Garibaldi
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municipality of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil
Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- South
- State
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Founded
- October 31, 1900
- Mayor
- Cirano Cisilotto (PT) (2009-2012)
- Total
- 169.7 km (65.5 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 613 m (2,011 ft)
- Time zone
- UTC−3 ( BRT )
- Hdi 2010
- 0.786 – high
- Website
- www .garibaldi .rs .gov .br
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- garibaldense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Population
- 25926
- Area
- 167.697
- Elevation
- 555
- Shares border with
- Santa Tereza, Rio Grande do Sul
- Official website
- www.garibaldi.rs.gov.br
- Image
- Garibaldi rs.jpg
- Dialing code
- 54
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- Commons category
- Garibaldi (Rio Grande do Sul)
- electorate
- 25361
- Human Development Index
- 0.786
- postal code
- 95720-000
- inception
- 1900-10-31
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Encyclopedic overview
Garibaldi is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. It has a population of 35,440 people, most of them of Italian descent . The city is famous for its wine and sparkling wine productions. The name Garibaldi is a homage to the Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi and his Brazilian wife, Anita Garibaldi. It was settled by Italian immigrants, predominantly Venetians, and Prussians in the late 19th century.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Garibaldi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.