Barão

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Barão
Municipality
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Country Brazil
State Rio Grande do Sul
Mesoregion Metropolitana de Porto Alegre[1]
Microregion Montenegro IBGE/2008[1]
Founded December 5, 1988
Government
 • Mayor Claudio Ferrari (PT)
Area
 • Total 124.497 km2 (48.069 sq mi)
Elevation 642 m (2,106 ft)
Population est. IBGE/2008[2]
 • Total 5,444
 • Density 44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-3 (UTC-3)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-2 (UTC-2)
HDI 0.807[3]
GDP R$ 40,682,000[4]
GDP per capita R$7,647.00

Barão is a municipality in the state Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It includes the districts Arroio Canoas, Francesa Alta, General Neto and Francesa Baixa. Barão is 80 km from Porto Alegre. The municipality is bordered by Carlos Barbosa (north), São Vendelino (east), Bom Princípio (southeast), Tupandi (southeast), São Pedro da Serra (south), Salvador do Sul (southwest), Poço das Antas (southwest), and Boa Vista do Sul (northwest).

The residents are primarily of German Brazilian descent.

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