Arroio do Meio
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Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- State
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Mesoregion
- Centro Oriental Rio-grandense
- Microregion
- Lajeado-Estrela
- Founded
- November 28, 1934
- Mayor
- Danilo Bruxel ( Progressistas )
- Total
- 157.955 km (60.987 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 54 m (177 ft)
- Density
- 139.01/km (360.05/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−3 ( BRT )
- Area distance code
- 95940-000
- Gdp
- R$ 405,662,000
- Gdp per capita
- R$ 59.080,01
- Website
- www .arroiodomeiors .com .br
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- arroio-meense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Population
- 19072
- Area
- 157.955
- Elevation
- 89
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Shares border with
- Estrela
- Official website
- www.arroiodomeio.rs.gov.br
- Image
- Rio Taquari, Rio Grande do Sul.jpg
- Dialing code
- 51
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- twinned administrative body
- Boppard
- Commons category
- Arroio do Meio
- Human Development Index
- 0.769
- postal code
- 95940-000
- native label
- Arroio do Meio
- inception
- 1853-00-00
- electorate
- 16321
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Encyclopedic overview
Arroio do Meio is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is 98 km from Porto Alegre. It is on the banks of the Taquari River.
The territory was little populated before the arrival of Europeans. Settlement in the territory began in 1853, principally by Germans and Portuguese. The territory used to be part of Lajeado and Encantado municipalities.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arroio do Meio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.