Derrubadas | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Population Demonym: | Derrubadense |
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: | 20 March 1992 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Alair Cemin (MDB, 2021 - 2024) |
Area Total Km2: | 360.851 |
Population Total: | 2718 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Derrubadas is a municipality of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.
It is located at 27º15'53" South, 53º51'39" West, at an altitude of 485 meters above sea level. In 2020, its population was estimated at 2,761 people.[1]
Occupying an area of 365.44 square kilometers, it is bounded in the north by the Uruguay River, where it is opposite Argentina and the state of Santa Catarina.
The municipality contains the Turvo State Park, created in 1947.The state park covers almost half of the municipality.The municipality would be partially flooded by the proposed Panambi Dam.