Ivoti is a municipality in the

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, located in the

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. The population is 24,690 (2020 est.) in an area of 63.15 km².Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
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History

Originally occupied by indigenous people since 12,000 years ago (known as the ''Umbu Tradition''), the area started to be explored by

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in the 18th century and later was used as a route to transport cattle. The first

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ans to settle in the area were German immigrants that arrived in the Sinos River Valley in 1824, coming from the

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. The area encompassing Ivoti was originally known as Berghahnerschneiss (Bergahner's aisle) because members of the German family Berghahner were the first to settle in the area. After the provincial law number 635 from 4 November 1867, the area was officially named Bom Jardim ( Portuguese for ''Good Garden'') and constituted the third district of São Leopoldo. The name Bom Jardim, chosen because the land was favourable for cultivating flowers, was changed by the law number 7.199 from 31 May 1938 to Ivoti, from Tupi-Guarani ''yvoty'', meaning ''flower''. For that reason, the city is currently nicknamed ''Cidade das Flores'' (Portuguese for ''City of the Flowers'').Ivoti �
História
/ref> Ivoti received emancipation from São Leopoldo on 19 October 1964 when

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Ildo Meneghetti signed the law number 4.798, creating the municipality of Ivoti.Ivoti �
Sobre a cidade de Ivoti
/ref> On 20 March 1992, Ivoti lost part of its area after the emancipation of two of its districts, which became the municipalities of Lindolfo Collor and Presidente Lucena.

Mayors

Since its emancipation, Ivoti had the following mayors:Ivoti �

/ref> * 1965 – 1969: Neldo Holler * 1969 – 1973: Egon Schneck * 1973 – 1977: Neldo Holler * 1977 – 1982: Flávio Klein * 1983 – 1988: Arno Henrique Mueller * 1989 – 1992: Arnaldo Kney * 1993 – 1996: Paulo Gaspar Buchmann * 1997 – 2000: Arnaldo Kney * 2001 – 2004: Arnaldo Kney * 2004 – 2008: Maria de Lourdes Bauermann * 2009 – 2012: Maria de Lourdes Bauermann * 2013 – 2016: Arnaldo Kney * 2017 – 2020: Martin Cesar Kalkmann * 2021 – 2024: Martin Cesar Kalkmann

References

Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul {{RioGrandedoSul-geo-stub

History

Mayors

See also

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