Xangri-lá
| Município de Xangri-lá Xangri-lá |
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 Praia de Xangri-lá
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| Coordinates | 29 ° 48 ′ 17 ″ S , 50 ° 2 ′ 27 ″ W | ||
 Location of the municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul
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| founding | March 26, 1992 | ||
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Rio Grande do Sul | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-RS | ||
| Região intermediária | Porto Alegre (since 2017) | ||
| Região imediata | Tramandaí-Osório (since 2017) | ||
| climate | Cfa | ||
| surface | 60.7 km² | ||
| Residents | 12,434 (2010) | ||
| density | 204.9 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 16,408 (July 1, 2019) | ||
| Parish code | IBGE : 4323804 | ||
| Post Code | 95588-000 to 95589-999 | ||
| Telephone code | (+55) 51 | ||
| Time zone | UTC −3 | ||
| Website | xangrila.rs (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
| politics | |||
| City Prefect | Cilon Rodrigues da Silveira (2017-2020) | ||
| Political party | Partido Democrático Trabalhista (PDT) | ||
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| GDP | 474,841 thousand R $ 32,907 R $ per capita (2016) |
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| HDI | 0.735 (2010) | ||
Xangri-lá , officially Portuguese Município de Xangri-lá , is a municipality on the south coast of Brazil in the state of Rio Grande do Sul . It is located five kilometers southwest of Capão da Canoa , the largest city nearby, and borders the municipalities of Capão da Canoa, Imbé and Maquiné . It is 132 km from the capital, Porto Alegre .
history
The municipality, located on the north coast of Rio Grande do Sul , was founded on March 26, 1992 after a referendum. Until then, the 60,950 km² area belonged to the Município Capão da Canoa. The community representatives chose the name Xangri-lá for tourist reasons, it is derived from the novel Lost Horizon by James Hilton : Shangri-La is a synonym for paradise .
After the foundation, nine bathing resorts were created artificially as resorts:
- Atlântida
- Guará
- Xangri-Lá
- Praia dos Coqueiros
- Marina
- Maristela
- Remanso
- Arpoador
- Noiva do Mar
- Rainha do Mar.
The population of the parish increased from 9,693 in 2003 to 12,434 in 2010 and to 16,025 according to an estimate in 2019. They are called Xangrilenses ( xangrilenses ). One of the cultural attractions is the Biblioteca Municipal de Xangri-lá . The city library with more than 6000 media units was inaugurated in 2007 and is the venue for numerous readings and exhibitions by local artists.
economy
Due to the location on the coast of the South Atlantic , the economy of the municipality is mainly geared towards tourism . The majority of residents work in the hospitality and construction industries. The 18-kilometer-long beach of Xangri-lá attracts thousands of holidaymakers from inland Brazil as well as from Argentina and Uruguay every year . Another not insignificant economic factor are the brigade units of the Forças Armadas do Brasil stationed in several barracks in the east of the municipality .
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Xangri-lá
- City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- Information about Xangri-lá on the website of the Brazilian Tourism Authority
Individual evidence
- ↑ Xangri-lá climate: average temperature, weather by month, Xangri-lá weather averages. In: climate-data.org. de.climate-data.org, accessed on November 2, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Xangri-lá - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed October 14, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Cilon 12 (Prefeito). In: com.br. Eleições 2016, accessed November 2, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ a b History of the Xangri-lá Community In: xangrila.rs.gov.br, accessed on November 2, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ Informatio y Geografia de Xangri-La. In: achetudoeregiao.com.br, accessed November 2, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Prefeitura Municipal de Xangri-lá In: xangrila.rs.gov.br, accessed November 2, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Desenvolvido por Departamento de Informática da Brigada Militar In: brigadamilitar.rs.gov.br, accessed on November 2, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).