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Vacaria

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Vacaria

Total population

64,197

Founded

1850

Elevation894 m
Land area2123.67 km²
Coordinates-28.51°, -50.94°

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City facts

Founded
1850
Elevation
894 m
Area
2123.67 km²
Official website
www.vacaria.rs.gov.br

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Overview

Vacaria is a municipality in the northeast of the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.

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History & geography

History

It was the Jesuit missionaries that, in the 16th century, started the colonization of the area by spreading the livestock brought from the reductions to the extensive wilderness known as "Baqueria de los Piñales". During more than a century, disputes with the Guarani Indians marked the history of the region, before it was consolidated as an official trail connecting the Plata region to Brazil. In the 19th century the fields of Vacaria were once more the stage of great battles, this time between the imperial soldiers and the republican revolutionists (Ragamuffin War).

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Geography

Latitude
-28.5103
Longitude
-50.9356
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Official Identifiers

IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics

IBGE code
4322509
UF
RS
Mesorregião
Nordeste Rio-grandense
Microrregião
Vacaria

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  • Wikipedia
  • Wikidata
  • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
  • IBGE — Brazilian national statistics, via servicodados.ibge.gov.br (official municipal code, UF, mesorregião, microrregião, region)
  • IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics — servicodados.ibge.gov.br