Sapiranga
Sign in to saveSapiranga is a city in Brazil in the state of Rio Grande do Sul with a population of roughly 80,000 inhabitants. It is located in an industrial area called "Vale dos Sinos", by the Rio dos Sinos (River of the Bells). The town's economy relies heavily on the shoe industry. Other industries are present, but mostly linked to the shoe manufacturing process, such as metallurgic plants in which machinery is built to later be employed in the production of shoes.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Sapiranga
- Settlement.website
- Prefeitura de Sapiranga
- Settlement.image_skyline
- PracaBandeiraSapiranga.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira_de_Sapiranga.png
- Settlement.image_seal
- Coat_of_arms_of_Sapiranga_RS.png
- Settlement.image_map
- RioGrandedoSul_Municip_Sapiranga.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Corinha Molling (PP)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1955
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 137.519
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Government
- Location
- Sapiranga, Brazil
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.472946.a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- sapiranguense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Population
- 58675
- Area
- 137.519
- Elevation
- 63
- Shares border with
- Taquara
- Official website
- www.sapiranga.rs.gov.br
- Image
- PracaBandeiraSapiranga.jpg
- Dialing code
- 51
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- Commons category
- Sapiranga
- Human Development Index
- 0.806
- postal code
- 93800-000
- inception
- 1955-00-00
- electorate
- 61538
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Encyclopedic overview
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Sapiranga is a city in Brazil in the state of Rio Grande do Sul with a population of roughly 80,000 inhabitants. It is located in an industrial area called "Vale dos Sinos", by the Rio dos Sinos (River of the Bells). The town's economy relies heavily on the shoe industry. Other industries are present, but mostly linked to the shoe manufacturing process, such as metallurgic plants in which machinery is built to later be employed in the production of shoes.
Sapiranga is away from Porto Alegre. The city's area is .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sapiranga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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