Estrela Velha

Estrela Velha
Location within Rio Grande do Sul
Estrela Velha
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 29°10′37″S 53°9′32″W / 29.17694°S 53.15889°W / -29.17694; -53.15889
Country Brazil
StateRio Grande do Sul
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total
3,650
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Estrela Velha is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It was raised to municipality status in 1995, the area being taken out of the municipality of Arroio do Tigre.[2]

The municipality is partly flooded by the reservoir of the Dona Francisca Hydroelectric Plant on the upper Jacuí River.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ "Lei Nº 10644: Cria o Município de Estrela Velha" (in Portuguese). Leis Estaduais. 28 December 1995.
  3. ^ Dona Francisca (in Portuguese), OSAB: Observatório Sócio-Ambiental da Baragens, archived from the original on 2019-05-23, retrieved 2017-01-20