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.
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.