Cerro Largo (Rio Grande do Sul)

Cerro Largo on the map of Brazil

Cerro Largo is a city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.

The population is around 13,289 (as of 2010 ). In the 19th century, many German settled ( German Brazilians ). One finds in the region, the German dialect Riograndenser Hunsrückisch.

Odilo Pedro Scherer Cardinal, Roman Catholic Archbishop of São Paulo, is a descendant of immigrants from the Saarland Theley and was born in 1949 in Cerro Largo as Otto Scherer.

  • Place in Rio Grande do Sul
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