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Santiago, Rio Grande do Sul

Municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Field	Value
official_name	Santiago
settlement_type	Municipality
image_shield	Brasao_de_santiago.JPG
image_flag	Bandeira_Santiago_RS_Brasil.png
image_skyline	Estação Ferroviária de Santiago.jpg
map_caption	Brazil
pushpin_map	Brazil
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Brazil
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Brazil
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	South
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	Rio Grande do Sul
subdivision_type3	Mesoregion
subdivision_name3	Centro Ocidental Rio-Grandense
subdivision_type4	Microregion
subdivision_name4	Santiago
subdivision_type5	Metrop. region
leader_title	Mayor
elevation_m	409
area_total_km2	2413.13
population_total	48,938
population_as_of	2022
population_density_km2	auto
blank_name_sec1	HDI
timezone1	BRT
utc_offset1	−3
postal_code_type	Postal code
area_code_type	Area code
website

Santiago (Spanish meaning Saint James) is a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is the capital of the microregion of Santiago. The population is 48,938 (2022 census) in an area of 2413.13 km2. Its elevation is 409 m. It is located 450 km west of the state capital of Porto Alegre and northeast of Alegrete. The nickname of the city is "The Land of the Poets".

Santiago Airport serves the city.

Neighboring municipalities

Bossoroca
Capão do Cipó
Tupanciretã
Jari
Jaguari
Nova Esperança do Sul
São Francisco de Assis
Itacurubi

History

In about 1860, settlement of the region began. The colony was first founded by 350 Germans, 14 Belgians, 5 French persons and 4 Swiss persons. Colonel José Maria Pereira de Campos created and organized the colony of Ijuí and brought Europeans to the area. The Italians arrived in the 1880s, as the century passed, with the establishment of the colony of Jaguari, the localities of Sanga da Areia and Ernesto Alves. In 1834, Arsene Isabelle, a French diplomat, in ways between the area, refers to a locality of Boqueirão de Santiago, its existence of three to four ranches. The Germans and the Italians form a large influx of European immigration, a mixture with other nationalities which saw Belgians, Swiss, Polish and French immigration. In synthesis, the colonies were established in 1860 and had diverse types of citizens in the municipality of Santiago, with no other municipalities, the population became predominantly of European descent.

Education

Santiago has a campus of the Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões

Communications

Radio

Rádio Nova 99 FM Website, Live broadcast
Verdes Pampas FM Website, Live broadcast
Rádio Santiago AM Website

Portal de Internet e Notícias

Portal Terra dos Poetas

Notable residents

Luiz Carlos Prates: Radio-journalist and psychologist

References

[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rs/santiago/panorama IBGE 2022]
[http://cod.ibge.gov.br/232WP Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística]

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