Crissiumal | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Population Demonym: | Crissiumalense |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Type3: | Mesoregion |
Subdivision Type4: | Microregion |
Subdivision Name1: | South |
Subdivision Name2: | Rio Grande do Sul |
Subdivision Name3: | Noroeste Rio-Grandense |
Subdivision Name4: | Três Passos |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 18 December 1954 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Marco Aurelio Nedel (PODE, 2021 - 2024) |
Area Total Km2: | 362.194 |
Population Total: | 13269 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Crissiumal is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with a population of 13,357 inhabitants (2020 - IBGE).[1] It has a fluvial border with Argentina along the Uruguay River.
In sports, Crissiumal is known as "the land of goalkeepers", because it was the home of several goalkeepers, the best of them being Taffarel, who played in the Brazilian soccer team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, in Italy.
The economy of Crissiumal is based on small rural properties. Crissiumal is one of the largest Brazilian milk producers, with a daily production of about 70000L of milk.
The municipality would be partially flooded by the proposed Panambí Dam.