Pirapó Explained

Pirapó
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Brazil
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Coordinates:-28.045°N -55.1989°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Brazil
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Rio Grande do Sul
Subdivision Type2:Meso-region
Subdivision Name2:Noroeste Rio-Grandense -->
Subdivision Type3:Micro-region
Subdivision Name3:Santo Ângelo
Leader Title:Prefect
Area Total Km2:295.01
Population Total:2,254
Population As Of:2020 [1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:BRT
Utc Offset1:-3
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Area Code Type:Phone code

Pirapó is a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The population is 2,254 (2020 est.) in an area of 295.01 km2.[2] The town is situated by the Ijuí River, close to its confluence with the Uruguay River, which forms the border with Argentina. It is located 563 km west of the state capital of Porto Alegre and northeast of Alegrete.

Like many towns in the state which were first settled by German-speaking Europeans, the German language is still present in daily family and community life, if not as much in the public sphere since World War II; the regional German dialect is called Riograndenser Hunsrückisch, as it is a Brazilian variant of the dialect spoken in the Hunsrück region of southwest Germany. In 2012 the state chamber of deputies voted unanimously in favor of recognizing this Germanic dialect an official historical culture good to be preserved.

The municipality would be partially flooded by the proposed Garabí Dam.

See also

Bounding municipalities

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rs/pirapo/panorama IBGE 2020
  2. http://cod.ibge.gov.br/117G Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística