Rio Grande do Sul

State o Rio Grande do Sul
State o Rio Grande do Sul
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	Motto: Liberdade, Igualdade, Humanidade (Portuguese); "Liberty, Equality, Humanity"
	Anthem: Hino Rio-Grandense
	Location o State o Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil
	Coordinates: 30°S 53°W / 30°S 53°W
Kintra	Brazil
Caipital an Lairgest Ceety	Porto Alegre
	Govrenment
- Govrenor	Tarso Genro
- Vice Govrenor	Jorge Alberto "Beto" Grill
	Aurie
- Tot	281,748.538 km2 (108,783.7 sq mi)
Aurie rank	9t
	Indwallers (2010 census)
- Tot	10,695,532
- Rank	5t
- Densitie	38/km2 (Expression error: Unexpected < operator./sq mi)
- Densitie rank	13t
Demonym	Gaúcho or Sul-rio-grandense
	GDP
- Year	2008 estimate
- Total	R$ 199,499,000,000 (4t)
- Per caipita	R$ 18.378,17 (6t)
	HDI
- Year	2005
- Category	0.832 – high (4t)
Time zone	BRT (UTC-3)
- Simmer (DST)	BRST (UTC-2)
Postal Code	90000-000 to 99990-000
ISO 3166 code	BR-RS
Wabsteid	rs.gov.br

Rio Grande do Sul (Template:IPA-pt;^[2] lit. "Great River o the Sooth") is the soothmaist state in Brazil, an the state wi the fift heichest Human Development Index (HDI) in the kintra.^[3]

In this state is locatit the soothmaist ceety in the kintra, Chuí, on the border wi Uruguay. In the region o Bento Gonçalves an Caxias do Sul, the lairgest wine producin center in Brazil, the attraction is Italian gastronomy. Besides the European influence, the gaúchos, or inhabitants o Rio Grande do Sul, strangly cultivate the traditions o the Pampas — region o the border wi Uruguay an Argentinae — such as drinkin mate (kent as chimarrão drunk in special gourd cups), eatin the typical barbecue, kent as churrasco, and the traditional clothes are the bombachas (baggy trousers), buits an lairge hats. Although the majority o the population dresses non-traditionally, there is a widespread value for tradition an cultur, which renders the image o "cultural zealots" sometimes attributed tae the gauchos.