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Porto Alegre
Municipality
Município de Porto Alegre
Municipality of Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre
Skyline of Porto Alegre and Guaíba Lake
Porto Alegre
Mario Quintana House of Culture
Porto Alegre
Statue of Laçador
Porto Alegre
Gasometer Plant
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Farroupilha Park
Porto Alegre
Monument to the Azoreans and Administrative Center
Porto Alegre
Iberê Camargo Foundation
Porto Alegre
Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows
Flag of Porto Alegre
Official seal of Porto Alegre
Motto(s): 
Leal e Valorosa Cidade de Porto Alegre
Loyal and Valiant City of Porto Alegre
Location of Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre is located in Brazil
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre is located in South America
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre
Coordinates: 30°01′59″S 51°13′48″W / 30.03306°S 51.23000°W / -30.03306; -51.23000
CountryPorto Alegre Brazil
RegionSouth
StatePorto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul
MesoregionMetropolitan Porto Alegre
MicroregionMicroregion of Porto Alegre
Founded26 March 1772; 252 years ago (1772-03-26)
Government
 • MayorSebastião Melo (MDB)
Area
 • Municipality496.827 km2 (191.826 sq mi)
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Municipality1,488,252 (12th)
 • Density2,837.5/km2 (7,349/sq mi)
 • Metro
4,405,769 (4th)
DemonymPorto-alegrenses
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
 • Year2023
 • Total$77.7 billion[2]
Time zoneUTC-3 (UTC−3)
Postal Code
90000-000
Area code+55 51
HDI (2010)0.805 – very high[3]
Websitewww.prefeitura.poa.br

Porto Alegre (UK: /ˌpɔːrt əˈlɛɡr/, US: /- ɑːˈlɡri, ˌpɔːrt əˈlɛɡrə/,[4][5] Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoʁtwaˈlɛɡɾi]; lit.'"Joyful Harbor"') is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the 12th-most populous city in the country and the center of Brazil's fifth-largest metropolitan area, with 4,405,760 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.

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ "TelluBase—Brazil Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Pôrto Alegre"[dead link] (US) and "Pôrto Alegre". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2020-08-18.
  5. ^ "Porto Alegre". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Location of Porto Alegre". Iguide.travel. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
  7. ^ 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.

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