Riograndense Republic: Difference between revisions

For the next 20 years left in the 19th century, railroads started to cut through the Southern Highlands connecting Rio Grande and Porto Alegre to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Metal and textiles industries were constructed and the port of Porto Alegre, Riograndense Republic largest city, were renewed and amplified. During this period, the population exodus from the countryside to urban centers started to grow at a vertiginous rate. In the period of twenty years, the Riograndense Republic became the first luso-american country to have its urban population near 50% at the period.