Rio Grande do Sul (rē`
grän`dĭ th s
l), state (1996 pop. 9,445,000), 108,951 sq mi (282,183 sq km), S Brazil, bordering on Argentina and Uruguay and on the Atlantic Ocean. Pôrto Alegre Pôrto Alegre , city (1991 pop. 1,263,403), capital of Rio Grande do Sul state, SE Brazil, on the Guaíba River. One of the chief industrial and commercial centers of Brazil, it is also a major river port, exporting the products of the rich agricultural
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Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul
grän`dĭ th sl), state (1996 pop. 9,445,000), 108,951 sq mi (282,183 sq km), S Brazil, bordering on Argentina and Uruguay and on the Atlantic Ocean. Pôrto Alegre Pôrto Alegre , city (1991 pop. 1,263,403), capital of Rio Grande do Sul state, SE Brazil, on the Guaíba River. One of the chief industrial and commercial centers of Brazil, it is also a major river port, exporting the products of the rich agricultural..... Click the link for more information. is the capital.
Rio Grande do Sul
a state of S Brazil, on the Atlantic. Capital: Porto Alegre. Pop.: 10 408 540 (2002). Area: 282 183 sq. km (108 951 sq. miles)
Rio Grande do Sul
a state in the southernmost part of Brazil. Area, 282,200 sq km. Population, 6.7 million (1970). The state capital is Pôrto Alegre. Rio Grande do Sul leads the country in the harvesting of grains and the clipping of wool. Paraguay tea is gathered. Viticulture and horticulture are important. There is also livestock breeding, with sheep accounting for approximately 60 percent of the total number of livestock in Brazil. Coal, which accounts for approximately one-fifth of the nation’s total production, and copper ore are mined. Other industries include the food-processing, textile, leather-and-footwear, chemical, and agricultural machine-building industries.
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