -55.7909833
CountryBrazil
RegionSul
StateRio Grande do Sul
Founded25 October 1831
Government
 • MayorMárcio Amaral (MDB)
Area
 • Total7,804 km (3,013 sq mi)
Elevation102 m (335 ft)
Population
 • Total73,028
 • Density9.4/km (24/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
HDI' (2000)0.793 – medium
Websitealegrete.rs.gov.br

Alegrete (Portuguese: [a.leˈɡɾe.t͡ʃi] ) is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul located in southern Brazil. Its medium altitude is 102 m (335 ft). Its estimated population in 2020 was 73,028 inhabitants and the total area is 7,803.967 km (3,013.129 sq mi) (the largest municipality of the State and of Southern Brazil). Its inhabitants are called Alegretenses.

Railroad depot in Alegrete, 1911

Alegrete was settled in 1816 and became a municipality in 1857. It is the hometown of the abolitionist leader Franklin Gomes Souto, of the politician, diplomat and statesman Osvaldo Aranha, first President of the United Nations General Assembly, and of the Brazilian poet Mário Quintana. Every 20 September (Ragamuffin War Day), about 8,000 young, adult and old horsemen and horsewomen parade through its streets, using their native costumes and riding their horses with trappings.

Alegrete is served by Gaudêncio Machado Ramos Airport.

The municipality contains part of the 351 hectares (870 acres) Ibirapuitã Biological Reserve, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1982 to preserve an area of the pampas biome.

See also

References

  1. IBGE 2020
  2. "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  3. "Reserva Biológica de Ibirapuitã", Portal Uruguaiana (in Portuguese), archived from the original on 9 August 2016, retrieved 26 April 2016

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Municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul
Capital: Porto Alegre
Mesoregion Centro Ocidental Rio-Grandense
Restinga Seca
Santa Maria
Santiago
Mesoregion Centro Oriental Rio-Grandense
Cachoeira do Sul
Lajeado-Estrela
Santa Cruz do Sul
Mesoregion Metropolitana de Porto Alegre
Camaquã
Gramado-Canela
Montenegro
Osório
Porto Alegre
São Jerônimo
Mesoregion Nordeste Rio-Grandense
Caxias do Sul
Guaporé
Vacaria
Mesoregion Noroeste Rio-Grandense
Carazinho
Cerro Largo
Cruz Alta
Erechim
Frederico Westphalen
Ijuí
Nao-Me-Toque
Passo Fundo
Sananduva
Santa Rosa
Santo Ângelo
Soledade
Três Passos
Mesoregion Sudeste Rio-Grandense
Jaguarão
Litoral Lagunar
Pelotas
Serras de Sudeste
Mesoregion Sudoeste Rio-Grandense
Campanha Central
Campanha Meridional
Campanha Ocidental


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