STATE
CAPITAL: Porto Alegre
LOCALIZATION: South Region
CAPITAL FOUNDATION: March 26, 1772
WHO WAS BORN IN RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE: Ga�cho
MAIN CITIES: Porto Alegre (Capital), Caxias do Sul, Pelotas, Canoas,
Novo Hamburgo, Santa Maria, Gravata�, Viam�o, S�o Leopoldo, Rio Grande,
Montenegro, Passo Fundo.
TOTAL POPULATION: 9.634.688 in 1999.
TOTAL AREA: 282.063,0 km2.
QUANTITY OF CITIES: 467.
RIO GRANDE DO SUL'S FLAG: The coat of arms represents the Farrapo's War and with the red colour represent the Rio Grande Republic, separated from Brazil at that moment. The mate and the tobacco represent the economy of the State.
