Agudo

Município de Agudo ; Agudo
	Avenida Concórdia
	Agudo
	Agudo
Coordinates	29 ° 39 ′ S , 53 ° 15 ′ W Coordinates: 29 ° 39 ′ S , 53 ° 15 ′ W
	Location of the municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul
Symbols
coat of arms	flag
founding	16th February 1959 (age 61)
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	Rio Grande do Sul
ISO 3166-2	BR-RS
height	83 m
Waters	Rio Jacuí
climate	subtropical, Cfa
surface	534.6 km²
Residents	16,722 (2010)
density	31.3 Ew. / km²
estimate	16,461 (July 1, 2019)
Parish code	IBGE : 4300109
Post Code	96540-000
Telephone code	(+55) 55
Time zone	UTC −3
Website	agudo.rs (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect	Valerio Vili Trebien (2017-2020)
Political party	MDB
economy
GDP	423,647 thousand R $; 24,772 R $ per person ; (2016)
HDI	0.694 (medium) (2010)

Agudo , officially Portuguese Município de Agudo , is a city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil . It is located about 240 km west of Porto Alegre . The population was estimated as of July 1, 2019 at 16,461 inhabitants, who live in a municipality area of around 534.6 km² and are called Agudenses ( agudenses ). The city ranks 115th out of 497 municipalities in the state.

geography

Adjacent are the places Cerro Branco , Nova Palma , Ibarama , Lagoa Bonita do Sul , Restinga Sêca , Paraíso do Sul , Dona Francisca .

history

Agudo emerged from the Colônia Santo Ângelo founded in 1857 . The first German immigrants were Lutherans from Pomerania. The emancipation as a self-governing municipality took place on February 16, 1959. Originally Agudo was part of the municipalities of Cachoeira do Sul and Sobradinho .

literature

William Werlang: História da Colônia Santo Ângelo. Pallotti, Santa Maria 1995.

Web links

Commons : Agudo - collection of images, videos and audio files

City Prefecture website - Prefeitura Municipal. Retrieved October 10, 2019(Brazilian Portuguese).
City Council website - Câmara Municipal. Retrieved October 10, 2019(Brazilian Portuguese).
IBGE to Agudo. Retrieved October 10, 2019(updated statistical information).

Individual evidence

↑ Climate Agudo: Weather, average temperature, weather forecast for Agudo. In: de.climate-data.org. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Agudo - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed October 10, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
↑ Valerio 15 (Prefeito). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed October 10, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).

[1] Climate Agudo: Weather, average temperature, weather forecast for Agudo. In: de.climate-data.org. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .

[IBGE_Agudo-2] Agudo - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed October 10, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).

[3] Valerio 15 (Prefeito). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed October 10, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).