Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil · South America
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Horizontina is a town located in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. With a population of 18,851, it is an important destination in South America.
On a road trip, Horizontina sits in Brazil, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Sao Paulo time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Horizontina to your route.
Horizontina (Portuguese pronunciation: [oɾizõˈtʃĩnɐ]) is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil, with 19,389 inhabitants in 2020. It is located 496 km north of the state capital. The first settlers were German, Italian and Polish immigrants who arrived in the region in 1927. Nowadays, most of theRead more
inhabitants are of German-Brazilian descent.
The city has an average annual temperature of 20.8 °C. Horizontina's human development index is 0.783, considered high by the United Nations Development Programme, ranking 110th in Brazil, 11th in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, and 1st in its micro-region.
The colonization of the city occurred in 1927, when the first German colonists arrived in the region. A year later came more families from other ethnic groups, causing the place to develop. The first name of the city council was Belo Horizonte, later becoming Vila Horizonte and Horizonte before settling on the current name, Horizontina, in 1944. Before being elevated to a municipality, it was a district in the municipality of Santa Rosa. Only in December 1954 was the district emancipated.
The city is known as the "Cradle of National Automotive Harvesters," due to the construction of the first Brazilian automotive harvester in the city in 1965. A unit of US company John Deere is installed in Horizontina, generating about 80% of the city's tax revenue.
Supermodel Gisele Bündchen was born and raised in Horizontina. Her grandfather, Walter Bündchen (died 2010) also once served as the municipality's mayor.
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Horizontina is located in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, South America. The coordinates are -27.6258 latitude, -54.3078 longitude.
Horizontina has a population of approximately 18,851 people, making it a town in Brazil.
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