Pinhal Grande

Pinhal Grande

Pinhal Grande (Portuguese meaning large pine) is a municipality of the central part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Its area is 477.39 km² and its population was 5,031 in 2003. Its elevation is at 394 m. It is located 320 km west of the state capital of Porto Alegre, northeast of Alegrete and east of Santo Ângelo. The nickname of the city is "Pinhal"

Pinhal Grande is located in the Planalto Médio, one of the pine trees founde is the "Aracuaria angustifolia".

Bounding municipalities

*Júlio de Castilho
*Nova Palma
*Estrela Velha
*Ibarama

Name origin

The origin of the name comes from one of the large pines

Coat of arms

Its coat of arms features a shield with a large pine in the middle and its reservoir in the bottom, its local plants are on the left and the right sides of the shield, a castle with three doors and coloured orange to light orange and the top and the tag on the bottom featuring the founding of the city and the city name in the middle.

History

The first inhabitants of the region were indigenous tribes. The Portuguese dominion explored and later claimed the lands until 1822 when Brazil gained independence. In 1813, the Curitibano João Gonçalves Padilha along with his brother made the agricultural commerde between the region and São Paulo.

The area received immigration and integrated the 4ª Colônia de Imigração Italiana (4th Colony of Italian Immigration), it makes up of people of Italian, Portuguese and Spanish descendents.

Pinhal Grande was created under Law nº 9600 of March 20, 1992.

Other

Itacurubi has a school or a collegiate, churches and a few squares and parks.

External links

*http://www.citybrazil.com.br/rs/itacurubi/ pt icon
*Map and Aerial photos:
**Coordinates: coord|28|20|46|S|55|18|24|W|region:BR
**Street maps: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=-28.3476&longitude=-55.206&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest] , [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=-28.3475&lons1=-55.06&alts1=35 MapPoint] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=-28.3475,-55.206 Google]
**Satellite images and Aerial photos: [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-28.3475,-55.206&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google]


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