Arroio do Tigre is a municipality in the state of

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...

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. The municipality is partly flooded by the reservoir of the

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on the upper

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History

The principal settlement of the region occurred around 1900, when German settlers migrated from the "Colônias Velhas" region (called ''die Altkolonie'', in the regional German dialect

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) of

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and the surrounding areas. Afterwards there was an influx of

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s and

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s. In 1920 it began to be known as Vila Tigre, and found its first commercial buildings, Catholic and Evangelical churches, and later, the Hospital Santa Rosa de Lima and Colégio Sagrado Coração de Jesus. In 1920 an agricultural cooperative, Cooperativa Agrícola Mista Linha Cereja (COMACEL), was founded, which is still active. Until 1929 the region was part of the municipality of

Soledade Soledade is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The city is nicknamed the ''Cidade das Pedras Preciosas'' meaning the ''City of Precious Stones'' or ''Rare Gems''. Much of the amethyst Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz. The na ...

, then became the third district of Sobradinho. It became its own municipality on November 6, 1963, by the Law No. 605A.

References

Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul {{RioGrandedoSul-geo-stub