Estrela Velha 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 ...
,
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. It was raised to municipality status in 1995, the area being taken out of the municipality of
Arroio do Tigre
Arroio do Tigre is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
The municipality is partly flooded by the reservoir of the Dona Francisca Hydroelectric Plant on the upper Jacuí River.
History
The principal settlement of the region ...
.
The municipality is partly flooded by the reservoir of the
Dona Francisca Hydroelectric Plant
The Dona Francisca Hydroelectric Plant ( pt, Usina Hidrelétrica Dona Francisca) is a hydroelectric plant on the Jacuí River in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, completed in 2001. It delivers 80 MW guaranteed power.
History
The Dona Franc ...
on the upper
Jacuí River
The Jacuí River () is a river in Rio Grande do Sul state of southern Brazil. The Jacuí empties into the Guaíba River, an estuarine arm of the Lagoa dos Patos, a large coastal lagoon connected to the Atlantic Ocean.
Sources
The Jacuí River, ...
.
See also
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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 ...
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Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
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