Barão

Barão
Municipality

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Coordinates: 29°22′37″S 51°29′45″W / 29.37694°S 51.49583°W / -29.37694; -51.49583Coordinates: 29°22′37″S 51°29′45″W / 29.37694°S 51.49583°W / -29.37694; -51.49583
Country Brazil
State Rio Grande do Sul
Mesoregion Metropolitana de Porto Alegre[1]
Microregion Montenegro IBGE/2008[1]
Founded December 5, 1988
Government
  Mayor Claudio Ferrari (PT)
Area
  Total 124.497 km2 (48.069 sq mi)
Elevation 642 m (2,106 ft)
Population est. IBGE/2008[2]
  Total 5,444
  Density 44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-3 (UTC-3)
  Summer (DST) UTC-2 (UTC-2)
HDI 0.807[3]
GDP R$ 40,682,000[4]
GDP per capita R$7,647.00

Barão is a municipality in the state Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It includes the districts Arroio Canoas, Francesa Alta, General Neto and Francesa Baixa. Barão is 80 km from Porto Alegre. The municipality is bordered by Carlos Barbosa (north), São Vendelino (east), Bom Princípio (southeast), Tupandi (southeast), São Pedro da Serra (south), Salvador do Sul (southwest), Poço das Antas (southwest), and Boa Vista do Sul (northwest).

The residents are primarily of German Brazilian descent.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Divisão Territorial do Brasil". Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). 1 July 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  2. "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2008" (PDF). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). 29 August 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
  3. "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil". Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano. Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  4. "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). 19 December 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.

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