Santiago (

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meaning Saint James) is a

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of the western part of the

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. It is the capital of the

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and northeast of

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. The nickname of the city is "The Land of the Poets". Santiago Airport serves the city.

Neighboring municipalities

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* Capão do Cipó * Tupanciretã *

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* Itacurubi

History

In about 1860, settlement of the region began. The colony was first founded by 350 Germans, 14 Belgians, 5 French persons and 4 Swiss persons. Colonel José Maria Pereira de Campos created and organized the colony of Ijuí and brought Europeans to the area. The Italians arrived in the 1880s, as the century passed, with the establishment of the colony of Jaguari, the localities of Sanga da Areia and Ernesto Alves. In 1834, Arsene Isabelle, a French diplomat, in ways between the area, refers to a locality of Boqueirão de Santiago, its existence of three to four ranches. The Germans and the Italians form a large influx of European immigration, a mixture with other nationalities which saw Belgians, Swiss, Polish and French immigration. In synthesis, the colonies were established in 1860 and had diverse types of citizens in the municipality of Santiago, with no other municipalities, the population became predominantly of European descent.

Education

Santiago has a campus of the Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões

Communications

Radio

*Rádio Nova 99 F
WebsiteLive broadcast
*Verdes Pampas F
WebsiteLive broadcast
*Rádio Santiago A
Website
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Portal de Internet e Notícias

Portal Terra dos Poetas

Notable residents

* Luiz Carlos Prates: Radio-journalist and psychologist

References

External links

Official Website

Universidade Regional Integrada - Campus Santiago-RS
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