Campo Bom

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Campo Bom
Coordinates: 29 ° 41 ′  S , 51 ° 3 ′  W
Map: Brazil
marker
Campo Bom​
Campo Bom on the map of Brazil
Basic data
Country Brazil
State Rio Grande do Sul
City foundation January 31, 1959
Residents 60,081  (2010 census)
Detailed data
surface 61.41
Time zone UTC −3
City Presidency Faisal Karan ( PP )
Website campobom.rs.gov.br www.campobom.rs.gov.br/ campobom.rs.gov.br
Location of Campo Bom in Rio Grande do Sul
Location of Campo Bom in Rio Grande do Sul

Campo Bom is a city in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul . The city had around 60,000 inhabitants in 2010. It belongs in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre .

Campo Bom is located on the Rio dos Sinos about 50 kilometers north of Porto Alegre . The urban area borders directly to the east on Novo Hamburgo . To the northeast, at a distance of 5 kilometers, is Sapiranga . The Serra Gaúcha begins behind it .

The city extends over 61 km². The climate is subtropical with an average annual temperature of 19 ° C.

The city had the first Lutheran church in southern Brazil and the first bike path in Brazil.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population data from the 2010 IBGE census , 2010 (PDF, Portuguese; 51 kB), accessed on March 5, 2011