Horizontina

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Horizontina

Total population

18,851

Coordinates-27.63°, -54.31°

Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Horizontina is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil, with 19,389 inhabitants in 2020. It is located 496 km north of the state capital. The first settlers were German, Italian and Polish immigrants who arrived in the region in 1927. Nowadays, most of the inhabitants are of German-Brazilian descent.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Gisele Bündchen

Brazilian fashion model

O

Orlando Desconsi

Brazilian politician

R

Rui Biriva

Brazilian composer

C

Cezar Paulo Mossini

Brazilian politician

J

Jeferson dos Santos Dutra

Brazilian politician

L

Liliane Damaris Pollo

researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-8084-227X)

D

David Mora de Rezes

person identified in the Museu da Pessoa collection

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Rio Grande do Sul

• Manchinha
  6.5 mi away
• Doutor Maurício Cardoso
  9 mi away · pop. 4,470
• Pranchada
  10.1 mi away
• Quaraim
  12.9 mi away
• São José do Inhacorá
  13 mi away · pop. 2,406
• Pratos
  13.8 mi away
• Esquina Gaúcha
  14.5 mi away
• Crissiumal
  15.5 mi away · pop. 12,886
• Balneário Londero
  16.4 mi away
• Independência
  17.1 mi away · pop. 6,427
• Cinquentenário
  17.1 mi away
• Cerro Alto
  18.4 mi away

Browse all places in Rio Grande do Sul →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Horizontina

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers