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Rio Grande do Sul
Grande Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre is the capital city and the most populous city of the state , the southernmost state in . With 4.4 million people in its metropolitan area, it is the 4th largest city of the country.
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  • Type: City with 1,330,000 residents
  • Description: municipality of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil
  • Also known as: “Porto Alegre, Brazil” and “Pôrto de São Francisco dos Casaes”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rio Grande do Sul Museum of Art and São Pedro Theatre.

Museum
Photo: Tetraktys, CC BY 3.0.
The is an art museum in the State of . It is located in the centre of Porto Alegre. Its eclectic building, national heritage, is one of the most noteworthy historic buildings in Porto Alegre.

Theater building
Photo: Tetraktys, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the oldest theatre in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of , .

Town hall
Photo: Tetraktys, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , also known as Old City Hall or Paço dos Açorianos, is a historic building in Porto Alegre, capital of the Brazilian state of , being one of the most characteristic and important architectural landmarks of the city.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centro Histórico and Santa Tereza.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood of the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of in . The neighborhood was created by Law 2022 of December 7, 1959.

Suburb
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is a in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of , in . It was created by Law 2022 from December 7, 1959.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood of the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of in . The neighborhood was created by Law 2022 of December 7, 1959.

Porto Alegre

Latitude
-30.0325° or 30° 1′ 57″ south
Longitude
-51.2304° or 51° 13′ 49″ west
Population
1,330,000
Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)
IATA airport code
POA
United Nations Location Code
BR POA
Open location code
48XCXQ99+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 313557783
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3452925
Wiki­data ID
Q40269
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zulu—“Porto Alegre” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Porto Alegre”
  • Afrikaans: “Porto Alegre”
  • Arabic: “بورتو أليجري”
  • Arabic: “بورتو أليغري”
  • Arabic: “بورتو الاجري”
  • Arabic: “بورتو اليغري”
  • Armenian: “Պորտու Ալեգրի”
  • Asturian: “Porto Alegre”
  • Azerbaijani: “Portu-Aleqri”
  • Balinese: “Porto Alégré”
  • Basque: “Porto Alegre”
  • Belarusian: “Порту-Алегры”
  • Bengali: “পোর্তু আলেগ্রি”
  • Bengali: “পোর্তো আলেগ্রি”
  • Bishnupriya: “পর্টো আলেগ্রে”
  • Bosnian: “Porto Alegre”
  • Breton: “Porto Alegre”
  • Bulgarian: “Порто Алегре”
  • Bulgarian: “Порто Алегри”
  • Bulgarian: “Порту Алегри”
  • Burmese: “ပေါ်တိုအလီဂရီမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Porto Alegre”
  • Cebuano: “Porto Alegre”
  • Chechen: “Порту-Алегри”
  • Chinese: “Porto Alegre”
  • Chinese: “愉港”
  • Chinese: “阿利格里港”
  • Chinese: “阿雷格裏港”
  • Chinese: “阿雷格里港”
  • Corsican: “Porto Alegre”
  • Croatian: “Porto Alegre”
  • Czech: “Porto Alegre”
  • Danish: “Porto Alegre”
  • Dutch: “Porto Alegre”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بورتو اليجرى”
  • Esperanto: “Porto Alegre”
  • Esperanto: “Porto Alegro”
  • Esperanto: “Porto-Alegro”
  • Estonian: “Porto Alegre”
  • Fijian: “Porto Alegre”
  • Finnish: “Porto Alegre”
  • French: “Porto Alegre”
  • Galician: “Porto Alegre”
  • Georgian: “პორტო ალეგრე”
  • Georgian: “პორტუ ალეგრი”
  • Georgian: “პორტუ-ალეგრი”
  • German: “Porto Alegre”
  • German: “Pôrto Alegre”
  • Greek: “Πόρτο Αλέγκρε”
  • Guarani: “Porto Alegre”
  • Gujarati: “પોર્ટો અલગ્રે”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Porto Alegre”
  • Hebrew: “פורטו אלגרה”
  • Hindi: “पोर्टो अलैग्री”
  • Hungarian: “Porto Alegre”
  • Icelandic: “Porto Alegre”
  • Ido: “Porto Alegre”
  • Indonesian: “Porto Alegre”
  • Interlingua: “Porto Alegre”
  • Interlingue: “Porto Alegre”
  • Irish: “Porto Alegre”
  • Italian: “Porto Alegre”
  • Japanese: “ポルト・アレグリ”
  • Japanese: “ポルト・アレグレ”
  • Japanese: “ポルト・アレグレ市”
  • Japanese: “ポルトアレグレ”
  • Kannada: “ಪೋರ್ಟೊ ಅಲೆಗ್ರೆ”
  • Kannada: “ಪೋರ್ಟೊ ಅಲೆಗ್ರೇ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Portu-Alegri”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Порту-Алегри”
  • Kazakh: “Порту-Алегри”
  • Kirghiz: “Порту-Алегри”
  • Korean: “포르투 알레그리”
  • Korean: “포르투알레그레”
  • Korean: “포르투알레그리”
  • Korean: “포트알레그레”
  • Kurdish: “Porto Alegre”
  • Ladino: “Porto Alegre”
  • Latin: “Portus Alacer in Brasilia”
  • Latin: “Portus Alacer”
  • Latin: “Portus Laetis”
  • Latin: “Portus Laetus”
  • Latin: “Portus Lætus”
  • Latvian: “Porto Alegre”
  • Latvian: “Portualegri”
  • Lithuanian: “Porto Alegre”
  • Lithuanian: “Porto Alegrė”
  • Lithuanian: “Portu Alegrė”
  • Lombard: “Porto Alegre”
  • Low German: “Porto Alegre”
  • Macedonian: “Порто Алегре”
  • Malagasy: “Porto Alegre”
  • Malay: “Porto Alegre”
  • Maltese: “Porto Alegre”
  • Marathi: “पोर्तू अलेग्री”
  • Marathi: “पोर्तो आलेग्री”
  • Mazanderani: “پورتو الگره”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Porto Alegre”
  • Moksha: “Порту-Алэгри”
  • Mongolian: “Порту Алегри”
  • Mongolian: “Порту-Алегри”
  • Neapolitan: “Porto Alegre”
  • Northern Frisian: “Porto Alegre”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Porto Alegre”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Porto Alegre”
  • Norwegian: “Porto Alegre”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Porto Alegre”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Pôrto Alegre”
  • Ossetian: “Порто-Алегре”
  • Ossetian: “Порту-Алегри”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੋਰਤੋ ਅਲੇਗਰੇ”
  • Persian: “پورتو آلگری”
  • Persian: “پورتو الگره”
  • Polish: “Porto Alegre”
  • Polish: “Pôrto Alegre”
  • Portuguese: “Nossa Senhora Madre de Deus de Porto Alegre”
  • Portuguese: “PoA”
  • Portuguese: “Porto Alegre”
  • Portuguese: “Porto de São Francisco dos Casais”
  • Portuguese: “Porto do Viamão”
  • Portuguese: “Porto dos Dorneles”
  • Portuguese: “Porto-alegrense”
  • Quechua: “Porto Alegre”
  • Romanian: “Porto Alegre”
  • Russian: “Порто-Алегре”
  • Russian: “Порту-Алегри”
  • Scots: “Porto Alegre”
  • Serbian: “Порто Алегре”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Porto Alegre”
  • Silesian: “Porto Alegre”
  • Sinhala: “පෝර්ටෝ අලිග්රි”
  • Slovak: “Porto Alegre”
  • Slovenian: “Porto Alegre”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پورتو القره”
  • Spanish: “Porto Alegre”
  • Spanish: “Porto dos Casais”
  • Spanish: “Puerto Alegre”
  • Swahili: “Porto Alegre”
  • Swedish: “Porto Alegre”
  • Tajik: “Порту-Алегре”
  • Tamil: “போர்ட்டோ அலெக்ரி”
  • Tatar: “Порту-Алегри”
  • Telugu: “పోర్టో అలెగ్రి”
  • Thai: “ปรอโตอเลกรี”
  • Thai: “โปร์ตูอาแลกรี”
  • Turkish: “Porto Alegre”
  • Twi: “Porto Alegre”
  • Ukrainian: “Порту-Алегрі”
  • Urdu: “پورتو الیگرے”
  • Uzbek: “Porto Alegri”
  • Uzbek: “Portu-Alegri”
  • Venetian: “Porto Alegre”
  • Veps: “Portu Alegri”
  • Vietnamese: “Porto Alegre”
  • Volapük: “Porto Alegre”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Porto Alegre”
  • Welsh: “Porto Alegre”
  • Western Panjabi: “پورتو الیگرے”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿雷格里港”
  • Yue Chinese: “博托艾格”
  • Zulu: “Porto Alegre”
  • “PoA”
  • “Porto Alegre”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Porto Alegre”. Photo: Paulo rsmenezes, CC BY-SA 2.5.