Alto Alegre, Roraima

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| official_name = Alto Alegre

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| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_shield = Brasao Alto Alegre RR.jpg

| image_flag = Bandeira Alto Alegre RR.jpg

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| image_map = Roraima Municip AltoAlegre.svg

| map_caption = Location in Roraima state

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Brazil

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Brazil

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = North

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = Roraima

| subdivision_type3 = Mesoregion

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| subdivision_type4 = Microregion

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| subdivision_type5 = Metrop. region

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| leader_party = PSD

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Pedro Henrique Machado

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| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 25,567

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| population_total = 21,066

| population_as_of = 2022 [https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/ro/porto-velho/panorama IBGE 2022]

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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| blank_name_sec1 = HDI

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| timezone1 = AMT

| utc_offset1 = −4

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| postal_code_type = Postal code

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| website = [http://altoalegre.rr.gov.br/ altoalegre.rr.gov.br]

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Alto Alegre ({{IPA|pt|ˈawtu aˈlɛɡɾi}}) is a city in the Brazilian state of Roraima. The population in 2020 was 15,380, and the area is 25,567 km².{{Cite web|url=http://cod.ibge.gov.br/J6E|title=IBGE {{!}} Cidades {{!}} Roraima {{!}} Alto Alegre|website=cidades.ibge.gov.br|access-date=2016-06-15}}

Its limits are Amajari to the north, Boa Vista in the east, Mucajaí and Iracema in the south, and Venezuela in the west.

Alto Alegre was founded by Pedro Costa, a gold miner. In 1982, it became an independent municipality.{{cite web|url=https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rr/alto-alegre/historico |title=Alto Alegre |website=IBGE|access-date=15 April 2021|language=pt}} It can be accessed from the RR-205 highway from Boa Vista.{{cite web|url=http://altoalegre.rr.gov.br/3/pagina |title=sobre Alto Alegre|website=Municipality of Alto Alegre|access-date=15 April 2021|language=pt}}

The municipality contains part of the Roraima National Forest.{{citation|language=Portuguese |title=Características da UC|publisher=ICMBio |url=http://flonarr.blogspot.ca/p/caracteristicas-da-uc.html|accessdate=2016-05-19}}

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