Nova Petrópolis
Nova Petrópolis | ||
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Coordinates: 29 ° 23 ′ S , 51 ° 7 ′ W Nova Petrópolis on the map of Rio Grande do Sul
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Basic data | ||
Country | Brazil | |
State | Rio Grande do Sul | |
City foundation | September 7, 1858 | |
Residents | 21,156 ( ber . 2018) | |
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surface | 291,300 | |
Population density | 65.38 inhabitants / km 2 | |
height | 563 m | |
Time zone | UTC −3 | |
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Location of Nova Petrópolis in Rio Grande do Sul |
Nova Petrópolis is a city with 21,156 (2018 estimate) inhabitants in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil . It is located in the Serra Gaúcha about 95 km north of Porto Alegre . Nearby are the places Picada Café , Linha Nova , Caxias do Sul , Gramado , Santa Maria do Herval , Morro Reuter and Feliz .
Nova Petrópolis is located on the Rota Romântica with Gramado, Canela and São Francisco de Paula in the Região das Hortênsias . Architecture as well as customs and gastronomy are reminiscent of the German past. In 1866 there were 991 mostly German settlers, in 1912 there were already 8,500 residents. Today German is a compulsory subject in schools there.
In 1902 , the Swiss Father Theodor Amstad founded Brazil's first cooperative in the Linha Imperial district , the basis of the Brazilian credit union association SICREDI, which today has more than one million members. In the museum village Aldeia do Imigrante there is not only half-timbered houses but also the cooperative museum .
See also
Web links
- Official website of the Prefecture of Nova Petrópolis. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .
- IBGE to Nova Petrópolis. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .