Rio Grande do Sul
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| State of Rio Grande do Sul | |||
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| Motto: Liberdade, Igualdade, Humanidade (Portuguese) "Liberty, Equality, Humanity" |
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| Anthem: Hino Rio-Grandense | |||
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| Coordinates: 30°S 53°W / 30°S 53°WCoordinates: 30°S 53°W / 30°S 53°W | |||
| Country |  Brazil |
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| Capital and largest city | Porto Alegre | ||
| Government | |||
| • Governor | Tarso Genro | ||
| • Vice Governor | Jorge Alberto "Beto" Grill | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 281,748 km2 (108,784 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 9th | ||
| Population (2012)[1] | |||
| • Total | 10,770,603 | ||
| • Rank | 5th | ||
| • Density | 38.22779/km2 (99.00952/sq mi) | ||
| • Density rank | 13th | ||
| Demonym | Gaúcho or Sul-rio-grandense | ||
| 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 | BRT (UTC-3) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | BRST (UTC-2) | ||
| Postal Code | 90000-000 to 99990-000 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | BR-RS | ||
| Website | rs.gov.br | ||
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 state has a surface area of roughly 282,000 square kilometres.
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| 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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