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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Porto Alegre
|settlement_type = [[Municipalities o Brazil|Municipality]]
|official_name = ''O Município do Porto Alegre''<br>The Municipality o Porto Alegre
|nickname = Porto (spoken), POA (written)
|motto = Loyal and Valiant city of Porto Alegre
|image_skyline = Montagem de porto alegre 2.jpg
|imagesize = 250px
|image_caption = Frae upper left: Usina do Gasômetro; the Laçador statue (seembol o the ceety); panoramic view o the port; Public Market; Monument to the [[Azorean people]] with the Admeenistrative Center o the State o Rio Grande do Sul.
|image_flag = Bandeira de Porto Alegre.svg
|image_seal = Brasão de Porto Alegre.svg
|image_map = Locator map of Porto Alegre in Rio Grande do Sul.svg
|pushpin_map=Brazil
|pushpin_map_size=250
|pushpin_map_caption=Location in Brazil
|subdivision_type = Kintra
|subdivision_type1 = [[States o Brazil|State]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[Mesoregions o Brazil|Mesoregion]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[Microregions o Brazil|Microregion]]
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Brazil}}
|subdivision_name1 =  [[Rio Grande do Sul]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Metropolitana de Porto Alegre]]
|subdivision_name3 =  [[Porto Alegre (microregion)|Porto Alegre]]
|leader_title = [[Mayor o Porto Alegre|Mayor]]
|leader_name = José Fortunati ([[Democratic Labour Pairty (Brazil)|PDT]])
|established_title = Foondit
|established_date = 26 Mairch 1772
|area_footnotes =
|area_magnitude = 1 E8
|area_total_km2 = 496.827
|area_total_sq_mi =
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|population_demonym= Porto-alegrenses
|population_as_of = 2010
|population_total = 1,509,939 ([[Leet o lairgest ceeties in Brazil|10t]]) 
|population_footnotes = 
|population_density_km2 = 2844
|population_density_sq_mi =
|population_metro = 4,405,769 ([[Leet o lairgest ceeties in Brazil|4t]]) 
|population_footnotes = 
|population_density_km2 = 394
|timezone = [[UTC|UTC-3]]
|utc_offset = -3
|timezone_DST = [[UTC|UTC-2]]
|utc_offset_DST = -2
|coordinates     = {{coord|30|01|59|S|51|13|48|W|region:BR|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes =
|elevation_m = 10
|elevation_ft =
|area_code              = +55 51
|postal_code_type       = Postal Code
|postal_code            = 90000-000
|blank_name = 
|blank_info =
|website = [http://www.portoalegre.rs.gov.br Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul]
|footnotes =
}}

'''Porto Alegre''' ({{IPA-pt|ˈpoɾtu aˈlɛɡɾi|-|Br-PortoAlegre.ogg}}, ''Happy Harbour'') is the tent maist populous municipality in [[Brazil]], wi 1,409,939 indwallers, an the centre o Brazil's fowert lairgest metropolitan aurie (3,979,561 indwallers). It is an aa the caipital ceety o the soothrenmaist [[Brazilian state]] o [[Rio Grande do Sul]]. The ceety is the soothrenmaist caipital ceety o a Brazilian state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iguide.travel/Porto_Alegre/Introduction |title=Location of Porto Alegre |publisher=Iguide.travel |date= |accessdate=2010-10-21}}</ref> Porto Alegre is ane o the maist important cultural, poleetical an economic centers o Brazil. Twa [[Mercosul]] kintras, [[Argentinae]] an [[Uruguay]], border on the State o Rio Grande do Sul.

Porto Alegre wis foondit in 1742 bi [[Immigration tae Brazil|immigrants]] frae the [[Azores]], Portugal. In the late 19t century the ceety received mony immigrants frae ither pairts o the warld, parteecularly Germany, Italy, an Poland. The vast majority o the population is o [[European Brazilian|European]] strynd.

The ceety lies on the eastren bank o the Rio Guaiba (Guaiba Lake), whaur five rivers converge tae form the [[Lagoa dos Patos]] (Lagoon o the Ducks), a giant freshwater [[lagoon]] navigable bi even the lairgest o ships. This five-river junction haes acome an important alluvial port as well as a chief industrial an commercial centre o Brazil.

The port o Porto Alegre is important for transportin local produce. The "[[Gaucho]] caipital" haes a broad-based economy that lays parteecular emphasis on agricultur an industry. Agricultural production includes produce sic as [[ploum]]s, [[peach]]es, [[rice]] an [[cassava]] grown on rural smahauldins. The [[shae]] an [[laither]] industries are an aa important, especially in [[Novo Hamburgo]], in the Metropolitan Region o Porto Alegre.

Porto Alegre haes a lang coastline on the [[Guaíba Loch]], an its topography is punctuatit bi 40 hills. In the loch, a vast body o watter, a maze o islands facin the ceety creates an archipelago whaur a unique [[ecoseestem]] gies shelter tae abundant wildlife. The ceety aurie concentrates 28% o the [[Atlantic Forest|native flora]] o Rio Grande do Sul, wi 9,288 species.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782001000500020&lng=&nrm=iso&tlng= |title=Vegetation in the city |doi=10.1590/S0103-84782001000500020 |publisher=Scielo.br |date=1990-01-06 |accessdate=2010-10-21}}</ref> Amang thir, thare are mony trees which are the vestiges o the [[Atlantic Forest]]. Fauna are an aa diversifee\d, specially in the islands an hills. The Portoalegrense environs include mony pairks, squares an woodit streets.

== Sister ceeties ==
Porto Alegre's [[Twin touns an sister ceeties|sister ceeties]] are:<ref name="sister">{{cite web |url=http://www2.portoalegre.rs.gov.br/captare/default.php?p_secao=36 |title=Mayor's International Council Sister Cities Program |publisher=Porto Alegre, RS |accessdate = 2008-08-22}}</ref>
<ref name="paris">{{cite web |url=http://www.paris.fr/portail/accueil/Portal.lut?page_id=6587&document_type_id=5&document_id=16468&portlet_id=14974 |title=Partners cities from Paris |publisher=Porto Alegre, RS |accessdate=2009-07-19 |archive-date=2010-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100122093109/http://www.paris.fr/portail/accueil/Portal.lut?page_id=6587 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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* {{flagicon|United States}} '''[[Austin, Texas|Austin]]''', '''[[Unitit States]]''' (2002) <ref name="sister" />
* {{flagicon|Portugal}} '''[[Horta, Azores|Horta]]''', '''[[Portugal]]''' (1993) <ref name="sister" />
* {{flagicon|Japan}} '''[[Kanazawa, Ishikawa|Kanazawa]]''', '''[[Japan]]''' (1967) <ref name="sister" />
* {{flagicon|Malaysia}} '''[[Kuching]]''', '''[[Malaysie]]''' (2008) <ref name="sister" />
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} '''[[La Plata]]''', '''[[Argentinae]]''' (1982) <ref name="sister" />
* {{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Morano Calabro]]''', '''[[Italy]]''' (1982) <ref name="sister" />
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Natal, Rio Grande do Norte|Natal]]''', '''[[Brazil]]''' (1992) <ref name="sister" />
* {{flagicon|United States}} '''[[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]''', '''[[Unitit States]]''' (2006) <ref name="sister" />
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* {{flagicon|France}} '''[[Paris]]''', '''[[Fraunce]]''' (2001) <ref name="paris" />
* {{flagicon|Portugal}} '''[[Portalegre]]''', '''[[Portugal]]''' (2000) <ref name="sister" />
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} '''[[Punta del Este]]''', '''[[Uruguay]]''' (1984) <ref name="sister" />
* {{flagicon|Portugal}} '''[[Ribeira Grande, Azores|Ribeira Grande]]''', '''[[Portugal]]''' (1982) <ref name="sister" />
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} '''[[Rosario, Santa Fe|Rosario]]''', '''[[Argentinae]]''' (1994) <ref name="sister" />
* {{flagicon|Russia}} '''[[Saunt Petersburg]]''', '''[[Roushie]]''' (2000) <ref name="sister" />
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} '''[[Salihli]]''', '''[[Turkey]]''' (2010) <ref name="sister" />
* {{flagicon|China}} '''[[Suzhou]]''', '''[[Cheenae]]''' (2004) <ref name="sister" />
|}

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