André da Rocha is a municipality in the state Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil, and the state with the fifth highest Human Development Index in the country. In this state is located the southernmost city in the country, Chuí, on the border with Uruguay. In the region of Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul, the largest wine...

, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. It is surrounded by the municipalities Nova Prata

Nova Prata

Nova Prata is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, south Brazil, situated in the state's mountainous Serra Gaúcha region. It is situated at , at an altitude of 662 meters. Its population estimate in 2004 was of 20,021 inhabitants...

, Protásio Alves

Protásio Alves

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, and Guabiju

Guabiju

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.

It was split off from Lagoa Vermelha

Lagoa Vermelha

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 in 1988, and named in honor of Desembargador

Desembargador

Desembargador is the title of some appellate judges in Brazil. The Constitution of 1988 defines desembargadores as the judges of the Courts of Justice, which are appellate courts of the state court system...

 Manuel André da Rocha, the first judge of the comarca of Lagoa Vermelha, and active defender of the municipality, which became a Republican redoubt during the Federalist Riograndense Revolution

Federalist Riograndense Revolution (Brazil)

The Federalist Riograndense Revolution was a revolution in the State of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil against the Republic proclaimed in 1889.Inspired by the monarchist Gaspar Silveira Martins, it had as military head Gumercindo Saraiva...

 (1893).

André da Rocha is the least populous city of Rio Grande do Sul, with only 1,262 inhabitants.

See also

• List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul