São Leopoldo | |
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| Municipality of São Leopoldo | |
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| Nickname: The Giant of the Valley (O Gigante do Vale) | |
 Location in Rio Grande do Sul | |
  São Leopoldo Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates:29°45′36″S51°08′49″W / 29.76000°S 51.14694°W /-29.76000; -51.14694 | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | South |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Founded | July 25, 1824 |
| Incorporated | April 1, 1846 (town) |
| 1864 (city) | |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Heliomar Athaydes Franco (PL) |
| Area | |
• Total | 102.313 km2 (39.503 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 26 m (85 ft) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 238,648 |
| • Density | 2,332.53/km2 (6,041.22/sq mi) |
| Demonym | capilé orleopoldense |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| HDI (2010) | 0.739 –high[2] |
| Website | saoleopoldo |
São Leopoldo (Portuguese pronunciation:[sɐ̃wlewˈpowdu]) (Portuguese forSaint Leopold) is a Brazilian industrial city located in thesouth state ofRio Grande do Sul.
It occupies a total area of 103.9 km2 (around 80 km2 urban area) atcirca 30 km from the State Capital,Porto Alegre. The climate is sub-tropical, with temperatures varying from -2 °C minimum at Winter to more than 40 °C maximum during summer time. Summers are fairly dry.
Established on July 25, 1824, byGermanimmigrants, São Leopoldo is considered the cradle ofGerman culture in Brazil, that is to say, it is the first official city designed by the national Brazilian governor to start the German plan of immigration in the country. It had, in 2006, a population of approximately 210,000.
São Leopoldo is one of the 13 cities along theRota Romântica ('Romantic Route'), a touristic scenic route that runs from the State Capital towards theSerra Gaúcha.[citation needed]
Riograndenser Hunsrückisch German is a regional language in South America likePennsylvania Deitsch is inNorth America. They are also similar because of their origin in theRhine region of southwest Germany. As a Brazilian variant of EuropeanMoselle Franconian, it is also spoken beyond the state of Rio Grande do Sul, where for almost two hundred years it has been historically centered and where most of its 2 to 3 millions speakers live (there are speakers in neighboring southern Brazilian states, as well as in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay).
There are many other municipalities with thisbilingual profile throughout the state and the German language is experiencing a strong revival: in 2012 the state chamber of deputies voted unanimously in favor of recognizing the Hunsrückisch Germanic dialect of Rio Grande do Sul as an official historicalintangible cultural heritage to be preserved.[3][4]
The area had a German school,Instituto Preteologico.[5] The city is the headquarters ofUnisinos University.
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