Lajeado
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municipality of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil
Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- State
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Mayor
- Gláucia Schumacher (2025-2028)
- Total
- 90.09 km (34.78 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 32 m (105 ft)
- Density
- 1,081/km (2,801/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−3 ( BRT )
- Postal code
- 95900-000
- Website
- lajeado.rs.gov.br
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- lajeadense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Population
- 63944
- Area
- 91.16
- Elevation
- 73
- Shares border with
- Cruzeiro do Sul
- Official website
- www.lajeado.rs.gov.br
- Image
- Prefeituramunicipal lajeado rs br.jpg
- Dialing code
- 51
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- Commons category
- Lajeado (Rio Grande do Sul)
- topic's main category
- Category:Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul
- different from
- Lajeado
- inception
- 1855-03-20
- postal code
- 95900-001 até 95914-999
- Human Development Index
- 0.778
- electorate
- 62226
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Encyclopedic overview
Lajeado is an important city in the valley of the Taquari River, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The population is 97,432 (2022 est.) in an area of 90.09 km. Some of the largest distributors of food and fuel of the state are found in Lajeado. The city is mostly urban. Its current mayor is Gláucia Schumacher. It was founded on January 26, 1891, when it was separated from the municipality of Estrela. It was colonized by German and Italian people.
The city has a university: Univates.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lajeado” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.