Cerrito is a Brazilian municipality 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 s ...
. The population is 6,047 (2020 est.) in an area of 451.70 km
2. The municipality was formed in 1997 from part of the municipality
Pedro Osório.
IBGE, History of Cerrito
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Bounding municipalities
* Pedro Osório, southwest
Mayors
See also
* List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), located in the South Region of Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul is divided into 497 municipalities, which are grouped into 35 microregions, which are grouped into 7 mesoregio ...
References
External links
Official website of the prefecture
* https://web.archive.org/web/20071117014913/http://www.citybrazil.com.br/rs/cerrito/
Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
Pelotas (micro-region)
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