Canoas
Flag Seal
Location in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Coordinates: 29°55′12″S, 51°10′48″W
Country	Brazil
Region	South
State	Rio Grande do Sul
Established	June 27, 1939
Government
- Mayor	Marcos Antônio Ronchetti (PSDB)
Area
- City	131.097 km²  (50.6 sq mi)
Elevation	8 m (26.2 ft)
Population (2006)
- City	333,322
- Density	2,542.56/km² (6,585.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
- Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (UTC-2)
Website: canoas.rs.gov.br

Canoas, which won city status in 1939, is the fourth largest city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Its population is over 300,000 people. The city is adjacent to the capital of the gaúcho state: Porto Alegre. Canoas is the center of some important industries and the Canoas Air Base, used by the Brazilian Air Force. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 552 pixel Image in higher resolution (920 × 635 pixel, file size: 152 KB, MIME type: image/png) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Canoas ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links RioGrandedoSul_Municip_Canoas. ... Flag of Rio Grande do Sul See other Brazilian States Capital Porto Alegre Largest City Porto Alegre Area 282,062 km² Population   - Total   - Density 10. ... 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According to the IBGE, Brazil's Geography and Statistics Institute, Canoas currently has no rural areas, but it started as a village of large landowners. The first of them was conquistador Francisco Pinto Bandeira, who received from the Portuguese Crown, in 1740, an area north of the Gravataí River. IBGE, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica), is the agency responsible for statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil. ... Landowner or Landholder is a holder of the estate in land with considerable rights of ownership or, simply put, an owner of land. ...

History has that 1871 was the beginning of the village of Canoas, when the first section of the railway that would link Porto Alegre to São Leopoldo was inaugurated. Canoas was then part of the municipalities of Gravataí and São Sebastião do Caí. Soon large farms would lose space to small properties. São Leopoldo is a Brazilian city located in the south state of Rio Grande do Sul. ... Gravataí is a city near Porto Alegre at the Rio Grande do Sul State. ... São Sebastião do Caí is a city near to Porto Alegre in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. ...

After obtaining city status, Canoas experienced rapid growth, especially after 1945. Today, many call it a "cidade-dormitório" (Portuguese for "bedroom city"), because thousands of people commute to neighboring Porto Alegre to work, as happens with all cities in the greater Porto Alegre metropolitan area. Coordinates: Country Brazil State Rio Grande do Sul Incorporated March 26, 1772 Government  - Mayor José Fogaça (PPS) Area  - City 496. ...

City conditions and subdivisions

Canoas consists of mostly large sprawling neighborhoods and a lively business district, as well as numerous large factories that provide the city with the second highest GDP in Rio Grande do Sul, among them the Refinaria Alberto Pasqualini (REFAP), a Petrobras oil refinery. In addition, a new high-end district is gradually emerging in the suburbs. As happens with many Brazilian cities, there can arguably be seen two different countries in the same municipality: it does not take too long for one to drive from an impoverished slum to a rich neighbourhood. Petrobras, short for Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., is a government-owned Brazilian oil company headquartered in Rio de Janeiro. ... View of Shell Oil Refinery in Martinez, California. ... High end refers to the best and generally most expensive of a class of goods or services. ... A boy from an East Cipinang trash dump slum in Jakarta, Indonesia shows his find. ...

The city's poorest neighbourhoods are completely unplanned. The Guajuviras subdivision, the old Guajuviras Farm that was developed by the government, was originally settled by squatters before the government officially opened the property for inhabitation. Poorer favelas or slums fill some of the forest or green space areas in the subdivision). To squat is to occupy an unoccupied or abandoned space or building that the individual does not own, rent, or otherwise have permission to use. ... A Rio de Janeiro favela Favela is a term commonly used in Brazil to describe squatter areas such as shanty towns and slums. ... A slum is an overcrowded and squalid district of a city or town usually inhabited by the very poor. ...

Subdivisions (bairros) in Canoas

Canoas has one of the richest and most important universities in southern Brazil: the Ulbra (Lutheran University of Brazil), as well as Unilasalle and Faculdades Ritter dos Reis. The enormous wealth, manifest in the Ulbra, and crushing poverty, manifest in the slums of the city, are characteristic of the economic divide of Brazil. Many wealthy citizens in Canoas and the greater Porto Alegre metropolitan area fail to acknowledge the existence of poverty in their cities and most have never walked through the slums of their own cities. Image File history File links Mapa_bairroscanoas. ... Image File history File links Mapa_bairroscanoas. ... The Universidade Luterana do Brasil (Lutheran University of Brazil, also known as Ulbra) is a university located in the city of Canoas, in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. ...

Pictures of Canoas

The Airplane Square - Simbol of Canoas Image File history File links Aviao-1-.jpg‎ Um dos pontos mais famosos de Canoas é a Praça Santos Dumont, mais conhecida como Praça do Avião. ...	Guajuviras subdivision Image File history File linksMetadata Guajuviras_canoas_rs_brazil. ...	Canoas Air Base Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...	BR-116 Highway Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Brazilian national network of highways is the second largest of the world. ...
Canoas Downtown Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...	REFAP oil refinery Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...	Ulbra University Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Universidade Luterana do Brasil (Lutheran University of Brazil, also known as Ulbra) is a university located in the city of Canoas, in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. ...	Canoas shopping mall Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

See also

• Porto Alegre
• Alvorada
• Esteio

Coordinates: Country Brazil State Rio Grande do Sul Incorporated March 26, 1772 Government  - Mayor José Fogaça (PPS) Area  - City 496. ... Alvorada is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, adjacent to the city of Porto Alegre. ... Esteio is a town located in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, in Porto Alegre (States capital) metropolitan region. ...

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Canoas

• Canoas Mayoral Office (in Portuguese)
• Satellite view of Canoas
• Images of the city and its History (in Portuguese) Images of homes are not representative of the rest of the city - the homes shown are part of one wealthy subdivision in the city
• SOGAL - Sociedade de Ônibus Gaúcha: Canoas City's Bus Transport (in Portuguese)
• ULBRA - Lutheran University of Brazil (in Portuguese)