Canoas

Município de Canoas "Capital do Avião" Canoas
	Canoas
	Canoas
Coordinates	29 ° 55 ′ S , 51 ° 11 ′ W Coordinates: 29 ° 55 ′ S , 51 ° 11 ′ W
	Location of Canoas in Rio Grande do Sul
Symbols
coat of arms	flag
	Motto ; “Progresso” ; progress
founding	June 27, 1939
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	Rio Grande do Sul
ISO 3166-2	BR-RS
Mesoregion	Metropolitana de Porto Alegre (1989-2017)
Microregion	Porto Alegre (1989-2017)
Metropolitan area	Porto Alegre
structure	18 bairros
Waters	Rio dos Sinos , Rio Gravataí
climate	Cfa, subtropical
surface	131.1 km²
Residents	323,827 (2010)
density	2,470.2 Ew. / km²
estimate	346,616 (July 1, 2019)
Parish code	IBGE : 4304606
Post Code	92000-000 to 92479-999
Time zone	UTC −3
Website	www.canoas.rs.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect	Luiz Carlos Busato (2017-2020)
Political party	PTB
economy
GDP	16,244,021 thousand R $; 47,589 R $ per person ; (2015)
HDI	0.750 (2010)

Canoas , officially Município de Canoas , is a city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and belongs to the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre . With 346,616 inhabitants according to the official estimate as of July 1, 2019, the city is 72nd in Brazil and fourth in the state. The city is divided into 18 districts. It is located on the banks of the Rio Gravataí and Rio dos Sinos , 8 m above sea level.

history

In the past canoes were made in the place, so that the train station opened in 1874 got the catchy name Canoas, in German "Canoes". Canoas became a city in 1939. A district of the city became independent in 1992 under the name Nova Santa Rita .

Canoas is part of the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre and has the second highest gross domestic product (GDP) in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. There is a university and two Centros Universitários (university-like universities widespread in Brazil, but without a research contract). Canoas is characterized by a wide variety of branches in industry and in the service sector .

The resulting increase in population led to a lack of housing. In addition, Canoas has a high crime rate in comparison with Brazil, but it is lower than in the nearby Porto Alegre. In 2016, 109 murders took place in Canoas, compared to 705 in Porto Alegre.

City administration

Since the first appointed city prefect (executive) Edgar Braga da Fontoura, who took office on January 15, 1940, 24 mayors have held this office until the 2016 local elections, most recently Luiz Carlos Busato was elected by the Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro (PTB) for the 2017 to 2020 term of office . The legislature lies with a city council, the Câmara Municipal, made up of 21 elected city councilors ( vereadores ) under the presidency of Juares Carlos Hoy (PTB).

City structure

Location map of the Bairros in Canoas

Canoas is divided into 18 bairros :

Bairro Brigadeira
Bairro Centro
Bairro Estância Velha
Bairro Fátima
Bairro Guajuviras
Bairro Harmonia
Bairro Igara
Bairro Industrial
Bairro Marechal Rondon
Bairro Mathias Velho
Bairro Mato Grande
Bairro Niterói
Bairro Nossa Senhora das Graças
Bairro Olaria
Bairro Rio Branco
Bairro São José
Bairro São Luís
Povoado guajuviras

The Bairros are subordinate to five sub-prefectures for the Região Central, Região Nordeste, Região Noroeste, Região Sudeste and Região Sudoeste.

sons and daughters of the town

Floriano Spiess (* 1967), wrestler
Carlos Ertel (* 1974), handball player
Mauro Job Pontes Júnior (* 1989), football player

Web links

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

City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)

City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b MBI Informática EPP: Lista dos 18 bairros, distritos e localidades no município de Canoas (RS). Retrieved July 1, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese).
↑ Climate Canoas: Weather, average temperature, weather forecast for Canoas. In: de.climate-data.org. Retrieved October 9, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c IBGE : Canoas: Panorama. Retrieved September 29, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
↑ Secretaria da Segurança Pública do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul: Indicadores Criminais por município - 2016. Accessed on July 1, 2017 (Format: xls; 977.5 kB)
↑ Prefeito Eleito em Canoas / RS. In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed October 9, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
↑ Floriano Spiess in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
↑ Menta in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

[CanoMBI-1] MBI Informática EPP: Lista dos 18 bairros, distritos e localidades no município de Canoas (RS). Retrieved July 1, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese).

[2] Climate Canoas: Weather, average temperature, weather forecast for Canoas. In: de.climate-data.org. Retrieved October 9, 2019 .

[CanoIBGEpano-3] IBGE : Canoas: Panorama. Retrieved September 29, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).

[4] Secretaria da Segurança Pública do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul: Indicadores Criminais por município - 2016. Accessed on July 1, 2017 (Format: xls; 977.5 kB)

[5] Prefeito Eleito em Canoas / RS. In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed October 9, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).

[6] Floriano Spiess in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

[7] Menta in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )