Praia de Belas is a neighborhood of the city of

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, the state capital of

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. It was created by Law 2022 from December 7, 1959. Close to Porto Alegre

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, Praia de Belas was named after the

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Antônio Rodrigues de Belas, who constructed a road for the

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in 1839, today known as Praia de Belas avenue. The number of dwellers begun to grow when a stone

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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

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and enabled the planned

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process. Since then it has been home to innumerable

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and public buildings, such as

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s: the Administrative Centre of Rio Grande do Sul is located here, as well as many

s. Moreover, there are two

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s in Praia Belas: the Marinha do Brasil Park and Maurício Sirotski Sobrinho Park. Also, there is located a highly regarded

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of the city, the Maria Imaculada school.

Demographics

* Population: 1.869 (in 2000)Situação Demográfica de Porto Alegre
/ref> * Area: 204 ha * Density: 9 hab/ha/km² * Number of housing units: 745

References

External links

Porto Alegre Homepage
Neighbourhoods in Porto Alegre Populated places established in 1959 1959 establishments in Brazil {{RioGrandedoSul-geo-stub

Demographics

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