Nova Petrópolis

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Nova Petrópolis
Coordinates: 29 ° 23 ′  S , 51 ° 7 ′  W
Map: Rio Grande do Sul
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Nova Petrópolis
Nova Petrópolis on the map of Rio Grande do Sul
Basic data
Country Brazil
State Rio Grande do Sul
City foundation September 7, 1858
Residents 21,156 ( ber  . 2018)
City insignia
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Detailed data
surface 291,300
Population density 65.38 inhabitants / km 2
height 563  m
Time zone UTC −3
Website www.novapetropolis.rs.gov.br
Location of Nova Petrópolis in Rio Grande do Sul
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.

Nova Petrópolis

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 .

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