Não-Me-Toque Não-Me-Toque | |
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 Location of Não-Me-Toque in Rio Grande do Sul | |
  Não-Me-Toque Position | |
| Coordinates:28°27′32″S52°49′15″W / 28.45889°S 52.82083°W /-28.45889; -52.82083 | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Armando Carlos Roos (PP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 361.67 km2 (139.64 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 514 m (1,686 ft) |
| Population (2020[1]) | |
• Total | 17,758 |
| • Density | 49.100/km2 (127.17/sq mi) |
| Demonym | não-me-toquense |
| Postal code | 99470-000 |
| Area code | 54 |
| Website | http://www.naometoquers.com.br |
Não-Me-Toque (literallyDon't-Touch-Me inPortuguese) is a Brazilian municipality located in the state ofRio Grande do Sul.
The city's current territory was only explored and occupied whenPortuguese descendants established their farms on the place, in the second decade of the 19th century. By the end of the 19th century, families ofDutch immigrants also occupied the southern part of the territory, in 1824. In 1949, the firstDutch families arrived to the town, making the city one of the starting points of the Dutch immigration on southern Brazil.[2]
There is no exact information of the name's origins, but there are two theories: the abundance of theDasyphyllum spinescens plant, which name is "touch-me-not" in Portuguese; or the establishment of the farm "Fazenda Não-Me-Toque", founded on July 20, 1885.[3]
Because of the constant humiliation the citizens of the city suffered because of the name, it was renamedCampo Real (Royal Field) in December 1971, until it was changed back after a plebiscite in April 1977.[4]
Não-Me-Toque is located in the region of the Planalto Médio, in the micro-region of the Alto Jacuí, Rio Grande do Sul. It is 471 km (292 mi) away from the coast (or the nearest coastal city).[5] It is neighbored by the city ofCarazinho on the north (the largest city nearby),[6]Lagoa dos Três Cantos on the south,Santo Antônio do Planalto on the east andColorado on the west. It is 280 km (173 mi) away from the state's capital,Porto Alegre.[7]
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