Santiago, Rio Grande do Sul

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Santiago
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Santiago
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 29°11′30″S54°52′2″W / 29.19167°S 54.86722°W / -29.19167; -54.86722
Country Brazil
Region South
State Rio Grande do Sul
Mesoregion Centro Ocidental Rio-Grandense
Microregion Santiago
Area
  Total
2,413.13 km2 (931.71 sq mi)
Elevation
409 m (1,342 ft)
Population
 (2022 [1] )
  Total
48,938
  Density20/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−3 (BRT)
Website www.santiago.rs.gov.br

Santiago (Spanish meaning Saint James) is a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is the capital of the microregion of Santiago. The population is 48,938 (2022 census) in an area of 2,413.13 km2 (931.71 sq mi). [2] Its elevation is 409 m. It is located 450 km west of the state capital of Porto Alegre and northeast of Alegrete. The nickname of the city is "The Land of the Poets".

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Santiago Airport serves the city.

Neighboring municipalities

History

In about 1860, settlement of the region began. The colony was first founded by 350 Germans, 14 Belgians, 5 French persons and 4 Swiss persons. Colonel José Maria Pereira de Campos created and organized the colony of Ijuí and brought Europeans to the area. The Italians arrived in the 1880s, as the century passed, with the establishment of the colony of Jaguari, the localities of Sanga da Areia and Ernesto Alves. In 1834, Arsene Isabelle, a French diplomat, in ways between the area, refers to a locality of Boqueirão de Santiago, its existence of three to four ranches. The Germans and the Italians form a large influx of European immigration, a mixture with other nationalities which saw Belgians, Swiss, Polish and French immigration. In synthesis, the colonies were established in 1860 and had diverse types of citizens in the municipality of Santiago, with no other municipalities, the population became predominantly of European descent.

Education

Santiago has a campus of the Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões

Communications

Radio

Portal de Internet e Notícias

Notable residents

See also

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