Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil · South America
Alegrete sits on the route: 45 minutes from Manoel Viana.
Alegrete is a town located in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. With a population of 72,409, it is an important destination in South America.
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Alegrete (Portuguese: [a.leˈɡɾe.t͡ʃi] ) is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul located in southern Brazil. Its medium altitude is 102 m (335 ft). Its estimated population in 2020 was 73,028 inhabitants and its total area is 7,803.967 km2 (3,013.129 sq mi), making it the largest municipality by area in southern Brazil.Read more
Its inhabitants are called Alegretenses.
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.
Alegrete is served by Gaudêncio 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 the pampas biome.
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Alegrete is located in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, South America. The coordinates are -29.7831 latitude, -55.7919 longitude.
Alegrete has a population of approximately 72,409 people, making it a town in Brazil.
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