Independência (literally ''

Independence Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the status of ...

'' in English) is a tiny neighborhood of the city 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 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 ...

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. The neighborhood was created by Law 2022 of December 7, 1959. There is located a highly regarded and traditional

private school A private school or independent school is a school not administered or funded by the government, unlike a State school, public school. Private schools are schools that are not dependent upon national or local government to finance their fina ...

of the city, the Marista Nossa Senhora do Rosário school.

Demographics

*Population: 6,407 (in 2000) *Area: 40 ha (0.4 km²) *Density: 160/km² *Number of housing units 2,761

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Porto Alegre HomepageBairros Porto Alegre - Nosbairros
Neighbourhoods in Porto Alegre Populated places established in 1959 {{RioGrandedoSul-geo-stub

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