Piratini

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Piratini
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Piratini
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 31°26′52″S53°06′14″W / 31.44778°S 53.10389°W / -31.44778; -53.10389
Country Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
State Rio Grande do Sul
Mesoregion Sudoeste Rio-grandense
Microregion Serras de Sudeste
Founded6 July 1789
Government
  MayorVilso Agnelo da Silva Gomes
Area
  Total3,561.48 km2 (1,375.10 sq mi)
Elevation
349 m (1,145 ft)
Population
 (2020 [1] )
  Total20,704
  Density5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
Demonym Piratinenses
Time zone UTC−3 (BRT)

Piratini is a city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul with a population of some 21,000. It is the former capital of the short-lived Riograndense Republic which was proclaimed on September 11, 1836.

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