Frederico Westphalen
| Município de Frederico Westphalen Frederico Westphalen |
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| Coordinates | 27 ° 21 ′ S , 53 ° 24 ′ W | ||
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| founding | 15th December 1954 (age 65) | ||
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Rio Grande do Sul | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-RS | ||
| Mesoregion | Noroeste Rio-Grandense (1989-2017) | ||
| Microregion | Frederico Westphalen (1989-2017) | ||
| structure | 3 districts: Sede do Município, Castelinho, Osvaldo Cruz | ||
| height | 566 m | ||
| climate | Cfa, subtropical humid | ||
| surface | 265 km² | ||
| Residents | 28,843 (2010) | ||
| density | 108.9 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 31,313 (July 1, 2019) | ||
| Parish code | IBGE : 4308508 | ||
| Time zone | UTC −3 | ||
| Website | www.fredericowestphalen-rs.com.br (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
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| City Prefect | José Alberto Panosso (2017-2020) | ||
| Political party | PMDB | ||
| economy | |||
| GDP | 926,972 thousand R $ 30,335 R $ per person (2015) |
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| HDI | 0.760 (2010) | ||
Frederico Westphalen , officially Portuguese Município de Frederico Westphalen , is a city in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul with an officially estimated population of 31,313 in 2019. The distance to the capital Porto Alegre is 434 kilometers.
geography
Within Rio Grande do Sul, the place is in the north at an altitude of 566 meters. The climate is subtropical humid , according to the climate classification by Köppen and Geiger Cfa .
Surrounding places are Caiçara , Vicente Dutra , Iraí , Ametista do Sul , Cristal do Sul , Seberi , Taquaruçu do Sul and Vista Alegre .
history
On August 6, 1918, the Frederico Westphalen district was established within the municipality of Palmeira das Missões with the capital Vila de Frederico Westphalen . The place received on December 15, 1954 the city rights as Município de Frederico Westphalen , the district was spun off from Palmeiras and received some area from Iraí . It was named after a German engineer who was responsible for regional development and infrastructure.
Politics and administration
The executive as city prefect (mayor) has José Alberto Panosso from the Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro (PMDB) for the term of office 2017 to 2020 . The legislature lies with a city council (Câmara Municipal).
City structure
As of 2017, the area of 264.975 km² of the municipal area is divided into three districts: Sede (seat of the municipality ), the Distrito de Castelinho and the Distrito de Osvaldo Cruz. The urban core (Sede) is in turn divided into 16 bairros (districts).
Population development
According to the 2010 IBGE census, the population was 28,843, who can be called either Frederiquensians or Westphalians . The number was estimated by the IBGE as of July 1, 2019 to grow to 31,313 residents.
Source: IBGE (figure for 2019 is only an estimate)
Infrastructure
The BR-158 federal road runs through the village . On the northern edge of the city is the private airport Frederico Westphalen ( Aeroporto de Frederico Westphalen ).
education
Frederico Westphalen is the seat of the Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguay e Missões (URI). The Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) also has a campus in Frederico Westphalen .
The population of the municipality had an illiteracy rate of 14.1% in 1991 , which had already fallen to 6% in the 2010 census.
| School education: Completed (blue), no qualification (green), illiteracy rate (orange) |
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| year | percent | |||
| 1991 | 26.7 | |||
| 59.2 | ||||
| 14.1 | ||||
| 2000 | 38.6 | |||
| 52.1 | ||||
| 09.4 | ||||
| 2010 | 48.6 | |||
| 45.4 | ||||
| 06.0 | ||||
Sports
The football club União Frederiquense de Futebol was founded on August 3, 2010, and it plays in the state championships in Rio Grande do Sul. Its home stadium is the Estádio Vermelhão da Colina (officially Estádio João Pastre ) with a capacity of 5,000 .
religion
Since 1961, the seat of the (Roman Catholic) diocese Frederico Westphalen and the cathedral Igreja Matriz de Frederico Westphalen have been located in Frederico Westphalen .
Sights and buildings
Igreja Matriz de Frederico Westphalen
Universidade Regional Integrada
Web links
- City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- Frederico Westphalen, RS , Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano do Brasil , statistical information (Brazilian Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e IBGE : Frederico Westphalen - Panorama , accessed on September 18, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ Frederico Westphalen, RS , Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano do Brasil . Retrieved November 30, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ Website of the União Frederiquense . Retrieved November 30, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese).