Osório | |
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.jpg) View of Osório | |
 Location withinRio Grande do Sul | |
  Osório Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates:29°53′39″S50°15′55″W / 29.89423°S 50.26520°W /-29.89423; -50.26520 | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Population (2020[1]) | |
• Total | 46,414 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Osório is a coastal municipality and a town in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population is about 46,000 inhabitants.
Osório is located 90 km east of the state capital,Porto Alegre. The municipality was created in 1857 by fission fromSanto Antonio da Patrulha and named Conceição do Arroio. It was renamed in 1934 by decree to honorManuel Luís Osório, 19th century military commander and politician who was born there.
TheOsório wind farm, the largestwind power park inLatin America (300MW) was built in 2006 in the outskirts of the town.
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