Porto Alegre is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It has a population of about 1.5 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area of ​​more than 4 million. Porto Alegre is a large industrial center in southern Brazil and is located in a strategic area for Mercosur, due to its proximity to Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Asunción, Rosario and Córdoba. It is a city known for being the first in the world to successfully implement participatory budgeting, which has been operating since 1989. Porto Alegre occupies the second place with respect to rural and industrial production, among the cities of Brazil.

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