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Also known as Piratini, Rio Grande do Sul

municipality of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil

Key facts

Country
Brazil
State
Rio Grande do Sul
Mesoregion
Sudoeste Rio-grandense
Microregion
Serras de Sudeste
Founded
6 July 1789
Mayor
Vilso Agnelo da Silva Gomes
Total
3,561.48 km (1,375.10 sq mi)
Elevation
349 m (1,145 ft)
Density
5.8133/km (15.056/sq mi)
Demonym
Piratinenses
Time zone
UTC−3 ( BRT )

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Encyclopedic overview

Piratini is a city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul with a population of some 21,000. It is the former capital of the short-lived Riograndense Republic which was proclaimed on 11 September 1836.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Piratini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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