Ivoti is a municipality in the
Brazilian
state of
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...
, located in the
Porto Alegre metropolitan area
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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 bandeirantes
The ''Bandeirantes'' (), literally "flag-carriers", were slavers, explorers, adventurers, and fortune hunters in early Colonial Brazil. They are largely responsible for Brazil's great expansion westward, far beyond the Tordesillas Line of 1494 ...
in the 18th Century and later was used as a rout to transport cattle. The first Europeans to settle in the area were German immigrants that arrived in the Sinos River Valley
The Sinos River Valley is situated northeast of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil, covering two geomorphologic provinces: the Southern plateau and central depression, an area of almost 1398.5 km2, consisting of 14 municipalitie ...
in 1824, coming from the Rhine region in southwestern Germany.
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 discritct 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
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Ivoti received emancipation from São Leopoldo on 19 October 1964 when Governor Ildo Meneghetti signed the law number 4.798, creating the municipality of Ivoti.[Ivoti �]
Sobre a cidade de Ivoti
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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 �]
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* 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
See also
* List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
References
Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
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