Microregion of Pelotas

Pelotas
Pelotas
	Micro-region
Country	Brazil
State	Rio Grande do Sul
Mesoregion	Sudeste Rio-Grandense
Municipalities	10
Area
• Total	10,307 km2 (3,980 sq mi)

Last updated April 24, 2019

The Pelotas Microregion (Portuguese: Microrregião de Pelotas) is a microregion in the southeastern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The area is 10,306.601 km².

Rio Grande do Sul is a state located in the southern region of Brazil. It is the fifth most populous state and the ninth largest by area. Located in the southernmost part of the country, Rio Grande do Sul is bordered clockwise by Santa Catarina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Uruguayan departments of Rocha, Treinta y Tres, Cerro Largo, Rivera and Artigas to the south and southwest, and the Argentine provinces of Corrientes and Misiones to the west and northwest. The capital and largest city is Porto Alegre. The state has the highest life expectancy in Brazil, and the crime rate is considered to be low.

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers and with over 208 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the fifth most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populated city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states, the Federal District, and the 5,570 municipalities. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas; it is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world.

Municipalities

The microregion consists of the following municipalities:^[1]

Arroio do Padre is a Brazilian municipality in the southeastern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its 2009 population was 2,882.

Canguçu is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, south Brazil. East Pomeranian, a dialect of Low German, has co-official status in Canguçu.

Capão do Leão is a Brazilian municipality in the southern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The population is 25,382 in an area of 785.37 km². The city hosts the main campus of Universidade Federal de Pelotas, the largest higher education institution in the southern portion of Rio Grande do Sul.

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References

↑ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística ^{[ permanent dead link ]}, territorial division.

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[1] Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística ^{[ permanent dead link ]}, territorial division.