Jaguarão

Jaguarão on the map of Brazil

Jaguarão is a facility located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul city in southern Brazil.

Geography and location

Jaguarão is located in the south of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, at the border between Brazil and Uruguay over the Uruguayan city of Rio Branco on the Rio Jaguarão / Río Yaguarón. The international bridge Puente Internacional Barón de Maua connects the two cities and each ending there highways BR -116 (Brazil) and Ruta 18 (Uruguay ). The city located in the area around 350 km Distance to Porto Alegre Jaguarão includes a 2054.39 km ² large area ..

History

Jaguarãos was founded in 1832 and received city rights in 1855.

Policy

Mayor ( Prefeito ) since 2004, José Claudio Ferreira Martins of the PT. In the municipal election held on 7 and 28 October ( second ballot) In 2012 he was re-elected with 54.82 % of the votes cast in the first ballot. The next local elections in 2016.

• Vitor Hugo Marques Rosa ( 2000)
• Henrique Edmar Knorr Filho (2004)

Population

The city had by continuous population growth since the 1970s in 2004, according to official figures last 31 293 inhabitants. However, when the Census of 2010, the population was only 27 931.

Source: up to and including 2004; 2010:

Born in Jaguarão

• Aldyr Schlee (* 1934), writer, journalist, translator and illustrator