The six biggest cities in southern Brazil

[Trantor]

Southern Brazil is composed of 3 states: Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Paraná. Together, the 3 states have over 28 million people, and also some of the best social and economic indicators in the country.

1. Curitiba (PR)

População: 1.828.092
PIB (2006): 32.153.307 mil reais
IDH (2000): 0,856
População Metropolitana (2007): 3.172.357
IDH Metropolitano (2000): 0,824
Altitude: 930 m
Temperatura mínima registrada (Simepar): -6ºC
Temperatura máxima registrada (Simepar): 33,9ºC

www.regionalimoveis.com.br

www.regionalimoveis.com.br

André Bonacin

Kunstlicht

André Bonacin

2. Porto Alegre (RS)

População (2008): 1 430 220
PIB (2006): 30.116.002 mil reais
IDH (2000): 0,865
População Metropolitana (2007): 3.959.807
IDH Metropolitano: 0,833
Altitude: 10 m
Temperatura mínima registrada: -4ºC
Temperatura máxima registrada: 40,7ºC

Mario de Santi

Ricardo Amaral

Gutooo

Gilberto Porto Imagem

Croquezz


3. Londrina (PR)

População: (2008): 505.184
PIB (2006): 6.612.093 mil reais
IDH (2000): 0,824
População Metropolitana: 760 mil
IDH Metropolitano (2000): 0,813
Altitude: 600 m
Temperatura mínima registrada: -4ºC
Temperatura máxima registrada: 43ºC



aiesec.org.br

Um londrinense

Eduardo Campo

sagiebelhaus

fotos de londrina

Ricardo Cosmo

4. Joinville (SC)

População (2008): 492.1
PIB (2006): 10.684.128 mil reais
IDH (2000): 0,857
População Metropolitana (2007): 1,2 milhões
IDH Metropolitano (2000): 0,853
Altitude: 4 m
Temperatura mínima registrada: -2,9ºC
Temperatura máxima registrada: 42ºC

Zinelli

Wesley Angelo Alberto

Wesley Angelo Alberto

alexandreas

Jorge

5. Caxias do Sul (RS)

População (2008): 405.858
PIB (2006): 8.621.444 mil reais
IDH (2000): 0,857
População Metropolitana: 750 mil
População Metropolitana:
Altitude: 820 m

Germano Schüür

Mica Chemello

Almir

Germano Schüür

tadiello bruno

Florianópolis (SC)

População (2008): 402.346
PIB (2006): 6.588.652 mil reais
IDH (2000): 0,875
População Metropolitana: aproximadamente 1 milhão
IDH Metropolitano (2000): 0,859
Altitude: 2 m
Temperatura mínima registrada: -2ºC
Temperatura máxima registrada: 39ºC

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diego andrés h.

mario roberto duran

gabriel dutra

rodrigo soldon

murilo78

danilo I. O.

[Chicago Shawn]

Thanks for the post. I have never even heard of 4 of these cities, although Curitiba is very well known in Urban Planning circles for the grand success of the BRT system.

It amazes me how dense Brazilian Cities are, certainly preserves more of the beautiful landscape around them.

[ColDayMan]

Thanks!!!

[Trantor]

thanks for the reply ChicagoShawn.

just for info, the populations above are the populations of municipalities, not metropolitan areas.

if you consider metro area, Porto Alegre is the largest city (4 million people in the metro)

[Gordo]

Originally Posted by Trantor

Gilberto Porto Imagem

Trantor, where is the road in this picture? Are those bus lanes (or rail) in the middle? I can't really tell and don't recognize the area (I've only been to Porto Alegre a couple times).

[Trantor]

Originally Posted by Gordo

Trantor, where is the road in this picture? Are those bus lanes (or rail) in the middle? I can't really tell and don't recognize the area (I've only been to Porto Alegre a couple times).

its bus lanes in the middle.

As for you recognizing this area or not, depends when was the last time youve been to Porto Alegre. This area is the 3rd Perimetral Avenue, old Dom Pedro/Carlos Gomes Avenues.



here is the exact area shown in the photo... zoom out to localize yourself in relation to other parts of the city
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...03441&t=h&z=19

another photo, by Farrapo

[Gordo]

^^^Ah, ok, thanks. I haven't been to Porto Alegre since 2002, so it's been awhile, but I don't think I've been to that area regardless. Thanks for the rest of the pics too!

[Austinlee]

Brazil has a lot of cities. Some big ones too!

[Trantor]

thats our secret to "store" 190 million people

btw, although there is a "gap" between cities like Porto Alegre and Curitiba to the others (1.5 million to 500k), there must be at least some 25 cities between 350k and 100k... maybe more than 25.

Cities on my state, alone, that didnt appeared on the list above (and are above 100k)
3 Pelotas 343.167

by Farrapo

4 Canoas 329.903

http://www.associ.org.br/

5 Santa Maria 266.822

by Gerson Gerloff, @Panoramio

6 Gravataí 266.230

7 Viamão 257.844

8 Novo Hamburgo 255.945

by Edilson Martens, @Panoramio

9 Alvorada 211.276

10 São Leopoldo 210.145

by Emir Santos @panoramio

11 Rio Grande 195.582

12 Passo Fundo 185.882

by Nadir Tomasini Junior @Panoramio

13 Uruguaiana 127.138

by Alisson_0 @panoramio

14 Sapucaia do Sul 126.085

15 Santa Cruz do Sul 121.168

by EQMarcioF @panoramio

16 Bento Gonçalves 118.000


by Eduhaus

17 Cachoeirinha 117.203

18 Bagé 115.755


Erechim... only 97k, but a worthy density

by Vitor Rossi, from Zardo Digital,hosted on Panoramio by another guy.

[Great_Hizzy]

These photos are fascinating, Trantor. Thanks for displaying them!

Porto Allegre looks especially cool.

[yerfdog]

Originally Posted by Chicago Shawn

Thanks for the post. I have never even heard of 4 of these cities, although Curitiba is very well known in Urban Planning circles for the grand success of the BRT system.

It amazes me how dense Brazilian Cities are, certainly preserves more of the beautiful landscape around them.

Everything he said.

[Trantor]

Originally Posted by Great_Hizzy

These photos are fascinating, Trantor. Thanks for displaying them!

Porto Allegre looks especially cool.

your welcome. Its good to dismiss some preconceived notions about Brazil. In these forums, where most people are interested on the subject, they are harder to see, but I know many foreigners dont even know about São Paulo... they think its a small poor city in the middle of the jungle or something like that

[Phil McAvity]

Yeah, Erection looks amazing, especially for a population of only 97,000 people. I live close to a couple of cities here in Canada with very similar populations to Erection and they look way smaller.

[Trantor]

I dont think Erechim sounds like Erection

[ukw]

Okay, so which parts of Brazil have the largest German population?

I'm seeing some German names in those Southern cities

[Trantor]

Originally Posted by ukw

Okay, so which parts of Brazil have the largest German population?

I'm seeing some German names in those Southern cities

well, I guess São Paulo has most GERMANS.

as for GERMAN DESCENDANTS (), mainly Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul states...

but remember that while cities with german names were usually settled by germans, not all german cities have german names... quite far from it in fact... I would say 80% of german settled cities have portuguese names. The city of Santa Cruz do Sul for example... it was settled by germans and outputs a tremendous amount of blue eyed blonde model girls each year... but the name... not german at all!

With Italian settled cities, its even harder to discover by looking at the names. Erechim is italian settled for example.


Alas, since german and italian immigration happened in the 19th century, obviously, descendants are not restricted to such cities... Porto Alegre was founded by azorians in the beginning of the 18th century, but there are plenty of blonde people in the streets and german influence in the city.

[Ex-Ithacan]

I like that first pic of Porto Alegre; all those lush fingers of land jutting out into the bay, and then one of them is covered with a huge city, cool.

And the setting for Florianopolis is beautiful. Thanks for sharing your finds with us Trantor.

[Trantor]

thanks for the reply exIthacan.

But Porto Alegre is not on a bay. Well, at least I dont think that is called a bay.

those "fingers" are fluvial islands, part of the Jacui River Delta.

The delta then creates the lake around Porto Alegre, which is called Guaíba. It was called a river years ago, but geographers say its a lake, not a river.

The Guaiba Lake soons flushes into the huge Lagoa dos Patos (Ducks Lagoon), which is the largest lagoon (not lake) in the world.

just zoom out of Porto Alegre, at GoogleMaps, and you will understand what I mean

here is a link zoomed into Porto Alegre downtown... zoom out
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-...45447&t=h&z=15

[Ex-Ithacan]

^ I wasn't sure what kind of body of water it is so I just said bay because I couldn't come up with something more appropriate. And I know the city occipies quite a large area (metro over 4 million), but I liked the illusion the picture provided. Thanks for the interesting pics, and you know I like Brazil.

[Trantor]

nah, no problem pal. I was just explaining because for someone who doesnt know details of the geography of the city, it may really seem its the ocean in the back.

As for the size of the city, I know you know its large. I thought you meant downtown was in a finger like strip of land.

As least I WOULD THINK so, by looking at the photo, if I didnt know the city. But its just the angle (2nd photo of POA shows it).

On the other hand, the downtown area WAS narrower in the past. The big park behind downtown was entirely water till the 50s...


I hope there was no misunderstanding. I like when people explain to me the geography of their cities. I like getting "localized" and understand the place

this photo from magazine Novo Século (scanned by Xinah Gui POA (SSC)) show how narrower was downtown area in the 40s


and here, during the construction of the... well, I dont know the english name for it haha.
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