Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) is 312 times larger than New Orleans.
Area: 281,748 km2 IBGE
Population: 11,164,050 (July 2033) IBGE
Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil, and the state with the fourth highest Human Development Index in the country, and the third and last in the Brazilian South Region. Wikipedia
Area: 903 km2 calculated
Population: 369,250 (2012)
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