Bouin vs Novo Hamburgo

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ouin is the name or part of the name of the following communes in France: Bouin, Deux-Sèvres, in the Deux-Sèvres department Bouin, Vendée, in the Vendée department Bouin-Plumoison, in the Pas-de-Calais department Neuvy-Bouin, in the Deux-Sèvres department Villiers-au-Bouin, in the Indre-et-Loire departmentOther uses of the name Bouin: Bouin Solution, a type of fixative used in histology Jean Bouin, the French athlete and Olympian Stade Jean-Bouin, the sports stadium in Paris, France Jean-Bouin Stadium, Angers, the sports stadium in Angers, France

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Novo Hamburgo (Portuguese for New Hamburg; German: Neu-Hamburg) is a municipality in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, located in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, the state capital. As of 2018, its population was 246,452. The city covers an area of 217 km2 (84 sq mi), and the average temperature is 19 °C (66 °F), which is mild for the region. The Sinos River runs through the urban area. Consolidated by German immigrants, the city was named after Hamburg, Germany.

Novo Hamburgo's population is still predominantly of German descent. In the 1980s, Novo Hamburgo received the nickname of "the national capital of shoes", attracting many athletes, tracks and companies connected to the sport. Nowadays, the city is the industrial centre of the Sinos River Valley, the economy of which is based mainly on the manufacture of shoes and the associated leather goods supply chain.

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