Porto Alegre - Wikipedia
Porto Alegre (UK: / ˌ p ɔːr t uː ə ˈ l ɛ ɡ r eɪ /, US: /-ɑː ˈ l eɪ ɡ r i, ˌ p ɔːr t oʊ ə ˈ l ɛ ɡ r ə /, local Portuguese: [ˈpoɾtu aˈlɛɡɾi] (); lit. '"Joyful Harbor"') is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.Founded in 1769 by Manuel Sepúlveda, its population of 1,481,019 inhabitants (2016) makes it the tenth most populous city ...