Bento Gonçalves

Bento Gonçalves
Coordinates: 29 ° 10 ′ S , 51 ° 31 ′ W Bento Gonçalves on the map of Rio Grande do Sul	Bento Gonçalves
	Bento Gonçalves
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	Rio Grande do Sul
City foundation	October 11, 1890
Residents	119,049 (2018 estimate)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	382.513 km 2
Population density	276.2 inhabitants / km 2
height	691 m
Time zone	UTC −3
City Presidency	Guilherme Pasin ( PP )
Website	www.bentogoncalves.rs.gov.br
	Location of Bento Gonçalves in Rio Grande do Sul

Bento Gonçalves is a city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil . It is located about 110 km north of Porto Alegre . Neighboring are the places Farroupilha , Garibaldi , Monte Belo do Sul , Veranópolis , Cotiporã , Santa Tereza and Nova Roma do Sul . Originally, Bento Gonçalves was part of the municipality of Montenegro .

The city is named after one of the leaders of the Farrapen Revolution, Bento Gonçalves da Silva .

Culture

Orlando Geisel (1905–1979), General, Army Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Brother Ernesto Geisels
Ernesto Geisel (1908–1996), military and politician, President of Brazil from 1974 to 1979
Luiz Colussi (1931–1996), Catholic bishop
Nelson Piletti (* 1944), university professor and author
Marcus Vinícius Freire (* 1962), volleyball player, official of the Brazilian Olympic Committee
Carlos Miguel (* 1972), football player
Gilberto da Costa Arilson (* 1973), football player
Rafael Luiz Fantin (* 1978), volleyball player
Renato Benatti (* 1981), football player
Franco Paese (* 1990), volleyball player
Jéssica Pauletto (* 1990), model
Andrei Girotto (* 1992), football player