Itaqui
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CEP (Post Code) | 97650-000 |
Website | http://www.itaqui.rs.gov.br |
Itaqui is a municipality in Brazil, located in the southwestern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, close to the Argentinian border, between Uruguaiana and São Borja. It sits at a mean altitude of 57 meters (187 ft), by the Uruguay River. Its population is currently estimated at 37,489.
Geography
The municipality contains part of the 4,392 hectares (10,850 acres) São Donato Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1975 that protects an area of wetlands on the Butuí River, a tributary of the Uruguay River.[2]
Politics
The city's first mayor was Felipe Nery de Aguiar, (1896–1900).
History
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The city's inhabitant demonym is Itaquiense /
Arts
Theater Prezewodowski History
The name of the Theater is a hommage to Estanisláo Przewodowski, who fought in the Paraguayan War (1864–1870) and was of Polish-descendant, (he was born in Bahia) and then leader of the Flotilla of the High, Uruguay River, unit of the Brazilian Navy, that was anchored here in the waters of the Uruguay River in Itaqui, during approximately 40 years. The Prezewodowski Theater is situated in front of the "Square Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca" and at the side of the Municipal City hall.
During many years the theater had been the scene of stage plays of great international theatrical companies, that played in
With the advent of the
The city administered the Theater until 1928, when the cinematographic entrepreneur
In 1942, the building was sold at
Economy
Agriculture
Itaqui is the second largest rice producer of the state, and CAMIL INC. is the largest rice producer of Latin America. It uses the brand name of CAMIL in rice, soya oil and beans that it produces. The company was created in Itaqui in the 60s, and has expanded its operations to São Paulo, Uruguay and the city of Camaquã and Maçambara.[1]
Together with Itaqui's branch, JOSAPAR INC., from the city of Pelotas, it is the producer of 'TIO JOÃO' brand name rice and is the 2nd major rice industry of Latin America. [2]
References
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ Inaugurado em São Borja Escritório da Reserva Biológica do São Donato (in Portuguese), Secretaria do Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Rio Grande do Sul, 27 May 2002, archived from the original on 4 May 2016, retrieved 2016-04-19
- ^ pt:Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
- The 2002's book "ITAQUI", by Iara Maria Pazetto Rossi.
- The photo "Sundown at Uruguai River seen from the Port of Itaqui/RS" was shot by Belmiro Elói Bittencourt da Rosa on 24-apr-2005 05:40.
External links
English
- (in English) The Jesuit Missions (REDUCCIONES) in South America.
- (in English) The Jesuit Missions in South America
- (in English) Cirque du Soleil – Helen Ball, Cinthia Beranek, Raquel Karro, Susanna Defraia Scalas, Zoey Tedstill, and Stella Umeh performed their serpentine-like gyrations on a trapeze ...
- (in English) Raquel Karro's Photo
Portuguese
- (in Portuguese) Itaqui - 1° R.C.MEC. – First Regiment of Mechanized Cavalry
- (in Portuguese) Itaqui – New and old photos of Itaqui
- (in Portuguese) Composer and writer João Sampaio
- (in Portuguese) Composer and singer Elton Saldanha
- (in Portuguese) Cattle and rice
- (in Portuguese) The Italians of Itaqui, text by Manoelito de OrnellasManoelito de Ornellas
- (in Portuguese) O mensário "Cruz Alta em Revista" publica, em 1929, "Chico: um conto de Natal" que, por insistência do jornalista Prado Júnior, Erico havia consentido. O colega de boticário e escritor Manoelito de Ornellas envia ao editor da "Revista do Globo", em Porto Alegre, os contos "Ladrão de gado" e "A tragédia dum homem gordo", onde, aprovadas, foram publicadas. Archived 2012-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Portuguese) 1913, Lendas do Sul by J. Simões Lopes Neto (in Portuguese)
- (in Portuguese) Movimento Tradionalista Gaúcho Archived 2007-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Portuguese) Página do Gaúcho
- (in Portuguese) Teatro Prezewodowski de 1883
- (in Portuguese) Rádio Cruzeiro do Sul – AM – 3am until 9pm GMT
- (in Portuguese) Rádio Pitangueira – AM
- (in Portuguese) Rádio Pitangueira – FM
- (in Portuguese) Rádio Liberdade – FM