The southern region - Rio Grande do Sul

Now I will show you the beautiful landscapes that exist in Brazil. I'll start from the south, I imagine that has more cultural influence with Europe.
Examples: I live in Brazil, but the parents of my great-grandparents were Italian, who came to live here. Here Italians, Ukrainians, Poles, French....

The southern region of Brazil is the smallest of the country. It has a land area of 576 km² 774.31, being larger than the area of metropolitan France and less than the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is divided into three federal units: Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.
The South, itself, is a great tourist, economic and cultural center, covering major European influence, mainly of Italian and German origin.
The southern region presents social indicators above the national average and other regions in many ways: it has the highest HDI in Brazil 0.831, and the third highest GDP per capita in the country.

THE CLIMATE 

In Brazil, that are mostly tropical climate, only the Southern Region is under the subtropical domain (a climate of transition from tropical predominantly in Brazil and temperate, predominantly in Argentina), that is, the typical climate of the region is cooler compared to the tropical climate and where is the lowest temperatures in the country are registered.
In this climate, temperatures range from 16 ° C to 20 ° C per year, but winter is very cold customarily by Brazilian standards, often frosts in almost all areas, and in places where there is the highest elevation altitudes, falling snow.
Look the winter in Rio Grande do Sul:

THE VEGETATION

When people refer to the south of Brazil, it is common to have in memory the Araucaria Forest or dos Pinhais Forest and the great pampa gaucho, typical plant formations that appear in the region, although it does not only exist there.

RIO GRANDE DO SUL

Borders: Santa Catarina (north), Atlantic Ocean (east), Argentina (west), Uruguay (south).
Capital: Porto Alegre
Ethnic composition: Portuguese, Spanish, African, Azorean, German and Italian.

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Coat of arms

Typical food:

Meat, fries, salads ...

Mocotó

Typical barbecue: