"The state has a gaucho culture like its foreign neighbors. Before the arrival of Portuguese and Spanish settlers, it was inhabited mostly by the Guarani and ...
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Kaingang peoples (with smaller populations of Charrúa and Minuano). The first Europeans there were Jesuits, followed by settlers from the Azores. In the 19th century it was the scene of conflicts including the Farroupilha Revolution and the Paraguayan War. Large waves of German and Italian migration have shaped the state.
Approximately 11.3 million inhabitants, around 5.4 % of the Brazilian population, live in Rio Grande do Sul. The state had a total BIP of $ 480.5 billion in 2019, which accounts for 6.6 % of Brazil´s national GDP.[10][11][12]." - (en.wikipedia.org 21.09.2020)
- Latitude-29.760000228882
- Longitude-53.159999847412
