Arroio Grande
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Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- State
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Mesoregion
- Sudeste Rio-Grandense
- Microregion
- Jaguarão
- Mayor
- Jorge Luis Cardoso
- Total
- 2,513.60 km (970.51 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 22 m (72 ft)
- Density
- 7.2557/km (18.792/sq mi)
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- arroio-grandense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Population
- 18150
- Area
- 2518.480
- Elevation
- 22
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Shares border with
- Rio Grande
- Official website
- www.arroiogrande.rs.gov.br
- Dialing code
- 53
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- Commons category
- Arroio Grande
- electorate
- 14634
- Human Development Index
- 0.758
- postal code
- 96300-000
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
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 2,513.60 km (970.51 sq mi). Its second industry is agriculture which was primary until the 1970s, it currently has more urban population (80%) than rural (20%). Much of the area is made up of plains.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arroio Grande” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.