Farroupilha
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Coordinates: 29 ° 14 ′ S , 51 ° 21 ′ W Farroupilha on the map of Rio Grande do Sul
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| Country | Brazil | |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul | |
| City foundation | December 11, 1934 | |
| Residents | 63,641 (2010 census) | |
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| surface | 361.788 km 2 | |
| Population density | 173.2 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| height | 783 m | |
| Time zone | UTC −3 | |
| City Presidency | Ademir Baretta ( PMDB ) | |
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Farroupilha is a city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil . It is located about 110 km north of Porto Alegre . The towns of Caxias do Sul , Bento Gonçalves , Garibaldi , Alto Feliz , Nova Pádua , Carlos Barbosa and Nova Roma do Sul are neighboring . Originally Farroupilha was part of the municipalities of Bento Gonçalves, Caxias do Sul and Montenegro .
The city was mainly shaped by Italian immigration.
sons and daughters of the town
- Ângelo Félix Mugnol (1915–1982), bishop
- Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner (* 1931), bishop
- José Carlos De Nardi (* 1944), General, Chief of Staff of the Brazilian Armed Forces
- Fernando Lucchese (* 1947), cardiologist and writer
- José Ivo Sartori (* 1948), philosopher, university professor and politician
- Murilo Becker (* 1983), basketball player
- Éder Carbonera (born 1983), volleyball player
José Carlos De Nardi (2012)
José Ivo Sartori (2014)
Éder Carbonera (2009)
Web links
Commons : Farroupilha - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population data from the 2010 IBGE census , 2010 (PDF, Portuguese; 51 kB), accessed on March 5, 2011