Barão is a municipality in the state Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil, and the state with the fifth highest Human Development Index in the country. In this state is located the southernmost city in the country, Chuí, on the border with Uruguay. In the region of Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul, the largest wine...

, Brazil

Brazil

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. It includes the districts Arroio Canoas, Francesa Alta, General Neto and Francesa Baixa. Barão is 80 km from Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...

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The municipality is bordered by Carlos Barbosa

Carlos Barbosa

Carlos Barbosa is a city in the wine country in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. It is situated at 29º17'51" South and 51º30'13" West, at an altitude of 676 meters. Its population was estimated in 2004 to be 22 664 inhabitants. It has an area of 208,16 km sq...

 (north), São Vendelino

São Vendelino

São Vendelino is a municipality in the state Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.-See also:*List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul...

 (east), Bom Princípio

Bom Princípio

Bom Princípio is a municipality in the state Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It's known in alla Brazil as Strawberry Land.-See also:*List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul...

 (southeast), Tupandi

Tupandi

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 (southeast), São Pedro da Serra

São Pedro da Serra

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 (south), Salvador do Sul

Salvador do Sul

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 (southwest), Poço das Antas

Poço das Antas

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 (southwest), and Boa Vista do Sul

Boa Vista do Sul

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 (northwest).

The residents are primarily of German Brazilian

German Brazilian

A German Brazilian is a Brazilian person of ethnic German ancestry or origin...

 descent.

External links

• www.cnm.org.br municipal history

See also

• List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul