Estrela Velha

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Estrela Velha
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Location within Rio Grande do Sul
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Estrela Velha
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 29°10′37″S53°9′32″W / 29.17694°S 53.15889°W / -29.17694; -53.15889
Country Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
State Rio Grande do Sul
Population
 (2020 [1] )
  Total3,650
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]

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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