Porto Alegre - RS
Porto Alegre is the capital of the Brazilian state of Big Rio of the South. It Belongs to the Metropolitan mesorregião of Porto Alegre and the microrregião of Porto Alegre. It is located Guaíba close to, in the end south of the country, to 2 111 km of Brasília. The city was constituted starting from the arrival of couples Portuguese açorianos in 1742. In the century XIX counted with the influx of many German immigrants, Poles and Italian (it also received Arab immigrants). The holiday of Porto Alegre is February 2, day of Our Lady of the Navigators, padroeira of the city. It is one of the cities where the human development is more elevated in Brazil. It is considered by many specialists one of the best cities to live in Brazil. It is the Largest metropolitan area of the parents' south, with about 4,1 million people in 2006.
The Metropolitan area of Porto Alegre counts with more than 30 cities. Among them the main ones are: Canoes, New Hamburgo, São Leopoldo, Gravataí and Viamão.
In 2001, it went to city headquarters of the I World Social Forum, event, now itinerant, that focuses the social subjects of the current world. It was also headquarters of this event in 2002, 2003 and 2005. It is the Brazilian capital that fewer has illiterate in the country, and the sale of books is the largest among the capitals.
It was chosen by the English consultoria Jones Lang LaSalle one of the 24 cities with potential adult to attract investments in the world (the only Brazilian representative).
History
The first name dice to current Porto Alegre was it of Porto of Viamão, in the century XVIII. I eat an urban center, the estancieiros of the area it didn't still exist they took advantage of Guaíba as middle of communication with Big Rio and Brown Rio. The area, at that time known as fields of Viamão, it was a district of Lagoon (in Santa Catarina). The port, like this, it was known like Porto of Viamão.
In 1740, the area was granted as sesmaria Jerônimo of Ornellas, Portuguese born in the island of the Wood. In consequence, the port became called of " Porto of Dorneles ". In agreement with the historian Walter Spalding, the port properly statement was in the mouth of a small stream, where now it is located Ponte of Stone of the Plaza of Açorianos.
In that same time, the Portuguese government motivated the coming of couples açorianos to the area, with the intuito of solving two problems: the first was the superpovoamento of the islands of Açores, and the second was to seat the Portuguese dominance in the south of Brazil, area threatened by the Spanish colonies of the south and west of the South American continent. Thus, in 1752 the first recruitment of couples açorianos arrived, that settled then in the Porto of Dorneles and they served as support point to the new couples immigrants that arrived to settle in another areas of Big Rio of the South. With that recruitment of couples, the port became known like " Porto of the Couples ".
In 1763, with the Spanish invasion of the city of Big Rio, then capital of the State, the government's headquarters ended for being transferred for Viamão, city adjacent to Porto of the Couples. With the development of the port and its strategic position to the beira of the river Guaíba, the governor of the time, José Marcelino of Figueiredo, decided to transfer the capital of Viamão for Porto of the Couples in 1773, changing on that occasion the name for Porto Alegre.
Obs: the Loyal and Valiant name elapses of the fact of Porto Alegre he/she/it to have maintained faithful to the Brazilian Empire during the War of the Rags. In the heraldry of the city it is grafado Valerosa.
Politics
1988 Olívio Dutra was chosen, proceeded by Tarso Genro, Raul Pont, Tarso Genro (again) that renounced in order to compete to the Government of the State (in what he/she didn't obtain success) giving place its vice, João Verle. In 2004 José Fogaça was chosen, that competed for PPS and it assumed the city hall on January 1, 2005.
Demography
The capital counts with aproximadamentede 1.450.000 inhabitants. He/she has in its ethnic composition 74% of whites, descending of several parts of Europe; 16% of brown, due to miscigenation happened among whites and black (slaves); 8% of blacks descendants of former-slaves; and a minority of Asians, around 2%. (Source: Jornal Zero Hora)
Growth of the population of Porto Alegre. The vertical axis is the number of inhabitants of the city in logarithmic scale and the horizontal axis represents the passage of the years in lineal scale. A straight line could be adjusted easily to the curve. That is an indication of exponential growth. In the last decade a reduction is observed in this growth.
The Metropolitan area of Porto Alegre counts with more than 30 cities. Among them the main ones are: Canoes, New Hamburgo, São Leopoldo, Gravataí and Viamão.
In 2001, it went to city headquarters of the I World Social Forum, event, now itinerant, that focuses the social subjects of the current world. It was also headquarters of this event in 2002, 2003 and 2005. It is the Brazilian capital that fewer has illiterate in the country, and the sale of books is the largest among the capitals.
It was chosen by the English consultoria Jones Lang LaSalle one of the 24 cities with potential adult to attract investments in the world (the only Brazilian representative).
History
The first name dice to current Porto Alegre was it of Porto of Viamão, in the century XVIII. I eat an urban center, the estancieiros of the area it didn't still exist they took advantage of Guaíba as middle of communication with Big Rio and Brown Rio. The area, at that time known as fields of Viamão, it was a district of Lagoon (in Santa Catarina). The port, like this, it was known like Porto of Viamão.
In 1740, the area was granted as sesmaria Jerônimo of Ornellas, Portuguese born in the island of the Wood. In consequence, the port became called of " Porto of Dorneles ". In agreement with the historian Walter Spalding, the port properly statement was in the mouth of a small stream, where now it is located Ponte of Stone of the Plaza of Açorianos.
In that same time, the Portuguese government motivated the coming of couples açorianos to the area, with the intuito of solving two problems: the first was the superpovoamento of the islands of Açores, and the second was to seat the Portuguese dominance in the south of Brazil, area threatened by the Spanish colonies of the south and west of the South American continent. Thus, in 1752 the first recruitment of couples açorianos arrived, that settled then in the Porto of Dorneles and they served as support point to the new couples immigrants that arrived to settle in another areas of Big Rio of the South. With that recruitment of couples, the port became known like " Porto of the Couples ".
In 1763, with the Spanish invasion of the city of Big Rio, then capital of the State, the government's headquarters ended for being transferred for Viamão, city adjacent to Porto of the Couples. With the development of the port and its strategic position to the beira of the river Guaíba, the governor of the time, José Marcelino of Figueiredo, decided to transfer the capital of Viamão for Porto of the Couples in 1773, changing on that occasion the name for Porto Alegre.
Obs: the Loyal and Valiant name elapses of the fact of Porto Alegre he/she/it to have maintained faithful to the Brazilian Empire during the War of the Rags. In the heraldry of the city it is grafado Valerosa.
Politics
1988 Olívio Dutra was chosen, proceeded by Tarso Genro, Raul Pont, Tarso Genro (again) that renounced in order to compete to the Government of the State (in what he/she didn't obtain success) giving place its vice, João Verle. In 2004 José Fogaça was chosen, that competed for PPS and it assumed the city hall on January 1, 2005.
Demography
The capital counts with aproximadamentede 1.450.000 inhabitants. He/she has in its ethnic composition 74% of whites, descending of several parts of Europe; 16% of brown, due to miscigenation happened among whites and black (slaves); 8% of blacks descendants of former-slaves; and a minority of Asians, around 2%. (Source: Jornal Zero Hora)
Growth of the population of Porto Alegre. The vertical axis is the number of inhabitants of the city in logarithmic scale and the horizontal axis represents the passage of the years in lineal scale. A straight line could be adjusted easily to the curve. That is an indication of exponential growth. In the last decade a reduction is observed in this growth.
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