Rolador
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| 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... |
| Meso-region: | Northwestern Rio Grande do Sul (Noroeste Rio-Grandense) |
| Micro-Region: | Santo Ângelo Santo Ângelo (micro-region) The Santo Ângelo micro-region is a micro-region in the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil... |
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| Location Location (geography) The terms location and place in geography are used to identify a point or an area on the Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term 'location' generally implies a higher degree of can certainty than "place" which often has an ambiguous boundary relying more on human/social attributes of place identity... : |
28.3585/28° 15' 28" S lat. 54.8173/54° 49' 4" W long. |
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Rolador (Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
meaning Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas , also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra . Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker...
) is a municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
of the state of 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 located 524 km west of the state capital of Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...
, northeast of Alegrete
Alegrete
Alegrete is a town and a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul located in southern Brazil. Its medium altitude is 102 m. Its estimated population in 2008 was 78,984 inhabitants and the total area is 7,803.967 km² . Its inhabitants are called Alegretenses.Alegrete was settled in 1816 and became a...
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Bounding municipalities
- São Pedro do ButiáSão Pedro do Butiá-See also:*List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul* Riograndenser Hunsrückisch...
- Salvador das MissõesSalvador das Missões-See also:*List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul...
- Cerro LargoCerro LargoCerro Largo may refer to:;Brazil*Cerro Largo, Rio Grande do Sul;Uruguay*Cerro Largo Department*Cerro Largo FC...
- Mato Queimado
- CaibatéCaibatéCaibaté is a municipality of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The origin of the name comes from the Tupi language...
- São Luiz GonzagaSão Luiz GonzagaSão Luiz Gonzaga is a municipality of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is located 503 km west of the state capital of Porto Alegre, northeast of Alegrete....
- Roque GonzalesRoque GonzalesRoque Gonzales can refer to:*Roque Gonzales, Brazil, a town and municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil*Roque González de Santa Cruz, a Jesuit missionary who established missions in Brazil...
External links
- http://www.citybrazil.com.br/rs/rolador/
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- Coordinates: 28°15′28"S 54°49′4"W
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- Satellite images and Aerial photos: Google