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Alegrete
Sign in to saveAlegrete () is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul located in southern Brazil. Its medium altitude is . Its estimated population in 2020 was 73,028 inhabitants and its total area is , making it the largest municipality by area in southern Brazil. Its inhabitants are called Alegretenses. thumb|left|Railroad depot in Alegrete, 1911
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- Márcio Amaral
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- Alegrete
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- Municipality
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- "Baita Chão" ("Hell of a Ground")
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- Getúlio Vargas Square
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- Brasão de Alegrete (Rio Grande do Sul).svg
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- Locator map of Alegrete in Rio Grande do Sul.svg
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- Location in Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil
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- Country
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- Brazil
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- Region
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- Sul
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- State
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- Rio Grande do Sul
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- Mayor
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- MDB
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Alegrete () is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul located in southern Brazil. Its medium altitude is . Its estimated population in 2020 was 73,028 inhabitants and its total area is , making it the largest municipality by area in southern Brazil. Its inhabitants are called Alegretenses. thumb|left|Railroad depot in Alegrete, 1911
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, first President of the United Nations General Assembly, and of the Brazilian poet Mário Quintana. Every 20 September (Ragamuffin War Day), about 8,000 young, adult and old horsemen and horsewomen parade through its streets, using their native costumes and riding their horses with trappings.