Estrela Velha

Estrela Velha
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location within Rio Grande do Sul
Estrela Velha Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 29°10′37″S53°9′32″W / 29.17694°S 53.15889°W / -29.17694; -53.15889
Country	Brazil
State	Rio Grande do Sul
Population  (2020 [1] )
• Total	3,650
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)

Estrela Velha is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It was raised to municipality status in 1995, the area being taken out of the municipality of Arroio do Tigre. ^[2]

The municipality is partly flooded by the reservoir of the Dona Francisca Hydroelectric Plant on the upper Jacuí River. ^[3]

See also

• List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul

References

1. IBGE 2020
2. "Lei Nº 10644: Cria o Município de Estrela Velha" (in Portuguese). Leis Estaduais. 28 December 1995.
3. Dona Francisca (in Portuguese), OSAB: Observatório Sócio-Ambiental da Baragens, archived from the original on 2019-05-23, retrieved 2017-01-20