Porto Alegre
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/98564
- Note
- "Porto Alegre (UK: /ˌpɔːrtuː əˈlɛɡreɪ/, US: /- ɑːˈleɪɡri, ˌpɔːrtoʊ əˈlɛɡrə/, Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtwaˈlɛɡɾɪ]; 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.
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." - (en.wikipedia.org 22.09.2023) - Latitude
- -30.032777786255
- Longitude
- -51.229999542236
- Population
- 1,409,939
- Time zone
- America/Sao_Paulo
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