Crissiumal Explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rs/crissiumal/panorama IBGE 2020