Arroio Grande (

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meaning the big stream) is a Brazilian

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in the southern part of 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 ...

. The population is 18,238 (2020 est.) in an area of 2513.60 km².Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
/ref> 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

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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 name. Under law 590 on November 5, 1890, it became a city with the name ''Federação'', but on July 6, 1891, under law 522, it was renamed to Arroio Grande. In 1959, the municipality lost part of its area which became the new municipality of

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Districts

* Arroio Grande * Mauá * Pedreiras * Santa Izabel do Sul

Bounding municipalities

* Capão do Leão * Herval *

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Streams

* Arroio Grande * Arroio Chasqueiro * Arroio Bretanhas * Arroio Parapó All streams empty into

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Demographics

Climate

Arroio Grande has one of the coolest climate in Brazil, its climate is

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, its medium annual temperature is 17.5 °C.

Economy

Its main agricultural products are

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wheat Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus ''Triticum'' ; the most widely grown is common wheat (''T. aestivum''). The archaeologi ...

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and a few more, cattle includes

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s and

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Transportation

Arroio Grande is connected with the national road

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, one of the main roads of

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, and additionally the state roads RS-602 and RS-473.

Education

* Escola Estadual Ministro Francisco Brochado da Rocha * Escola Estadual Cândida Silveira Haubman * Escola Estadual 20 de Setembro * Instituto de Educação Aimone Soares Carriconde * Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental Presidente João Goulart

References

External links

Official website of the prefecture

Terra de Mauá Portal
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070930210757/http://www.citybrazil.com.br/rs/arroiogrande/ {{Municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul