Cerro Largo is a municipality in the northwestern part of the
Brazil
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ian
state
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of
Rio Grande do Sul. It occupies an area of 174.64 km² (67.43 sq mi) at 28º09'0" south 54º45'0" west, at an elevation of 211 m (692 ft) above sea level. Its population was 14,189 inhabitants.
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Cerro Largo was settled soon after 1900 mostly by German Brazilians from the old German settlements on the eastern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, the ''Altkolonie'' (in German
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). Portuguese
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is the official language but Riograndenser Hunsrückisch
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is still spoken by many citizens in the area. It is the birthplace of São Paulo's current archbishop, Cardinal Odilo Scherer
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. In 2012 the state chamber of deputies voted unanimously in favor of recognizing this Germanic dialect an official historical culture good to be preserved.
See also
* German–Brazilian
*List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
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