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PORTO ALEGRE

Porto Alegre, the largest city in southern Brazil, is the capital of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, land of the Gaúchos and churrasco.

Immigrants from the Azores founded the city, located on the Guaiba River, in 1742. Since the 19th century the city has received nume-rous immigrants from other parts of the world, particularly Germany, Poland, and Italy. Located at the junction of five rivers, it has become an important alluvial port as well as one of the chief industrial and commercial centres in Brazil.

With the advent of the Mercosul accord it should grow and prosper. Products of the rich agricultural and pastoral hinterland, such as soybeans, leather, canned beef, and rice, are exported from Porto Alegre to destinations as far away as Africa and Japan.