Osório is a coastal municipality and a town in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population is about 46,000 inhabitants. Osório is located 90 km east of the state capital,

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, twelfth most populous city in the country ...

. The municipality was created in 1857 by fission from Santo Antonio da Patrulha and named Conceição do Arroio. It was renamed in 1934 by decree to honor

Manuel Luís Osório Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * M ...

, 19th century military commander and politician who was born there. The Osório wind farm, the largest

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park in

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(300MW) was built in 2006 in the outskirts of the town.

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Populated coastal places in Rio Grande do Sul Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul 1857 establishments in Brazil {{RioGrandedoSul-geo-stub