Alegrete

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

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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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Demonym: alegretense
Population: 78918
Area: 7803.967
Elevation: 107
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)
inception: 1831-10-25
Human Development Index: 0.793
electorate: 58369

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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.