Cruz Alta
| Município de Cruz Alta Cruz Alta |
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 Rua Coronel Pillar in Cruz Alta
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| Coordinates | 28 ° 39 ′ S , 53 ° 37 ′ W | ||
 Location of Cruz Alta in Rio Grande do Sul
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| Basic data | |||
| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Rio Grande do Sul | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-RS | ||
| height | 452 m | ||
| climate | tropical mountain climate, Cfa | ||
| surface | 1,360.3 km² | ||
| Residents | 62,821 (2010) | ||
| density | 46.2 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 60,693 (July 1, 2018) | ||
| Parish code | IBGE : 4306106 | ||
| Time zone | UTC −3 | ||
| politics | |||
| City Prefect | Vilson Roberto Bastos dos Santos (2017-2020) | ||
| Political party | PT | ||
| economy | |||
| GDP | 3,001,469 thousand. R $ 47,063 R $ per capita (2015) |
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| HDI | 0.750 (2010) | ||
Cruz Alta , officially Portuguese Município de Cruz Alta , German Hochkreuz , is a city with around 60,700 inhabitants in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil . It is located about 350 km northwest of the capital Porto Alegre .
geography
Neighboring are the towns of Pejuçara , Santa Bárbara do Sul , Ibirubá (N), Fortaleza dos Valos , Quinze de Novembro (O), Tupanciretã , Júlio de Castilhos (S), Ijuí , Augusto Pestana and Jóia (W).
history
When the city was founded, the municipality was responsible for around 60,000 km², around 20% of the territory of Rio Grande do Sul. From the 19th century, 242 independent municipalities emerged from the former municipal area.
Cruz Alta diocese
The city is the seat of the Diocese of Cruz Alta
City prefecture
Former train station
sons and daughters of the town
- José Gomes Pinheiro Machado (1851–1915), Republican politician
- José Fernandes Leite de Castro (1871–1950), brigadier general and politician, 1930–32 Brazilian Minister of War
- Alonso Silveira de Mello (1901–1987), Roman Catholic religious, bishop and prelate of Diamantino
- Érico Veríssimo (1905–1975), writer, scientist and translator
- Leônidas Pires Gonçalves (1921–2015), General, Secretary of the Army under President Sarney
- Saint Clair Cemin (born 1951), artist
- Clovis Fernandes (1954–2015), famous football fan
- Luize Altenhofen (* 1979), model, 1998 Miss Brazil
- Paulo Roberto da Silva Zaltron (* 1980), football player in Iran
- Fabiano Peçanha (* 1982), Olympic track and field athlete
- Douglas Brose (* 1985), karateka
Web links
- Cruz Alta Administrative Citizens Portal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- Cruzaltense portal , general regional news portal (Brazilian Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cruz Alta climate: average temperature, weather by month, Cruz Alta weather averages - Climate-Data.org In: climate-data.org. de.climate-data.org, accessed on November 8, 2018 .
- ↑ IBGE :: Cruz Alta - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved November 8, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ IBGE : Estimativas da população residente no Brasil e unidades da federação com data de referência em 1 ° de julho de 2018. (PDF; 2.6 MB) In: ibge.gov.br. 2018, Retrieved November 8, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ Vilson Roberto 13 (Prefeito). In: com.br. Eleições 2016, accessed November 8, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Paulo Afonso Zarth: História agrária do planalto gaúcho, 1850-1920 . UNIjuí, Ijuí 1997, p. 17 (Brazilian Portuguese, academia.edu ).