Esteio is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
situated in the Brazilian 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 ...
, in the metropolitan region of
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 state capital. About 9.3 miles from Porto Alegre, and neighboring
Canoas and
Sapucaia do Sul, it has about 83,000 inhabitants.
Esteio is known for being the city where the
Expointer takes place. Expointer is one of the most important
agriculture
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/
farming
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fairs of
South America
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.
See also
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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 Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul is divided into 497 municipalities, which are grouped into 35 microregions, which are grouped into 7 mesoregio ...
References
External links
Esteio Mayoral Office(Portuguese)
Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
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