Igrejinha

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Município de Igrejinha

| nickname =

| motto =

| website = [http://www.igrejinha.rs.gov.br/ igrejinha.rs.gov.br]

| image_skyline = Igrejinha2007-panoramica.jpg

| image_flag = Bandeira de Igrejinha.svg

| image_seal = Brasão de Igrejinha.svg

| image_map = RioGrandedoSul Municip Igrejinha.svg

| map_caption = Location in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name = Brazil

| subdivision_name1 = South

| subdivision_name2 = Rio Grande do Sul

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Joel Leandro Wilhelm (PP)

| established_title = Emanciped

| established_date = 1964-06-01

| area_footnotes = {{in lang|pt}} [http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat Cidades@], Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Accessed on 2007-09-25.

| area_total_km2 = 136.816

| area_land_km2 =

| area_water_km2 =

| population_footnotes =

| population_as_of = 2020 [https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rs/igrejinha/panorama IBGE 2020]

| population_total = 37,340

| population_metro =

| population_density_km2 = 229.4

| timezone = BRT

| utc_offset = −3

| timezone_DST =

| utc_offset_DST =

| coordinates = {{coord|29|34|26|S|50|47|24|W|region:BR|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 18

| footnotes =

}}

Igrejinha ({{IPA|pt|igɾe'ʒiɲɐ}} — little church in Portuguese) is a municipality located in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Home to the Morro Alto da Pedra and the regional park Parque Alto da Pedra.Images of the regional park PARQUE ALTO da PEDRA, RS Brazil |https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x951923af9467bfb5%3A0xdd969d64212bafe2!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNVfp3ngFRMN6IUMTb7H8wwQfhBmKOp6sD59i3S%3Dw240-h160-k-no!5smorro%20alto%20da%20pedra%20igrejinha%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipNVfp3ngFRMN6IUMTb7H8wwQfhBmKOp6sD59i3S&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiFoKXynpXvAhU6FlkFHZv7D1MQoiowFXoECB4QAw The city has approximately 37,000 inhabitants and sits about 82 km (about 51 miles) from the capital city of the state, Porto Alegre.

Oktoberfest

File:Oktoberfest de Igrejinha-portico2007.jpg

Each year, the citizens of Igrejinha and visitors from the region celebrate Oktoberfest. The city has a large population of German-Brazilians. Thousands turn out each year for the Oktoberfest celebration.

The most significant period for tourism is during Oktoberfest, a traditional Bavarian beer festival, which sold 186,000 tickets at its pavilions in 2005—at which 209,561 liters of beer were drunk.

Town partnership

  • {{flagicon|Germany}} Simmern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany{{cite web |url=http://www.simmern.de/de/stadtsimmern_partnerschaften_Partnerstadt_Igrejinha.html?q=Igrejinha |title=Partnerstadt Igrejinha — Simmern |access-date=2015-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924101920/http://www.simmern.de/de/stadtsimmern_partnerschaften_Partnerstadt_Igrejinha.html?q=Igrejinha |archive-date=2015-09-24 }}

Gallery

File:Edificio-em-Igrejinha.jpg|Building

File:Oktober2004-parque.JPG|Oktoberfest

File:Rs115-igrejinha.jpg|Route RS 115

File:Desfile_060.jpg|Oktoberfest

See also

References

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{{Municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul}}

Category:Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul