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Also known as Pirapo

Pirapó is a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The population is 2,254 (2020 est.) in an area of 295.01 km2. The town is situated by the Ijuí River, close to its confluence with the Uruguay River, which forms the border with Argentina. It is located 563 km west of the state capital of Porto Alegre and northeast of Alegrete.

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Settlement.name
Pirapó
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
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Brasão_de_Pirapó.svg
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RioGrandedoSul Municip Pirapo.svg
Settlement.map_caption
Location in Rio Grande do Sul state
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Brazil
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Rio Grande do Sul <!--
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Meso-region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Noroeste Rio-Grandense -->
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Micro-region
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Santo Ângelo
Settlement.leader_title
Prefect
Settlement.area_total_km2
295.01
Settlement.population_total
2,254
Settlement.population_as_of
2020

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Wikidata facts

Demonym
pirapoense
Population
2260
Area
291.741
Elevation
125
Official website
www.pirapo.rs.gov.br
Dialing code
55
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electorate
2278
Commons category
Pirapó
Human Development Index
0.72
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Pirapó is a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The population is 2,254 (2020 est.) in an area of 295.01&nbsp;km2. The town is situated by the Ijuí River, close to its confluence with the Uruguay River, which forms the border with Argentina. It is located 563&nbsp;km west of the state capital of Porto Alegre and northeast of Alegrete.

Like many towns in the state which were first settled by German-speaking Europeans, the German language is still present in daily family and community life, if not as much in the public sphere since World War II; the regional German dialect is called Riograndenser Hunsrückisch, as it is a Brazilian variant of the dialect spoken in the Hunsrück region of southwest Germany. In 2012 the state chamber of deputies voted unanimously in favor of recognizing this Germanic dialect an official historical culture good to be preserved.

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