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Neighborhoods Of Porto Alegre
Below is a list of the 78 bairros (neighborhoods) and four territories of Porto Alegre, Brazil. A * Aberta dos Morros * Agronomia * Anchieta * Arquipélago * Auxiliadora * Azenha B * Bela Vista * Belém Novo * Belém Velho * Boa Vista * Bom Fim * Bom Jesus C * Camaquã * Cascata * Cavalhada * Cel. Aparício Borges * Centro Histórico * Chácara das Pedras * Cidade Baixa * Cristal * Cristo Redentor E * Espírito Santo F * Farrapos * Farroupilha * Floresta G * Glória * Guarujá H * Higienópolis * Hípica * Humaitá I * Independência * Ipanema J * Jardim Botânico * Jardim Carvalho * Jardim do Salso * Jardim Isabel * Jardim Floresta * Jardim Itu-Sabará * Jardim Lindoia * Jardim São Pedro L * Lami * Lomba do Pinheiro M * Marcílio Dias * Mário Quintana * Medianeira * Menino Deus * Moinhos de Vento * Mont' Serrat N * Navegantes * Nonoai P * Partenon * Passo d'Areia * Pedra Redonda * Petrópolis * Ponta Grossa * Praia de Belas R * Restinga * Rio Branco * R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bairro
A ''bairro'' () is a Portuguese language, Portuguese word for a Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter or a neighborhood or, sometimes, a district which is within a city or town. It is commonly used in Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and other Portuguese-speaking places. ''Bairro'' is cognate with Germanic ''berg'', ''burg'', ''borg'', ''burgh'', ''borough'' etc., and Spanish ''barrio'', all of which descend from the same Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo European root. In Brazil, the word is frequently applied to urban areas in cities, in which the ''bairros'' are generally defined only unofficially and have rough borders, without any official administrative function. In some cities, however, the ''bairros'' have defined territorial limits set by the municipal government, but most follow popular definition by its citizens. In Portugal, the word is used with the same meaning as in Brazil, defining a non administrative urban area, frequently without clear border ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jardim Botânico, Porto Alegre
Jardim (Portuguese for "garden") may refer to: People * Alberto João Jardim, Portuguese politician and President of the Autonomous Region of Madeira * José Jardim (born 1973), Curaçaoan politician * Leonardo Jardim (1974), Portuguese association football coach (Olympiakos, Sporting CP, Monaco) * Simone Jardim (born 1979), professional pickleball player * Luís Jardim, percussionist * Vicky Jardim, Australian television reporter for ''Nine News'' Places Brazil * Belo Jardim, a municipality in the State of Pernambuco * Bom Jardim, Maranhão, a municipality in the State of Maranhão * Bom Jardim, Pernambuco, a municipality in the State of Pernambuco * Bom Jardim, Rio de Janeiro, a municipality in the State of Rio de Janeiro * Bom Jardim de Goiás, a municipality in the State of Goiás * Bom Jardim de Minas, a municipality in the State of Minas Gerais * Bom Jardim da Serra, a municipality in the State of Santa Catarina * Jardim, Ceará, a municipality in the State of Ceará * Jardim, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighbourhoods In Porto Alegre
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition, but the following may serve as a starting point: "Neighbourhood is generally defined spatially as a specific geographic area and functionally as a set of social networks. Neighbourhoods, then, are the spatial units in which face-to-face social interactions occur—the personal settings and situations where residents seek to realise common values, socialise youth, and maintain effective social control." Preindustrial cities In the words of the urban scholar Lewis Mumford, "Neighbourhoods, in some annoying, inchoate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Três Figueiras
Três Figueiras (meaning ''Three ficus, Fig Trees'' in Portuguese language, Portuguese) is a neighbourhood of the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. A residential neighbourhood, it embrace people from upper middle class to upper class, having many sophisticated houses. Três Figueiras was created by Law 2022 of December 7, 1959. There is located the Design School of Unisinos. Also, there has two highly regarded and traditional private schools, the Colégio Farroupilha, Farroupilha and Anchieta College (Porto Alegre), Anchieta schools, and a highly regarded private school for childhood, the Baby House, Porto Alegre, Baby House. References See also * Neighborhoods of Porto Alegre External links Porto Alegre Homepage Neighbourhoods in Porto Alegre Populated places established in 1959 {{RioGrandedoSul-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Cecília, Porto Alegre
Santa Cecília is a neighbourhood (''bairro'') in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It was created by Law 2022 from December 7, 1959. Santa Cecília is home to the ''Campus Saúde'' (meaning ''Health Campus'') of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, which contains the Faculties of Medicine, Nursing, Psychiatry, Odontology and Pharmacy buildings, as well as the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre is a large teaching hospital located in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Affiliated with Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, it was inaugurated in 1970, gradually becoming a reference for the state of Rio Grande do .... External links Porto Alegre City Homepage Neighbourhoods in Porto Alegre Populated places established in 1959 {{RioGrandedoSul-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Praia De Belas
Praia de Belas is a neighborhood of the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It was created by Law 2022 from December 7, 1959. Close to Porto Alegre downtown, Praia de Belas was named after the farmer Antônio Rodrigues de Belas, who constructed a road for the slave trade in 1839, today known as Praia de Belas avenue. The number of dwellers begun to grow when a stone quay was built in 1870, and thus the political authorities decided to expand its area. In 1960, a big portion of Guaíba Lake was covered with landfill and enabled the planned urbanization process. Since then it has been home to innumerable government and public buildings, such as courthouses: the Administrative Centre of Rio Grande do Sul is located here, as well as many courthouses. Moreover, there are two parks in Praia Belas: the Marinha do Brasil Park and Maurício Sirotski Sobrinho Park. Also, there is located a highly regarded private school Private or privates may refer to: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passo D'Areia
Passo may refer to: Places * Passo, Missouri, United States * Passô, Porto, Portugal Other uses * Oscar Passo (born 1980), Colombian former footballer * Toyota Passo, a Japanese subcompact car See also * ''Passo'', Italian for mountain pass A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human a ... and is a component in multiple place names (see ) * Passos (other) {{Disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partenon, Porto Alegre
Partenon (literally '' Parthenon'' in Portuguese) is a neighbourhood in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It was created by Law 2022 from December 7, 1959. Partenon was named after the Parthenon Literary Society, officially founded in 1868 by a group of writers and intellectuals. In its area, there are two important places nowadays: the São Pedro Psychiatric Hospital, inaugurated in 1884, and the central campus of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, one of the best private universities in the country. It is considered a middle and lower class neighborhood in Porto Alegre, and little slum A slum is a highly populated urban residential area consisting of densely packed housing units of weak build quality and often associated with poverty. The infrastructure in slums is often deteriorated or incomplete, and they are primarily inh ...s can be found here. References External links Porto Alegre City Homepage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moinhos De Vento
Moinhos de Vento (literally '' Windmills'' in English) is a neighbourhood of the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. It was created by the law number 2022 of December 7, 1959. Moinhos de Vento got its name because Azorean immigrant families built their windmills in its area during the 18th century. Around that time wheat production was an important economic enterprise in the then-village of Nossa Senhora de Madre de Deus, nowadays called Porto Alegre. In 1893, tramcars led to the development of Moinhos de Vento, where affluent and traditional families built their homes. Many of them were businessmen, industrial and political personalities, not only local, but from the whole state. In 1894, the Independência hippodrome was built there and horse racings became very popular until the arrival of football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menino Deus, Porto Alegre (1942–2014), American politician
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Menino is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexandre Divanei Menino (born 1984), Brazilian futsal player * Gabriel Menino (born 2000), Brazilian footballer * Thomas Menino Thomas Michael Menino (December 27, 1942 – October 30, 2014) was an American politician who served as the 53rd mayor of Boston, from 1993 to 2014. He was the city's longest-serving mayor. He was elected mayor in 1993 after first serving three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jardim Isabel, Porto Alegre
Jardim Isabel is a neighbourhood (''bairro'') in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ..., in Brazil. It was created by Law 10724 from July 9, 2009, being the newest official neighbourhood in town. It embraces people from upper middle class to upper class. Also, a highly regarded private school of the city, the João Paulo I school, is located in Jardim Isabel. References Neighbourhoods in Porto Alegre {{RioGrandedoSul-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independência, Porto Alegre
Independência (literally ''Independence'' in English) is a tiny neighborhood of the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. The neighborhood was created by Law 2022 of December 7, 1959. There is located a highly regarded and traditional private school of the city, the Marista Nossa Senhora do Rosário school. Demographics *Population: 6,407 (in 2000) *Area: 40 ha (0.4 km2) *Density: 160/km2 *Number of housing units 2,761 See also *Neighborhoods of Porto Alegre Below is a list of the 78 bairros (neighborhoods) and four territories of Porto Alegre, Brazil. A * Aberta dos Morros * Agronomia * Anchieta * Arquipélago * Auxiliadora * Azenha B * Bela Vista * Belém Novo * Belém Velho * Boa Vista * Bom ... References External links Porto Alegre Homepage [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
