São Nicolau | |
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Municipality | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in Rio Grande do Sul state | |
  São Nicolau Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 28°10′58″S 55°16′1″W / 28.18278°S 55.26694°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Micro-region | Santo Ângelo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 485.32 km2 (187.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2020[1]) | |
| • Total | 5,208 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (28/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Website | www |
São Nicolau (Portuguese meaning Saint Nicholas) is a municipality of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It was founded in 1626 by Jesuit priest Roque González y de Santa Cruz.[2] The population is 5,208 (2020 est.) in an area of 485.32 km².[3] It is located 562 km west of the state capital of Porto Alegre, northeast of Alegrete. The Uruguay River, which forms the border with Argentina, flows along the northwestern part of the municipality.
The municipality would be partially flooded by the proposed Garabí Dam.[4]
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Bounding municipalities
References
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "Saiba mais sobre São Nicolau do Piratini a primeira redução, fundada em 03 de maio de 1626" (in Portuguese).
- ^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
- ^ Eletrobras apresenta Garabi-Panambi a prefeitos (in Portuguese), Eletrobras CGTEE, 7 April 2014, retrieved 2016-11-11
External links
- http://www.citybrazil.com.br/rs/saonicolau/ (in Portuguese)
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