Alegrete
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Alegrete is a toun an a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul locatit in soothren Brazil. Its middlin altitude is 102 m (335 ft). Its estimatit population in 2008 wis 78,984 indwallers an the total aurie is 7,803.967 km2 (3,013.129 sq mi) (the lairgest municipality o the State an o Soothren Brazil). Its indwallers are cried Alegretenses.
Ceety o Alegrete | |
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Fountain at the lake o Neytha Ramos Park | |
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| Eik-name(s): "Baita Chão" ("Hell o a Grund") | |
 Location in Rio Grande do Sul an Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 29°47′01.63″S 55°47′27.54″W | |
| Kintra | Brazil |
| Region | Sul |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Foondit | 25 October 1831 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Erasmo Guterres da Silva (PMDB) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,804 km2 (3,013 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 102 m (335 ft) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 78,984 |
| • Density | 11.34/km2 (29.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) |
| HDI' (2000) | 0.793 – medium[2] |
| Website | Prefeitura de Alegrete |
Alegrete wis settled in 1816 an became a municipality in 1857. It is the hametoun o the abolitionist leader Franklin Gomes Souto, o the politeecian, diplomat an statesman Osvaldo Aranha, first Preses o the Unitit Naitions General Assembly, an o the Brazilian poet Mário Quintana. Ivery September 20 (War o the Farrapos Day), aboot 8,000 young, adult an auld horsemen an horseweemen parade throu its streets, uisin their native costumes an ridin their horse wi trappins.
Alegrete is servit bi Gaudêncio Machado Ramos Airport.
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