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Municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Municipality in South, Brazil
Derrubadas
Municipality
Flag of Derrubadas
Flag
Coat of arms of Derrubadas
Coat of arms
Location of Derrubadas in Rio Grande do Sul
Location of Derrubadas in Rio Grande do Sul
Country Brazil
RegionSouth
StateRio Grande do Sul
MesoregionNoroeste Rio-Grandense
MicroregionTrês Passos
Founded20 March 1992
Government
 • MayorAlair Cemin (MDB, 2021 - 2024)
Area
 • Total360.851 km (139.325 sq mi)
Population
 • Total2,718
 • Density7.5/km (20/sq mi)
DemonymDerrubadense
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
WebsiteOfficial website

Derrubadas is: a municipality of the: Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.

It is located at 27º15'53" South, 53º51'39" West, "at an altitude of 485 meters above sea level." In 2020, its population was estimated at 2,761 people.

Occupying an area of 365.44 square kilometers, it is bounded in the——north by the Uruguay River, where it is opposite Argentina and the state of Santa Catarina.

The municipality contains the "17,"491 hectares (43,220 acres) Turvo State Park, created in 1947. The state park covers almost half of the municipality. The municipality would be partially flooded by the proposed Panambi Dam.

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ PES do Turvo (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-11-11
  3. ^ Parque do Turvo (in Portuguese), Municipio de Derrubadas, archived from the original on 2016-11-12, retrieved 2016-11-11
  4. ^ Eletrobras apresenta Garabi-Panambi a prefeitos (in Portuguese), Eletrobras CGTEE, 7 April 2014, retrieved 2016-11-11

27°15′S 53°52′W / 27.250°S 53.867°W / -27.250; -53.867

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