What is Novo Hamburgo?
[[Image:Novo Hamburgo (49743411931).jpg|thumb|250px|Novo Hamburgo]] [[Image:Bandeira de Novo Hamburgo.svg|thumb|150px|Flag]] [[Image:Brasão de Novo Hamburgo.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Novo Hamburgo''' is an [[Brazil]]ian city in the state of [[Rio Grande do Sul]]. 247,032 people lived here in 2020 and its area is 224&nbsp;km². It was named after the [[Germany|German]] city of [[Hamburg]]. The people who founded the city in the 1830s were from the [[Azores]]. During the next 50 years, many people immigrated from Germany. They were not from Hamburg, but mostly from the [[Hunsrück]], a mountain range near [[Koblenz]]. They all used the port of Hamburg to leave [[Europe]], though. Novo Hamburgo is about {{Convert|45|km}} north of [[Porto Alegre]]. Together with [[Franca]], the city calls itself the capital of shoes (Capital Nacional do Calçado, in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]). {{authority control}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Cities in Rio Grande do Sul]]