Santo Ângelo is a municipality located in northwestern
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 ...
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 north, and
Entre-Ijuís
Entre-Ijuís is a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The population is 8,938 (according to IBGE 2010 census) in an area of 552.60 km2. It takes its name from the Ijuí Grand River, on which it is situ ...
to the south—it's linked to Santo Ângelo by the state road
RS 344. The city is located 443 km (275 mi) from the state capital,
Porto Alegre.
The local agriculture-economy produces and deals soy, corn, wheat, swine, sheep and cattle. Tourism in the city is primarily associated with the city's
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history and the
Jesuit Reductions in the nearby city
São Miguel das Missões. The
Angelopolitan Cathedral in downtown Santo Ângelo is the seat of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Ângelo.
The city is served by
Sepé Tiaraju Airport and is home to three institutions of higher education, Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões (URI), Faculdade CNEC Santo Ângelo and Instituto Federal Farroupilha (IFFar).
History
Santo Ângelo was founded on August 12, 1706 by the Belgium
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Diego de Haze. The original name of Santo Ângelo was "Santo Ángel Custodio" (in Spanish) and then "Santo Ângelo Custódio." The
Reduction of Santo Ângelo was dedicated to "Anjo Custódio das Missões", the guard and protector of the missionaries or Jesuits.
The Angelopolitana Cathedral in Santo Ângelo,
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 ...
, was built in the 1920s on the same spot as the Santo Ângelo reduction built by
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s and the
Guarani in the 18th century—the Cathedral is modeled after the ancient
São Miguel das Missões mission also known as São Miguel Arcanjo.
Regional minority languages
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Riograndenser Hunsrückisch German (Germanic origin)
*
Mbyá Guaraní language (autochthonous)
''Língua Guarani M'bya'', Diversidade Linguística, Patrimônio Imaterial, Patrimônio Cultural, Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (IPHAN)
Accessed website: February 28th, 2018.
Notable people
* Carlos María de Alvear (1789-1852), soldier and statesman
* José Goldemberg (born 1928), physicist
* Luiz Henrique Santos
Luiz Henrique Santos or simply Luiz Henrique (born August 24, 1987, in Santo Ângelo), is a Brazilian striker. He currently plays for Goiás.
Made professional debut for Goiás against Flamengo
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; English: '' ...
(born 1987), footballer
References
External links
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Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
Populated places established in 1706
1706 establishments in Brazil