Igrejinha
Município de Igrejinha | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
 Location in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 29°34′26″S 50°47′24″W / 29.57389°S 50.79000°WCoordinates: 29°34′26″S 50°47′24″W / 29.57389°S 50.79000°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | South |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Emanciped | 1964-06-01 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Joel Leandro Wilhelm (PP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 136.816 km2 (52.825 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 37,340 |
| • Density | 229.4/km2 (594/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) |
| Website | igrejinha.rs.gov.br |
Igrejinha (Portuguese pronunciation: [igɾe'ʒiɲɐ] — little church in Portuguese) is a municipality located in the Serra Gaúcha of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is also located in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre; home to the Morro Alto da Pedra and the regional park Parque Alto da Pedra.[3] The city has approximately 37,000 inhabitants and sits about 82 km (about 51 miles) from the capital city of the state, Porto Alegre.
Oktoberfest[]
Each year, the citizens of Igrejinha and visitors from the region celebrate Oktoberfest. The city has a large population of German-Brazilians. Thousands turn out each year for the Oktoberfest celebration.
The most significant period for tourism is during Oktoberfest, a traditional Bavarian beer festival, which sold 186,000 tickets at its pavilions in 2005—at which 209,561 liters of beer were drunk.
Town partnership[]
Simmern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany[4]
External links[]
- (in Portuguese) Igrejinha Hall website
- Igrejinha Oktoberfest site functions a few months before October only
More photos of Igrejinha[]
Building
Oktoberfest
Route RS 115
Oktoberfest
References[]
- ^ a b (in Portuguese) Cidades@, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Accessed on 2007-09-25.
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ Images of the regional park PARQUE ALTO da PEDRA, RS Brazil |https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x951923af9467bfb5%3A0xdd969d64212bafe2!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNVfp3ngFRMN6IUMTb7H8wwQfhBmKOp6sD59i3S%3Dw240-h160-k-no!5smorro%20alto%20da%20pedra%20igrejinha%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipNVfp3ngFRMN6IUMTb7H8wwQfhBmKOp6sD59i3S&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiFoKXynpXvAhU6FlkFHZv7D1MQoiowFXoECB4QAw
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
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- Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul