Agudo | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location withinRio Grande do Sul | |
  Agudo Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates:29°38′43″S53°14′24″W / 29.64528°S 53.24000°W /-29.64528; -53.24000 | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Area | |
• Total | 553.1 km2 (213.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 83 m (272 ft) |
| Population (2022[1]) | |
• Total | 16,041 |
| • Density | 29.00/km2 (75.11/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Agudo (Portuguese:[aˈɡu.du]ⓘ,lit. 'acute') is amunicipality inRio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state ofBrazil.
Agudo is 83 meters above sea level. The total area is 553,1 km2 and the population was estimated at 16,041 in 2022.
The municipality contains part of the 1,848 hectares (4,570 acres)Quarta Colônia State Park, created in 2005.[2]The municipality contains part of the hydroelectricDona Francisca Dam on the upperJacuí River.[3]
Archeological evidence indicates that this area was settled by humankind as far back as 8,000 years ago. The first Europeans to come into the area were Jesuit priests who in the 16th century began establishing the so-calledReductions orMissions as they also were named in the wider region (i.e.Brazil,Argentina andParaguay). At a later date with the expulsion of theJesuit order by both theSpanish andPortuguese crowns fromSouth America left the area inactive as far as European activities were concerned.
The local indigenous population suffered attacks by Paulistas from the north who, amongst other things, made it their business to captureIndians to be put up for sale in theslave markets ofSão Paulo, etc. In 1857, a new wave ofimmigration started to affect the region, this time attracting Germanic settlers and subsequently peoples of other European origins. TheGerman language is still spoken by some residents of the Municipality of Agudo and in areas around it. In 2001, afossil of adinosaur was found in Agudos and after the analysis of its skeleton, it was reported to be a new species ofornithischian dinosaur, namedsacisaur (Sacisaurus agudoensis) after the evidence that the skeleton missed the bones of one of its leg.
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