City of Alegrete | |
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 Fountain at the lake of Neytha Ramos Park | |
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| Nickname: "Baita Chão" ("Hell of a Ground") | |
 Location in Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil | |
| Coordinates:29°47′01.63″S55°47′27.54″W / 29.7837861°S 55.7909833°W /-29.7837861; -55.7909833 | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Sul |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Founded | 25 October 1831 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Márcio Amaral (MDB) |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,804 km2 (3,013 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 102 m (335 ft) |
| Population (2020[1]) | |
• Total | 73,028 |
| • Density | 9.4/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| HDI' (2000) | 0.793 –medium[2] |
| Website | alegrete.rs.gov.br |
Alegrete (Portuguese:[a.leˈɡɾe.t͡ʃi]ⓘ) is amunicipality inRio Grande do Sul located in southernBrazil. Its medium altitude is 102 m (335 ft). Its estimated population in 2020 was 73,028 inhabitants and the total area is 7,803.967 km2 (3,013.129 sq mi) (the largestmunicipality of theState and of Southern Brazil). Its inhabitants are calledAlegretenses.
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Alegrete was settled in 1816 and became a municipality in 1857. It is the hometown of the abolitionist leaderFranklin Gomes Souto, of the politician, diplomat and statesmanOsvaldo Aranha, first President of theUnited Nations General Assembly, and of the Brazilian poetMário Quintana. Every 20 September (Ragamuffin War Day), about 8,000 young, adult and old horsemen and horsewomen parade through its streets, using their nativecostumes and riding theirhorses with trappings.
Alegrete is served byGaudêncio Machado Ramos Airport.
The municipality contains part of the 351 hectares (870 acres)Ibirapuitã Biological Reserve, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1982 to preserve an area of thepampas biome.[3]
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