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Novo Hamburgo is anBrazilian city in the state ofRio Grande do Sul. 247,032 people lived here in 2020 and its area is 224 km². It was named after theGerman city ofHamburg. The people who founded the city in the 1830s were from theAzores. During the next 50 years, many people immigrated from Germany. They were not from Hamburg, but mostly from theHunsrück, a mountain range nearKoblenz. They all used the port of Hamburg to leaveEurope, though. Novo Hamburgo is about 45 kilometres (28 mi) north ofPorto Alegre. Together withFranca, the city calls itself the capital of shoes (Capital Nacional do Calçado, inPortuguese).
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