Nova Prata is a
municipality
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in the mountainous
Serra Gaúcha region of
Rio Grande do Sul
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, in southern Brazil. It is in the Guapore micro-region of the Nordeste Rio-Grandense meso-region of the state.
Geography
The city of Nova Prata is situated at about , at an altitude of 820 meters. The municipality occupies an area of 258.864 km
2[ or 259 km2.][ In 2020 the population was estimated to be 27,648. Temperature ranges from a minimum of 14 °C to a maximum of 28 °C with an annual average of 20 °C.
Nova Prata is surrounded by the municipalities of: André da Rocha and Guabiju to the north; Fagundes Varela and Vila Flores to the south; Nova Bassano, ]Nova Araçá
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and Vista Alegre do Prata to the west; and Protásio Alves to the east.
Twin towns
* Cittadella, Italy
* Noblesville, USA
Illustrious Nova-Pratenses
* Elisa Volpatto – Actress
* Rosane Marchetti – Journalist
See also
* List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), located in the South Region of Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul is divided into 497 municipalities, which are grouped into 35 microregions, which are grouped into 7 mesoregio ...
References
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Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul