Arroio do Tigre explained

Arroio do Tigre
Nickname:Celeiro do centro-serra
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Brazil
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Rio Grande do Sul
Subdivision Type2:Mesoregion
Subdivision Name2:Centro Oriental Rio-grandense
Subdivision Type3:Microregion
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Gilberto Rathke
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:November 6, 1963
Area Total Km2:318.524
Elevation M:409
Population As Of:2020 [1]
Population Total:13,413
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:BRT
Utc Offset:-3
Coordinates:-29.3328°N -53.0928°W
Postal Code:96950-000
Area Code:+55 51
Website:arroiodotigre.rs.gov.br
Blank Name Sec1:HDI
Blank Info Sec1:0.764
Blank1 Name Sec1:GDP
Blank1 Info Sec1:R$ 125,575,000
Blank2 Name Sec1:GDP per capita
Blank2 Info Sec1:R$10,093.00

Arroio do Tigre is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

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

History

The principal settlement of the region occurred around 1900, when German settlers migrated from the "Colônias Velhas" region (called die Altkolonie, in the regional German dialect Riograndenser Hunsrückisch) of Santa Cruz do Sul and the surrounding areas. Afterwards there was an influx of Italian Brazilians and Portuguese Brazilians. In 1920 it began to be known as Vila Tigre, and found its first commercial buildings, Catholic and Evangelical churches, and later, the Hospital Santa Rosa de Lima and Colégio Sagrado Coração de Jesus. In 1920 an agricultural cooperative, Cooperativa Agrícola Mista Linha Cereja (COMACEL), was founded, which is still active.

Until 1929 the region was part of the municipality of Soledade, then became the third district of Sobradinho. It became its own municipality on November 6, 1963, by the Law No. 605A.

Notes and References

  1. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rs/arroio-do-tigre/panorama IBGE 2020