Alvorada
Sign in to saveAlvorada (, ) is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in the south of Brazil, adjacent to the capital of the state, Porto Alegre. The city is also known as "The Capital of Solidarity." Alvorada is primarily a bedroom community with most workers commuting to adjacent cities such as Porto Alegre to work. Its name means "the awakening" or "the sunrise".
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- City of Alvorada
- Settlement.nickname
- Capital of Solidarity
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Avenida_Pres_Vargas_munícipio_de_Alvorada_-_RS.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- BandeiraAlvoradaRS.png
- Settlement.image_seal
- Brasão_de_Alvorada_RS.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Locator map of Alvorada in Rio Grande do Sul.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Jose Arno Appolo do Amaral (MDB)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1965
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 70.811
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- alvoradense
- Population
- 142046
- Area
- 70.811
- Elevation
- 17
- Official website
- www.alvorada.rs.gov.br
- Image
- Avenida Pres Vargas munícipio de Alvorada - RS.jpg
- Dialing code
- 51
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- Commons category
- Alvorada (Rio Grande do Sul)
- postal code
- 94800-000
- Human Development Index
- 0.768
- inception
- 1965-01-01
- electorate
- 135365
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Alvorada (, ) is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in the south of Brazil, adjacent to the capital of the state, Porto Alegre. The city is also known as "The Capital of Solidarity." Alvorada is primarily a bedroom community with most workers commuting to adjacent cities such as Porto Alegre to work. Its name means "the awakening" or "the sunrise".
Although improvements have been made, the city suffers from heavy crime and squatting. The largest of these slums or favelas is the dangerous Umbu subdivision. Drug and arms trafficking are punctuated by periodic violence.
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