Canoas (Portuguese pronunciation: [kaˈnoɐs]), which earned city status in 1939, is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. With more than 300,000 inhabitants, it is part of the Porto Alegre conurbation and has the second highest GDP in the state. It is also the fourth largest city in the state by population.
Population: 328,291
Latitude: -29° 55' 4.01" S
Longitude: -51° 11' 1.00" W
Charqueadas is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is located on the right side of the Jacuí River in the southern-central part of the state, in the region Carbonífera, about 60 km (37 mi) from Porto Alegre and belonging to …
Capela de Santana is a municipality in the state Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Hipodromo do Cristal (Cristal Racecourse) is the most important center of horse racing in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is located at Porto Alegre. It was designed by renowned Uruguayan architect Roman Fresnedo Siri.
The Radio Gaúcha AM Guaíba Mast (also known as IPÊ Mast or as Antena do Parque Técnico Maurício Sirotsky Sobrinho) is the tallest man-made object in Brazil. The Radio Gaúcha AM Guaíba Mast is used by Radio Gaúcha for medium-wave broadcasting on 600&…
The Port of Porto Alegre is a river port located in Guaíba Lake in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is connected to Downtown Porto Alegre. Superintendência de Portos e Hidrovias (SPH) was established to manage and distribute cargoes throu…
Moinhos de Vento Park (Portuguese: Parque Moinhos de Vento, literally "Windmills Park"), popularly known as Parcão (literally "Big Park"), is a well-known park in Porto Alegre.
The Jacuí River (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒakuˈi]) is a river in Rio Grande do Sul state of southern Brazil.
The Institute of Geosciences is a unit of instruction of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul which includes the courses of Geography (and BA degree), Cartographic Engineering and Geology. It has a department of study of vertebrate paleonto…
The PPGMAp, or Programa de Pós-Graduação em Matemática Aplicada (Program of Graduation in Applied Mathematics), of the Mathematics Institute of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul was created in 1995, in Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
Sapucaia do Sul is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.