Piratini | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | Mesoregion |
Subdivision Type3: | Microregion |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Rio Grande do Sul |
Subdivision Name2: | Sudoeste Rio-grandense |
Subdivision Name3: | Serras de Sudeste |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Vilso Agnelo da Silva Gomes |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 6 July 1789 |
Area Total Km2: | 3561.48 |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Total: | 20,704 |
Population Demonym: | Piratinenses |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Coordinates: | -31.4478°N -53.1039°W |
Elevation M: | 349 |
Piratini is a city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul with a population of some 21,000. It is the former capital of the short-lived Riograndense Republic which was proclaimed on September 11, 1836.