Áurea is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
state
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* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
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 ...
,
Brazil
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. As of 2020, the estimated population was 3,535.
The village was founded in the early 20th century by Polish immigrants. Today, still around 90% of the population is
Polish-Brazilian
Polish Brazilians (, Polish: ''Polonia brazylijska'') refers to Brazilians of full or partial Polish ancestry who are aware of such ancestry and remain connected, to some degree, to Polish culture, or Polish-born people permanently residing in B ...
and the nickname of Áurea is the Polish Capital of Brazil ''(Capital Polonesa do Brasil)'' or the Capital of Polish Brazilians ''(Capital Polonesa dos Brasileiros)''. In July 2022 the Polish language became legally declared as another official language (alongside Portuguese) of the municipality of Áurea.
Język polski dołącza do języków urzędowych w brazyliskiej gminie Aurea
- Wspólnota Polska, 27 July 2022.
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
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Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
Polish diaspora in South America
Polish communities
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