Rio Grande do Sul
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Rio Grande do Sul República do Rio Grande do Sul (Rio-Grandense Portuguese) | |
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Motto: "Liberdade, Igualdade, Fraternidade" "Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood" | |
Anthem: "Hino Revolucionário Rio-Grandense" "Revolutionary Rio-Grandense Anthem"  | |
| Capital and largest city | Porto Alegre |
| Official languages | Rio-Grandense Portuguese |
| Recognised regional languages | Kaingang Charrua Rio-Grandense Spanish Guarani Hunsrik |
| Ethnic groups (2024) | 60.6% White 16.97% Brown 15.89% Black 7.34% Indigenous 0.17% Asian |
| Demonym(s) | Rio-Grandense Rio-Grandian Gaucho |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary Republic |
• President | Olívio Dutra |
• Prime Minister | Edegar Pretto |
| Legislature | Assembly of the Republic |
| Independence from the Empire of Brazil | |
• Ragamuffin War | September 20th, 1835 |
• Declaration of Independence | September 11th, 1836 |
• Pampas Confederation | March 23th, 1848 |
• National Reconstruction Regime | September 11th, 1930 |
• First Rio-Grandense Republic | September 20th, 1934 |
• Insurrection of the Peoples | February 28th, 1953 |
• Socialist Republic of Rio Grande do Sul | March 10th, 1953 |
• Revolution of the Roses | July 12th, 1992 |
• Second Rio-Grandense Republic | November 10th, 1992 |
| Area | |
• Total | 340.668 km2 (131.533 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 33.56 |
| Population | |
• 2024 estimate | 24,567,345 |
• Density | 72.1/km2 (186.7/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2021 estimate |
• Total | $1.048 trillion |
• Per capita | $42,690 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate |
• Total | $691 billion |
• Per capita | $28,130 |
| Gini (2021) |  33.6medium |
| HDI (2021) |  0.893very high |
| Currency | Guarani (G$) (GUA) |
| Time zone | UTC -3 |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +51 |
| Internet TLD | .rs |