Independência (literally Independence in English) is a tiny neighborhood of the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.

The neighborhood was created by Law 2022 of December 7, 1959. There is located a highly regarded and traditional private school of the city, the Marista Nossa Senhora do Rosário school.

• Population: 6,407 (in 2000)^[1]
• Area: 40 ha (0.4 km²)
• Density: 160/km²
• Number of housing units 2,761

• Neighborhoods of Porto Alegre
• Beneficência Portuguesa de Porto Alegre
• Independência Avenue

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Independência (Porto Alegre).

• Porto Alegre Homepage
• Bairros Porto Alegre - Nosbairros Archived 2008-04-12 at the Wayback Machine

30°01′44″S 51°12′47″W / 30.029°S 51.213°W / -30.029; -51.213

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