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Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre

Situation and Characteristics

The "Gaścho capital", Porto Alegre, on the lagoon-fringed coast of Rio Grande do Sul, was founded on March 26th 1772 under the name of Porto dos Casais by Portuguese settlers from the Azores.
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