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Arroio Grande (other)
Arroio Grande (Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ... meaning large creek or stream) may refer to: * Arroio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * Arroio Grande, district in Santa Maria, Brazil ** Arroio Grande, neighborhood in this district * Arroio Grande, river in Santa Catarina, Brazil {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe, while having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as " Lusophone" (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Celtic phonology in its lexicon. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 24 million L2 (second language) speakers, Portuguese has approximately 274 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the sixth-most spoken language, the third-most sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arroio Grande
Arroio Grande (Portuguese meaning the big stream) is a Brazilian municipality in the southern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The population is 18,238 (2020 est.) in an area of 2513.60 km². Its second industry is agriculture which was primary until the 1970s, it currently has more urban population (80%) than rural (20%). Much of the area is made up of plains. History The settlement was founded in 1803, around eighteen years before independence by Manuel Jerônimo de Sousa, who was Baron of Mauá's grandfather. In the right bank, the Ferreira family halted the construction, on the right bank, the sons of Manuel de Sousa Gusmão constructed secretly a ranch. Under law 54 of May 26, 1846, it was lifted to a parish as Nossa Senhora da Graça de Arroio Grande. Under law 596 on January 2, 1867, the municipality of Jaguarão was divided into five districts, one of which was Arroio Grande. Under the provincial law 843 on March 24, 1873, it became a town with a same nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arroio Grande, District Of Santa Maria
Arroio Grande ("big rivulet") is a district of the municipality of Santa Maria, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is situated in the north portion of Santa Maria. The district's seat is located 18 km (11,18 miles) from Downtown Santa Maria. The district is known as the portal to a wave of Italian immigration in the late 1870s. The district of Arroio Grande owns an area of 130.71 km² that is equivalent to 7.30% of the municipality of Santa Maria that is 1791.65 km². History The district was created in 1988 by municipal law 3099/88 of 1988. Limits The district limits with the districts of Palma and Sede, and with the municipalities of Silveira Martins, Júlio de Castilhos and Itaára. Neighbourhoods The district of Arroio Grande is divided in the following bairros, that in English is equivalent to neighbourhoods: * Arroio Grande; Roads and railway * The América Latina Logística railway crosses by the south of the district, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
