page_title: Pelotas
section_title: Subdivisions
hierarchical_section_title: Pelotas / Subdivisions
context_page_description: Pelotas is a Brazilian city and municipality, the third most populous in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. Pelotas is located 270 km from Porto Alegre, the capital city of the state, and 130 km from the Uruguayan border. The Lagoa dos Patos lies to the east and the São Gonçalo Channel lies to the south, separating Pelotas from the city of Rio Grande.
  In the 19th century, Pelotas was Brazil's leading center for the production of dried meat, a staple food made by slaves and destined to feed the slaves of sugarcane, coffee and cocoa plantations across the country.
  Currently Pelotas hosts two major universities, the Federal University of Pelotas, and the Catholic University of Pelotas. Together, they account for a population of 22 thousand higher education students.
  The city has three football clubs: Esporte Clube Pelotas, Grêmio Esportivo Brasil and Grêmio Atlético Farroupilha.
context_section_description: There are five neighborhoods (bairros) in Pelotas and nine districts:
caption: Pontal da Barra at the Colônia Z-3
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