Roque Gonzales
| Município de Roque Gonzales Roque Gonzales |
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| Coordinates | 28 ° 8 ′ S , 55 ° 2 ′ W | ||
 Location of the municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul
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The motto “Terra e sangue das Missões” Land and blood of missions |
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| founding | 12th July 1965 (age 55) | ||
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Rio Grande do Sul | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-RS | ||
| height | 151 m | ||
| Waters | Rio Ijuí | ||
| climate | subtropical, Cfa | ||
| surface | 349.1 km² | ||
| Residents | 7203 (2010) | ||
| density | 20.6 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 6847 (July 1, 2019) | ||
| Parish code | IBGE : 4316303 | ||
| Website | roquegonzales.rs (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
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| City Prefect | João Scheeren Haas (2017–2020) | ||
| Political party | PP | ||
| economy | |||
| GDP | 772,170 thousand. R $ 106,580 R $ per capita (2017) |
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| HDI | 0.749 (high) (2010) | ||
Roque Gonzales , officially Portuguese Município de Roque Gonzales , is a small Brazilian town in the northwest of the state of Rio Grande do Sul . The population was estimated as of July 1, 2019 at 6847 inhabitants, who live on a municipality area of around 349 km² and are called Roque-Gonzalenser ( roque-gonzalenses ). The place is named after the canonized Roque González de Santa Cruz . The distance to the capital Porto Alegre is 547 km.
Roque Gonzales borders the Río Uruguay and thus Argentina and the places Porto Xavier , São Paulo das Missões , São Pedro do Butiá , Rolador , São Luiz Gonzaga , Dezesseis de Novembro and Pirapó
In the first half of the 20th century, many German-Brazilians migrated from the "old colonies" to this area, while some older people still speak Riograndens Hunsrück and East Pomeranian today. Polish and Talian are also spoken . The majority of the residents have Portuguese origins and maintain the Gaúcho culture.
The original inhabitants were Mbyá-Guaraní , who came under the influence of the Jesuits in the 17th and 18th centuries . The place became independent in 1965.
Nearby attractions include the banks of the Rio Ijuí and Salto Pirapó . The biome is Mata Atlântica and Pampa .
The best-known resident is the writer Nelson Hoffmann .
literature
- Roque Gonzales. (PDF) In: tche.br. 2016, archived from the original on March 3, 2016 (Brazilian Portuguese).
Web links
- Citizens Portal of the City Prefecture of Roque Gonzales (Brazilian Portuguese)
- Roque Gonzales - Panorama. IBGE (Brazilian Portuguese, updated statistics).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roque Gonzales climate: average temperature, weather by month, Roque Gonzales weather averages. In: climate-data.org. de.climate-data.org, accessed on July 12, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c Roque Gonzales - Panorama. IBGE , accessed July 12, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).