São José
São José is a neighbourhood in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil. It was created by Law 2022 from December 7, 1959.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 29,000 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Porto Alegre
- Also known as: “São José, Porto Alegre” and “Vila São José”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Biblioteca Central Irmão José Otão and PUCRS Museum of Science and Technology.
Biblioteca Central Irmão José Otão
Library
The Central Library Brother José Otão is the main library of Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, located in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The Central Library had its origin in the collection located next to Rosário School in 1940, serving the Faculties of Economics, Philosophy, Social work and Law.
PUCRS Museum of Science and Technology
Museum
Photo: Daniela Cristina Wilwert, CC BY 2.0.
The PUCRS Museum of Science and Technology is a Brazilian museum run by the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, located in the city of Porto Alegre in Rio Grande do Sul, at Ipiranga Av.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vila João Pessoa and Coronel Aparício Borges.
Vila João Pessoa
Suburb
Photo: Eugenio Hansen, OFS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vila João Pessoa is a neighbourhood in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil. It was created by Law 2022 from December 7, 1959.
Coronel Aparício Borges
Suburb
Photo: FrancoBras, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Coronel Aparício Borges is a neighbourhood in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It was created by Law 2022 from December 7, 1959.
Agronomia
Suburb
Agronomia is a neighbourhood in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It was created by Law 4166 from September 21, 1976, but had its limits modified in 1990 and 1997.
São José
- Categories: neighborhood of Brazil and locality
- Location: Porto Alegre, Grande Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, South, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-30.06806° or 30° 4′ 5″ southLongitude
-51.16631° or 51° 9′ 59″ westPopulation
29,000Open location code
48XCWRJM+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 2076893397OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q3509832
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Portuguese—“São José” goes by many names.
- French: “Sao Jose (Porto Alegre)”
- French: “São José”
- Portuguese: “Bairro São José”
- Portuguese: “São josé (porto alegre)”
- Portuguese: “São José (Porto Alegre)”
- Portuguese: “São José”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “São José”. Photo: Paulo rsmenezes, CC BY-SA 2.5.