Sapiranga is a city in Brazil in the state of Rio Grande do Sul with a population of roughly 80,000 inhabitants. It is located in an industrial area called Vale dos Sinos, by the Rio dos Sinos . The town's economy relies heavily on the shoe industry. Other industries are present, but mostly linked to the shoe manufacturing process, such as metallurgic plants in which machinery is built to later be employed in the production of shoes. Sapiranga is 59 km away from Porto Alegre. The city's area is 137.5 km2 . Sapiranga is widely known as City of the Roses. Sapiranga's Festival of Roses originated with simple competitions to see who had the best gardens, o...
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