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Canoas
Rio Grande do Sulcity
Canoas
Total population
347,657
Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Canoas is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, forming part of the Greater Porto Alegre area. It is the largest municipality of the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre and the third largest municipality of Rio Grande do Sul. Officially declared a city on June 27, 1939, after its separation from São Sebastião do Caí and Gravataí, Canoas derives its name from the historical crafting of canoes in the area. It is the second largest city in the Porto Alegre metropolitan area, with the third-largest population and the third-highest GDP in the state. It is also ranked as the 79th most populous city in Brazil.
History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Official Identifiers
IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- IBGE code
- 4304606
- UF
- RS
- Mesorregião
- Metropolitana de Porto Alegre
- Microrregião
- Porto Alegre
servicodados.ibge.gov.br
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • IBGE — Brazilian national statistics, via servicodados.ibge.gov.br (official municipal code, UF, mesorregião, microrregião, region)
- • IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics — servicodados.ibge.gov.br