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Canoas (Portuguese pronunciation: [kaˈnoɐs]), which earned city status in 1939, is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. With more than 340,000 inhabitants, it is part of the Porto Alegre conurbation and has the second highest GDP in the state. It is also the fourth largest city in the state by population. Canoas boasts a strong manufacturing-based economy and is the home of the Canoas Air Force Base, used by the Brazilian Air Force. According to the IBGE, Brazil's Geography and Statistics Institute, Canoas currently has no rural areas, but it started as a village of large landowners. The first of them was conquistador Francisco Pinto Bandeira, who received from the Portuguese Crown, in 1740, an area north of the Gravataí River. History has that 1871 was the beginning of the village of Canoas, when the first section of the railway that would link Porto Alegre to São Leopoldo was inaugurated.

Canoas was then part of the municipalities of Gravataí and São Sebastião do Caí. Soon large farms would lose space to small properties. After obtaining city status, Canoas experienced rapid growth, especially after 1945. At that time, it would be called a "cidade-dormitório" (Portuguese for "bedroom city"), because thousands of people would commute to neighboring Porto Alegre to work. However, de-industrialisation in Porto Alegre, the setting-up of numerous manufacturing plants in Canoas and a strong demographic growth have reverted that situation and nowadays Canoas has a per capita GDP higher than Porto Alegre.

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armelo is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Carmelo Anthony (born 1984), American basketball player Carmelo Antrone Lee (born 1977), Puerto Rican basketball player Carmelo Bentancur (born 1899), Uruguayan fencer Carmelo Bossi (1939–2014), Italian boxer Carmelo Bruzzese (born 1949), Italian mob boss Carmelo Cedrún (born 1930), Spanish football goalkeeper Carmelo D'Anzi (born 1956), Italian-American football coach Carmelo Di Bella (1921–1992), Italian football player Carmelo Giaquinta (born 1930), Argentine bishop Carmelo Gómez (born 1962), Spanish actor Carmelo González, aka Cien Caras (born 1949), Mexican wrestler Carmelo González (born 1983), Spanish football midfielder Carmelo Marrero, American martial artist Carmelo Martínez (born 1960), Puerto Rican baseball player Carmelo Micciche (born 1963), French football striker Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici (born 1960), Maltese minister and Member of Parliament Carmelo Pace (1906–1993), Maltese composer Carmelo Torres (1927–2003), Mexican matador and author Carmelo Valencia (born 1984), Colombian football player Carmelo Yuste Yuste (born 1984), Spanish footballer

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