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Alegrete
Sign in to saveAlegrete () is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul located in southern Brazil. Its medium altitude is . Its estimated population in 2020 was 73,028 inhabitants and its total area is , making it the largest municipality by area in southern Brazil. Its inhabitants are called Alegretenses. thumb|left|Railroad depot in Alegrete, 1911
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Within Vinony's link graph, Alegrete is referenced by 582 other articles, and connects out to Brazil, horse and time zone.
The entry is geolocated on the map in BR, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under 1816 establishments in Brazil, Capitals of former nations and Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul.
Its subject is documented across 39 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.leader_name
- Márcio Amaral
- Settlement.official_name
- Alegrete
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.nickname
- "Baita Chão" ("Hell of a Ground")
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Praça GetulioVargas-odblanco.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Getúlio Vargas Square
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira de Alegrete (Rio Grande do Sul).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Brasão de Alegrete (Rio Grande do Sul).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Locator map of Alegrete in Rio Grande do Sul.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sul
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_party
- MDB
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- alegretense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Population
- 78918
- Area
- 7803.967
- Elevation
- 107
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Capital of
- Riograndense Republic
- Shares border with
- Uruguaiana
- Official website
- www.alegrete.rs.gov.br
- Image
- 00 DSC00509 lagoa.jpg
- Dialing code
- 55
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- Commons category
- Alegrete (Rio Grande do Sul)
- topic's main category
- Category:Alegrete (Rio Grande do Sul)
- inception
- 1831-10-25
- Human Development Index
- 0.793
- twinned administrative body
- Santa Fe
- electorate
- 58369
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Encyclopedic overview
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Alegrete () is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul located in southern Brazil. Its medium altitude is . Its estimated population in 2020 was 73,028 inhabitants and its total area is , making it the largest municipality by area in southern Brazil. Its inhabitants are called Alegretenses. thumb|left|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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alegrete” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations