Country Brazil State Rio Grande do Sul Elevation 409 m (1,342 ft) Local time Wednesday 3:23 AM | Region South Region Microregion Santiago Area 2,413 km² Number of airports 1 | |
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Mesoregion Centro Ocidental Rio-Grandense Weather 18°C, Wind E at 11 km/h, 86% Humidity | ||
Santiago (Portuguese 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 50,635 (2015 est.) 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".
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Map of Santiago - RS, Brazil
Santiago Airport serves the city.
Neighboring municipalities
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 humans in the municipality of Santiago, with no other municipalities, the population became predominantly European descent.
Education
Santiago has a campus of the Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões