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 s ...

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. It includes the districts Arroio Canoas, Francesa Alta, General Neto and Francesa Baixa. Barão is 80 km from

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, ; , ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian Federative units of Brazil, state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of roughly 1.4 million inhabitants (2022) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, 11th-most p ...

. The municipality is bordered by

Carlos Barbosa Carlos Barbosa is a town in the wine country in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. It is situated at 29º17'51" South and 51º30'13" West, at an altitude of 676 meters. Its population was estimated in 2020 to be 30,241 inhabitants. It has an area ...

(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 Ca� ...

(southeast),

Tupandi Tupandi is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.It has a population of approximately 4,500 inhabitants and covers an area of 47.4 square kilometers (IBGE, 2021). The municipality is situated in the Metropolitan Region of Porto ...

(southeast),

São Pedro da Serra São Pedro da Serra 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 ...

(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 Bra ...

(southwest),

Poço das Antas Poço das Antas 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 Bra ...

(southwest), and

Boa Vista do Sul Boa Vista 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 Br ...

(northwest). The residents are primarily of

German Brazilian German Brazilians (German language, German: ''Deutschbrasilianer'', Hunsrik: ''Deitschbrasiliooner'', ) refers to Brazilians of full or partial Germans, German ancestry. German Brazilians live mostly in the country's South Region, Brazil, South ...

descent.

References

External links

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