Alegrete () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, ; ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative units of Brazil#List, fifth-most populous state and the List of Brazilian s ...

located in southern

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. Its medium altitude is . Its estimated population in 2020 was 73,028 inhabitants and the total area is (the largest

of the

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and of Southern Brazil). Its inhabitants are called ''Alegretenses''. Alegrete was settled in 1816 and became a municipality in 1857. It is the hometown of the abolitionist leader Franklin Gomes Souto, of the politician, diplomat and statesman

Osvaldo Aranha Oswaldo Euclides de Souza Aranha (, 15 February 1894 – 27 January 1960) was a Brazilian politician, diplomat and statesman, who came to national prominence in 1930 under Getúlio Vargas.

, first President of the

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, and of the Brazilian poet

Mário Quintana Mário de Miranda Quintana (July 30, 1906 – May 5, 1994) was a Brazilian writer and translator. He became known as the poet of "simple things", and his style is marked by irony, profundity and technical perfection. The main themes of his poe ...

. Every 20 September (

Ragamuffin War The Ragamuffin War, also known as the Ragamuffin Revolution or Heroic Decade, was a republican uprising that began in southern Brazil, in the province (current state) of Rio Grande do Sul in 1835. The rebels were led by Generals Bento Gonçalv ...

Day), about 8,000 young, adult and old horsemen and horsewomen parade through its streets, using their native

costume Costume is the distinctive style of dress and/or makeup of an individual or group that reflects class, gender, occupation, ethnicity, nationality, activity or epoch—in short, culture. The term also was traditionally used to describe typica ...

s and riding their

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s with trappings. Alegrete is served by Gaudêncio Machado Ramos Airport. The municipality contains part of the

Ibirapuitã Biological Reserve Ibirapuitã Biological Reserve () is a state-operated Biological reserve (Brazil), biological reserve in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. History The reserve was created by decree Nº 31.788 of 27 June 1982. It has an area of and lies ...

, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1982 to preserve an area of the

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biome.

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Alegrete (Google Maps)Alegrete (Official Website)
Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul Capitals of former nations 1816 establishments in Brazil {{RioGrandedoSul-geo-stub

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