Montenegro | |
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 Location withinRio Grande do Sul | |
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| Coordinates:29°41′20″S51°27′39″W / 29.68889°S 51.46083°W /-29.68889; -51.46083 | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 64,322 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Montenegro is amunicipality of the state ofRio Grande do Sul,Brazil. As of 2022, it has 64,322 inhabitants.
The town was established in 1847 to be settled primarily by German immigrants from theHunsrück region of southwest Germany. The local language wasRiograndenser Hunsrückisch for most of its history, and it is still spoken there after 150 years of the initial settlement. Today, however,Portuguese prevails, mostly as a result of the campaign of the "Nacionalização" (Nationalization) forcefully imposed on all German and Italian settled areas of southern Brazil by president and dictatorGetúlio Vargas in the 1940s.
In 1909 a new railway line connected Montenegro toSão Leopoldo, which led to a quickening of economic development both in Montenegro itself and in other regional municipalities such asMaratá,Salvador do Sul andBarão. The railway was extended in 1932 and again in 1950, but at the end of the 1960s it was closed. It was subsequently decided to convert the former railway station into a "Cultural Center".
CardinalCláudio Hummes, one of the candidates to the Catholic Church papacy in April 2005, was born in the area. On July 2, 2008,Pope Benedict XVI erected the newRoman Catholic Diocese of Montenegro, making it a Suffragan See in the province of the metropolitan archdiocese ofPorto Alegre, from whose territory it was taken.
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