Igrejinha Explained

Official Name:Município de Igrejinha
Website:igrejinha.rs.gov.br
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name:Brazil
Subdivision Name1:South
Subdivision Name2:Rio Grande do Sul
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Joel Leandro Wilhelm (PP)
Established Title:Emanciped
Established Date:1964-06-01
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:136.816
Population As Of:2020 [2]
Population Total:37,340
Population Density Km2:229.4
Timezone:BRT
Utc Offset:-3
Coordinates:-29.5739°N -50.79°W
Elevation M:18

Igrejinha (pronounced as /pt/ — little church in Portuguese) is a municipality located in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Home to the Morro Alto da Pedra and the regional park Parque Alto da Pedra.[3] The city has approximately 37,000 inhabitants and sits about 82 km (about 51 miles) from the capital city of the state, Porto Alegre.

Oktoberfest

Each year, the citizens of Igrejinha and visitors from the region celebrate Oktoberfest. The city has a large population of German-Brazilians. Thousands turn out each year for the Oktoberfest celebration.

The most significant period for tourism is during Oktoberfest, a traditional Bavarian beer festival, which sold 186,000 tickets at its pavilions in 2005—at which 209,561 liters of beer were drunk.

Town partnership

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Notes and References

  1. Cidades@, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Accessed on 2007-09-25.
  2. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rs/igrejinha/panorama IBGE 2020
  3. Images of the regional park PARQUE ALTO da PEDRA, RS Brazil |https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x951923af9467bfb5%3A0xdd969d64212bafe2!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNVfp3ngFRMN6IUMTb7H8wwQfhBmKOp6sD59i3S%3Dw240-h160-k-no!5smorro%20alto%20da%20pedra%20igrejinha%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipNVfp3ngFRMN6IUMTb7H8wwQfhBmKOp6sD59i3S&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiFoKXynpXvAhU6FlkFHZv7D1MQoiowFXoECB4QAw
  4. Web site: Partnerstadt Igrejinha — Simmern . 2015-05-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924101920/http://www.simmern.de/de/stadtsimmern_partnerschaften_Partnerstadt_Igrejinha.html?q=Igrejinha . 2015-09-24 .