Marques de Souza
| Município de Marques de Souza Marques de Souza |
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| Coordinates | 29 ° 20 ′ S , 52 ° 6 ′ W | ||
 Location of the municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul
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| founding | December 28, 1995 (town charter) (age 24) | ||
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Rio Grande do Sul | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-RS | ||
| height | 69 m | ||
| climate | tropical, Cfa | ||
| surface | 125.4 km² | ||
| Residents | 4068 (2010) | ||
| density | 32.4 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 4009 (July 1, 2019) | ||
| Post Code | 95923-000 | ||
| Telephone code | (+55) 51 | ||
| Time zone | UTC −3 | ||
| Website | marquesdesouza.rs (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
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| City Prefect | Edmilson Amauri Dörr (2017–2020) | ||
| Political party | PTB | ||
| economy | |||
| GDP | 83,162 thousand R $ 19,976 R $ per person (2016) |
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| HDI | 0.687 (medium) (2010) | ||
Marques de Souza , officially Portuguese Município de Marques de Souza , is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil . The population was estimated as of July 1, 2019 at 4009 inhabitants, who live in a community area of around 125.4 km² and are called Marquesouzese. It ranks 307th out of 497 municipalities in the state. The arithmetical population density is 32.5 people per km², the population development is on a downward trend.
It is located about 130 km northwest of the capital Porto Alegre .
history
The exact date of the first settlement by immigrants is not known, around 1880 people of German descent had settled along the Rio Forqueta, followed by Italians around 1885 who preferred the higher elevations. The place was initially named Neu Berlin da Forqueta . The first church was consecrated on February 24, 1889. The community was elevated to the 5th district of Lajeado on July 4, 1916 ( Distrito de Nova Berlim ), in the same year the place was renamed Marques de Souza in honor of the war hero and patriot Count Manuel Marques de Sousa , Conde de Porto Alegre ( 1804-1875).
The community was laid out agriculturally, partly small-scale farmers. Poultry and pig breeding as well as fodder grain cultivation developed. The first school association was founded in 1922, and today 100% of school-age children can go to school. In the 1940s there was semi-precious stone processing. On December 28, 1995, the company was spun off from Lajeado and granted the status of a municipality. The first elections necessary for emancipation were held on October 3rd, 1996, and on January 1st, 1997 the city prefect and city council could begin administrative work. The municipality is divided into the districts of Distrito de Bela Vista do Fão with the settlements Vasco Bandeira and Picada Serra , and the Distrito de Tamanduá , which is inhabited by Italians. Around 97% of descendants of European origin live in Marques de Souza. Around 54% were Protestant in 2010, of these around 77% were Lutheran (German). Around 44% were Roman Catholics (predominantly Italian).
Minority language
In Marques de Souza the minority language Riograndenser Hunsrückisch is spoken.
geography
Surrounding communities are Lajeado , Progresso , Travesseiro and Pouso Novo .
The biome is Mata Atlântica . The terrain is hilly and rugged.
climate
The community has a tropical temperate climate, Cfa according to the Köppen and Geiger climate classification . The average temperature is 19.8 ° C. The average rainfall is 1326 mm per year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |||
| Temperature ( ° C ) | 25.1 | 23.9 | 21.7 | 18.8 | 16.1 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 17.0 | 18.6 | 20.8 | 23.2 | 21.9 | O | 19.8 |
| Precipitation ( mm ) | 163 | 138 | 150 | 107 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 73 | 103 | 106 | 118 | 145 | Σ | 1326 |
Local government
The executive rests with the city prefect (mayor). In the local elections in 2016 , Edmilson Amauri Dörr (Dorr) of the Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro (PTB) was elected city prefect for the term from 2017 to 2020.
The legislature rests with a nine-member elected city council, the vereadores of the Câmara Municipal.
Population development
| year | Residents | city | country |
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| 1991 | 4,649 | 1,296 | 3,353 |
| 2000 | 4,241 | 1,464 | 2,777 |
| 2010 | 4,068 | 1,545 | 2,523 |
| 2019 | 4,009 | ? | ? |
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Source: IBGE (2011)
Average income and standard of living
The monthly average income in 2017 was a factor of 1.9 of the Brazilian minimum wage ( Salário mínimo ) of R $ 880.00 (income converted for 2019: around 378 € per month). The Human Development Index (HDI) is classified as average at 0.687 for 2010.
In 2017, 812 people or 19.5% of the population were registered as permanently employed; in 2010, 19.8% of the population had an income of half the minimum wage.
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| 1991 | 0.482 | |||
| 2000 | 0.627 | |||
| 2010 | 0.687 | |||
The gross national product per capita in 2016 was R $ 19,976.48, the gross national product of the municipality was R $ 83.16 million in 2016.
education
Illiteracy rate
Marques de Souza had an illiteracy rate of 13.6% in 1991 (including incomplete primary education), which had already fallen to a low 7.9% in the 2010 census. Around 15.4% of the population in 2010 were children and adolescents up to the age of 15.
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| year | percent | |||
| 1991 | 13.56 | |||
| 2000 | 9.00 | |||
| 2010 | 7.89 | |||
Ethnic composition
Ethnic groups according to the statistical classification of the IBGE (as of 2000 with 4241, as of 2010 with 4068 inhabitants):
| group | Share 2000 |
Share 2010 |
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| Brancos | 4,222 | 3,939 | Whites, descendants of Europeans |
| Pardos | 14th | 221 | Mixed races, mulattos , mestizos |
| Pretus | 5 | 8 | black |
| Amarelos | 0 | 0 | Asians |
| Indigenous people | 0 | 0 | indigenous population |
| without specification | - | - |
Web links
- City Prefecture website. (Brazilian Portuguese).
- City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- IBGE to Marques de Souza. (updated statistical information).
Individual evidence
- Language note: According to current spelling, the place would have to be written as Marques de Sousa, but some places deliberately kept the older spelling in their official name.
- ↑ Marques de Souza - História. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved November 21, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ Câmara Municipal. In: www.camaramarquesdesouza.com.br. Câmara Municipal, accessed November 21, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Climate Marques de Souza: Weather, average temperature, weather forecast for Marques de Souza. In: de.climate-data.org. Retrieved November 21, 2019 .
- ^ Brida 14 (Prefeito). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed November 21, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ A b Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humao no Brasil: Marques de Souza, RS . Retrieved November 21, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese)
- ↑ Marques de Souza - Panorama - Trabalho e rendimento. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed November 21, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Marques de Souza - Produto Interno Bruto dos Municipios. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed November 21, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ IBGE : Sistema IBGE de Recuperação Automática - SIDRA: Tabela 2093. Accessed on November 21, 2019 (Portuguese, database query, search terms Marques de Souza (RS) and Cor ou raça).