Barão is a municipality in the state 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 ...

, 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 São Vendelino is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It was raised to municipality status in 1988, the area being taken out of the municipality of Bom Princípio. See also * German-Brazilian *List of municipalities in Rio ...

(east),

Bom Princípio Bom Princípio is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is known in alla Brazil as ''Strawberry Land''. It was raised to municipality status in 1992, the area being taken out of the municipalities of São Sebastião do Caí ...

(southeast), Tupandi (southeast), São Pedro da Serra (south),

Salvador do Sul Salvador do Sul is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), located in the South Region of Brazi ...

(southwest), Poço das Antas (southwest), and Boa Vista do Sul (northwest). The residents are primarily of German Brazilian descent.

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www.cnm.org.br
municipal history Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul {{RioGrandedoSul-geo-stub