Carlos Barbosa is a town in the
wine
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country in
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 ...
state,
Brazil
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. It is situated at 29º17'51" South and 51º30'13" West, at an altitude of 676 meters. Its population was estimated in 2020 to be 30,241 inhabitants. It has an area of 208,16 km sq.
The city is linked by railroad line to
Bento Gonçalves and th
Maria Fumaçatourist train runs between both cities.
The town is named after governor Carlos Barbosa Gonçalves.
Metallurgy company
Tramontina
Tramontina is a family-run Brazilian metallurgical company founded in 1911 by italian immigrant Valentin Tramontina. The company manufactures cutlery, cookware, home appliances, and tools for agriculture, gardening, industrial work, automoti ...
and dairy company Cooperativa Santa Clara are based in Carlos Barbosa. Also, the
Associação Carlos Barbosa de Futsal
The Associação Carlos Barbosa de Futsal (ACBF), commonly known as Carlos Barbosa, is a Brazilian futsal club from Carlos Barbosa, Rio Grande do Sul state. Founded on March 1, 1973, it is one of the most successful clubs of the sport in So ...
is one of the major futsal clubs in South America.
See also
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List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), located in the South Region of Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul is divided into 497 municipalities, which are grouped into 35 microregions, which are grouped into 7 mesoregio ...
References
External links
Carlos Barbosa City Hall website(in Portuguese)
City Tourist Map
Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
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