Pedro Osório is a Brazilian

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the southeastern 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 7,706 (2020 est.) in an area of 608.79 km². The municipality was founded on April 3, 1958 from parts of the municipalities of Canguçú and

Arroio Grande Arroio Grande (Portuguese meaning the big stream) is a Brazilian municipality in the southern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The population is 18,238 (2020 est.) in an area of 2513.60 km². Its second industry is agriculture which wa ...

Cerrito Cerrito, Cerritos, El Cerrito, or Los Cerritos may refer to: Places Argentina * El Cerrito, Catamarca * Isla del Cerrito, an island in Chaco Province Brazil * Cerrito, Rio Grande do Sul * São José do Cerrito, state of Santa Catarina Col ...

was separated in 1997.IBGE, History of Cerrito
/ref> The municipality is by the Piratini River. Its population is largely of Italian and Lebanese descent.

Bounding municipalities

Herval Herval is a Brazilian municipality in the southern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The population is 6,814 (2020 est.) in an area of 1757.84 km². Its elevation is 287 m. Its main industry is agriculture. Herval is situated south ...

Pelotas Pelotas () is a Brazilian city and municipality (''município''), the third most populous in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located 270 km (168 mi) from Porto Alegre, the state's capital city, and 130 km (80.8&nb ...

Piratini Piratini is a city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul with a population of some 21,000. It is the former capital of the short-lived Riograndense Republic The Riograndense Republic, often called the Piratini Republic ( pt, República ...

References

External links

Official website of the prefecture
* http://www.citybrazil.com.br/rs/pedroosorio/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedro Osorio Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul Pelotas (micro-region)