Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul is a Brazilian state. It is in Southern Brazil. It has common borders with Uruguay to the south, and Argentina to the west. It has a very high standard of living. Its capital city is Porto Alegre. About 10 million people live in the state. The surface area of Rio Grande do Sul is about 282,000 square kilometres.
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| Anthem: Hino Rio-Grandense | |
 Location of State of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 30°S 53°W / 30°S 53°WCoordinates: 30°S 53°W / 30°S 53°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Capital and largest city | Porto Alegre |
| Government | |
| • Governor | José Ivo Sartori |
| • Vice Governor | José Paulo Dornelles Cairoli |
| Area | |
| • Total | 281,748 km2 (108,784 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 9th |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
| • Total | 10,770,603 |
| • Rank | 5th |
| • Density | 38.22779/km2 (99.00952/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 13th |
| GDP | |
| • Year | 2008 estimate |
| • Total | R$ 199,499,000,000 (4th) |
| • Per capita | R$ 18.378,17 (6th) |
| HDI | |
| • Year | 2005 |
| • Category | 0.832 – high (4th) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (BRT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (BRST) |
| Postal Code | 90000-000 to 99990-000 |
| ISO 3166 code | BR-RS |
| Website | rs.gov.br |
Rio Grande Do Sul Media
Pico do Monte Negro is the highest mountain in the state.
Map with municipal boundaries
Araucaria in the Mountains Region of Rio Grande do Sul
Dois veados campeiros nos Campos de Cima da Serra, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
Yacumã Falls in the Turvo State Park are the second widest in the world.
Canyon Fortaleza at the Aparados da Serra National Park.
Neve em Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul.
The historic town of São Miguel das Missões
- Farroupilha Revolution
Giuseppe Garibaldi leading the Riograndense navy to Laguna. Painting by Lucílio de Albuquerque, 1916.
Native Portuguese speaker from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul reading the above paragraph.
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References
| States of Brazil | 
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| Acre | Alagoas | Amapá | Amazonas | Bahia | Ceará | Espírito Santo | Goiás | Maranhão | Mato Grosso | Mato Grosso do Sul | Minas Gerais | Pará | Paraíba | Paraná | Pernambuco | Piauí | Rio de Janeiro | Rio Grande do Norte | Rio Grande do Sul | Rondônia | Roraima | Santa Catarina | São Paulo | Sergipe | Tocantins | |
| Federal District: Brazilian Federal District | |
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