Alegrete
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Alegrete is a town and a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul located in southern Brazil. Its medium altitude is 102 m. Its estimated population in 2004 was 87,236 inhabitants and the total area is 7,804 km² (the largest municipality of the State). Its inhabitants are called Alegretenses. Alegrete was founded in 1857 and is the hometown of politician, diplomat, statesman and President of the United Nations (1947) Oswaldo Aranha and the great Brazilian poet Mário Quintana. It is considered the most gaúcha (see gaucho) of the cities in the world. Every September 20 (Gaucho's Day), about 8,000 young, adult and old horsemen and horsewomen parade proudly through its streets, using their native costumes and riding their horses with the richest trappings. This type of parade is one of the largest in the whole world.
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