Largest cities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil by population, in descending order:
Rank City Population (2006 est.) Land Area km2. PopulationDensity per km2. Region 1 Porto Alegre 1,440,939 497 2816 Porto Alegre 2 Caxias do Sul 412,053 1644 251 Northeast 3 Pelotas 346,452 1610 215 Southeast 4 Canoas 333,322 131 2543 Porto Alegre 5 Gravataí 270,763 498 544 Porto Alegre 6 Santa Maria 270,073 1823 152 West Central 7 Viamão 261,970 1494 175 Porto Alegre 8 Novo Hamburgo 258,754 224 1155 Porto Alegre 9 Alvorada 214,953 71 3035 Porto Alegre10 São Leopoldo 212,498 102 2077 Porto Alegre11 Rio Grande 196,982 2814 70 Southeast12 Passo Fundo 188,302 780 241 Northeast13 Uruguaiana 136,364 5716 24 Southwest14 Sapucaia do Sul 135,956 59 2318 Porto Alegre15 Bagé 122,461 4096 30 Southwest16 Cachoeirinha 121,880 44 2785 Porto Alegre17 Santa Cruz do Sul 119,803 733 163 East Central18 Guaíba 105,808 377 281 Porto Alegre19 Bento Gonçalves 104,423 277 377 Northeast20 Erechim 100,251 431 233 Northeast21 Santana do Livramento 98,681 6950 14 Southwest22 Cachoeira do Sul 89,669 3735 24 East Central23 Alegrete 88,513 7804 11 Southwest24 Esteio 87,070 28 3225 Porto Alegre25 Santo Ângelo 80,117 680 118 Northwest26 Ijuí 79,575 689 115 Northwest27 Sapiranga 78,996 138 572 Porto Alegre28 Santa Rosa 69,989 490 143 Northwest29 Cruz Alta 69,067 1360 51 Northwest30 São Borja 67,788 3616 19 Southwest31 Lajeado 67,557 90 751 East Central32 Venâncio Aires 67,373 773 87 East Central33 Camaquã 64,338 1680 38 Porto Alegre34 Farroupilha 62,966 362 174 Northeast35 São Gabriel 62,543 5020 12 Southwest36 Vacaria 62,261 2124 29 Northeast37 Carazinho 61,973 665 93 Northwest38 Montenegro 60,551 420 144 Porto Alegre39 Taquara 60,481 457 132 Porto Alegre40 Campo Bom 58,558 61 960 Porto Alegre41 Parobé 54,223 109 497 Porto Alegre42 Canguçu 52,245 3525 15 Southeast43 Santiago 52,007 2413 22 West Central44 São Lourenço do Sul 45,483 2036 22 Southeast45 Itaqui 42,842 3404 13 Southwest46 Dom Pedrito 42,151 5192 8 Southwest47 Rosário do Sul 41,497 4370 9 Southwest48 Osório 40,626 663 61 Porto Alegre49 Estância Velha 40,263 52 774 Porto Alegre50 Canela 40,147 255 157 Porto Alegre
References "Cidades@", Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Accessed on 2007-03-20.
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