This is a bit of southern Brazil
My third thread, to show the gaúchos capital.
Here is everything I have of most relevant to SSC about Porto Alegre. These are impressions of the city in the last 5 years. I brought a very personal way of viewing Porto Alegre, exploring some uncommon perspectives, or which at least we dont see that frequently, but athere is also some of the trivial and the cliché, which doesnt becomes ugly or less attractive because of being it. In any way, showing Porto Alegre is always a challenge because the city doesnt reveals itself easily for the visitors, hiding its beauty in corners and aerial views, where few can appreciate it.
Photos: Lucas Pedruzzi
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotografolucas/
PORTO ALEGRE
Location map: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...croMunicip.svg
Established March 26, 1772 (238 years)
Gentile Porto Alegre
Motto "Loyal and courageous city of Porto Alegre"
Mayor (a) Joseph Fortunati (PDT)
Geographical
Area 496.827 km ²
Population 1,436,123 hab. est. IBGE/2009
2 density 878.7 inhabitants / km ²
Altitude 10 m
Subtropical climate
HDI 0.865 PNUD/2000
GDP R $ 33,434,026 thousand (BR: 6) - IBGE/2007
GDP per capita U.S. $ 23 534.00 IBGE/2007
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