Crissiumal

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Crissiumal
Municipality
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A monument in Crissiumal
Bandeira Crissiumal.jpg
Brasao crissiumal.jpg
Locator map of Crissiumal in Rio Grande do Sul.svg
Location of Crissiumal in Rio Grande do Sul
Country Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Region South
State Rio Grande do Sul
Mesoregion Noroeste Rio-Grandense
Microregion Três Passos
Founded18 December 1954
Government
  MayorMarco Aurelio Nedel (PODE, 2021 - 2024)
Area
  Total362.194 km2 (139.844 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total13,269
  Density37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Demonym Crissiumalense
Time zone UTC−3 (BRT)
Website Official website
Castello Castelo em Crissiumal.jpg
Castello

Crissiumal is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with a population of 13,357 inhabitants (2020 - IBGE). [1] It has a fluvial border with Argentina along the Uruguay River.

In sports, Crissiumal is known as "the land of goalkeepers", because it was the home of several goalkeepers, the best of them being Taffarel, who played in the Brazilian soccer team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, in Italy.

The economy of Crissiumal is based on small rural properties. Crissiumal is one of the largest Brazilian milk producers, with a daily production of about 70,000 litres (18,000 US gal; 15,000 imp gal) of milk.

The municipality would be partially flooded by the proposed Panambí Dam. [2]

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References

  1. IBGE 2020
  2. Eletrobras apresenta Garabi-Panambi a prefeitos (in Portuguese), Eletrobras CGTEE, 7 April 2014, retrieved 2016-11-11

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