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Porto Alegre

South America

Porto Alegre is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, with a population of roughly 1.4 million as of 2022, and its name means Joyful Harbor. Sitting where five rivers converge to form the Guaiba, a large freshwater lagoon, Porto Alegre serves as the economic and cultural hub of Brazil's southernmost state and is known internationally as the birthplace of the World Social Forum.

Facts
Population
1,388,794 1
Area (sq km)
496.827 1
Founding Year
1772 1
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
10 1
Latitude
30.033056 degrees south 1
Longitude
51.23 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC-03:00 2
Connections

Associated With

Brazil, Countries

Capital Of

Rio Grande do Sul, States or Territories
Source GeoNames: Porto Alegre - GeoNames
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Gerdau

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Source Wikipedia: Gerdautier 2
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Source Wikipedia: Lojas Rennertier 2
Sources
1. Porto Alegre (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: population_total
    1,388,794 (12th)
  • Infobox: population_as_of
    2025
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    496.827
  • Infobox, Elevation
    elevation_m = 10
  • Wikipedia API, prop=coordinates (latitude)
    "lat":-30.03305556,"lon":-51.23
  • Wikipedia API, prop=coordinates (longitude)
    "lat":-30.03305556,"lon":-51.23
  • Lead section
    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.
  • In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. GeoNames: Porto Alegre - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3452925
    -30.03283 -51.23019 P PPLA BR 23 4314902 1488252 46 America/Sao_Paulo
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 46 m
  • Capital Of: Rio Grande do Sul, cities500 record 3452925, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 23)
    -30.03283 -51.23019 P PPLA BR 23 4314902 1488252 46 America/Sao_Paulo
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3. Overpass API (OpenStreetMap): OpenStreetMap coastline within 10 km of Porto Alegre (-30.03306, -51.23)
Overpass API (OpenStreetMap)Count of ways tagged natural=coastline within 10 km of the city coordinates
Quote, Count of ways tagged natural=coastline within 10 km of the city coordinates
"ways": "0"
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -30.25, -51.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -30.25, -51.25
-30.25 -51.25 Cfa
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Wikidata: Porto Alegre
Wikidata Q40269, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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