André da Rocha | |
Nickname: | "Pequeno Grande Pago" |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Rio Grande do Sul |
Subdivision Type2: | Mesoregion |
Subdivision Name2: | Nordeste Rio-grandense[1] |
Subdivision Type3: | Microregion |
Subdivision Name3: | Guaporé |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Ademir Antônio Zanotto |
Leader Party: | PP |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | May 12, 1988 |
Area Total Km2: | 329.736 |
Elevation M: | 700 |
Population As Of: | 2020 [2] |
Population Total: | 1,343 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | BRT |
Utc Offset1: | -3 |
Coordinates: | -28.6308°N -51.5708°W |
Blank Name Sec1: | HDI |
Blank Info Sec1: | 0.815[3] |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | GDP |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | R$ 15,913,000[4] |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | GDP per capita |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | R$13,789.00 |
André da Rocha (pronounced as /pt/) is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is surrounded by the municipalities Nova Prata, Protásio Alves, and Guabiju.
It was split off from Lagoa Vermelha in 1988, and named in honor of Desembargador Manuel André da Rocha, the first judge of the comarca of Lagoa Vermelha, and active defender of the municipality, which became a Republican redoubt during the Federalist Revolution (1893).
André da Rocha is the least populous city of Rio Grande do Sul, with only 1,343 inhabitants.