Pinhal Grande (
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meaning "large pine forest") is a municipality of the central part of the
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of
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Location
The population is 4,329 (2020 est.) in an area of 477.13 km². Its elevation is 394 m. It is located 320 km west of the state capital of
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, twelfth most populous city in the country ...
, northeast of
Alegrete and east of
Santo Ângelo
Santo Ângelo is a municipality located in northwestern Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. It has about 77,568 inhabitants (according to 2020 IBGE estimate) and the total area of the municipality is about 679 km². It borders Giruá to the n ...
. Pinhal Grande is located in the
Planalto Médio, one of the
pine
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family (biology), family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. The World Flora Online created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanic ...
species found is the ''
Araucaria angustifolia
''Araucaria angustifolia'', the Paraná pine, Brazilian pine or candelabra tree (, or ), is a critically endangered species in the conifer genus '' Araucaria''. Although the common names in various languages refer to the species as a "pine", it d ...
''.
The municipality is partly flooded by the reservoir of the
Dona Francisca Hydroelectric Plant on the upper
Jacuí River
The Jacuí River () is a river in Rio Grande do Sul state of southern Brazil. The Jacuí empties into the Guaíba River, an estuarine arm of the Lagoa dos Patos, a large coastal lagoon connected to the Atlantic Ocean.
Sources
The Jacuí Rive ...
.
Bounding municipalities
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Júlio de Castilhos
Júlio de Castilhos is a municipality of the central part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The population is 19,224 (2020 est.) in an area of 1,929.38 km². Its elevation is 529 m (Praça "João Vieira de Alvarenga"), 516 m at the ...
*
Nova Palma
*
Estrela Velha
Estrela Velha is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It was raised to municipality status in 1995, the area being taken out of the municipality of Arroio do Tigre.
The municipality is partly flooded by the reservoir of the ...
*
Ibarama
History
The first inhabitants of the region were indigenous tribes. The
Portuguese dominion explored and later claimed the lands until 1822 when Brazil gained independence. In 1813, the Curitibano João Gonçalves Padilha along with his brother initiated agricultural commerce between the region and
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...
.
The area received immigration and integrated the
4ª Colônia de Imigração Italiana (4th Colony of Italian Immigration). As a result, it includes people of Italian, Portuguese and Spanish descent.
The municipality Pinhal Grande was created under Law nº 9600 March 20, 1992.
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070930200804/http://www.citybrazil.com.br/rs/itacurubi/
Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
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