Viamão
Municipality in South, Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Viamão is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. In size it is the largest municipality in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre and the seventh most populous in the state.
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Viamão | |
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Municipality of Viamão | |
Nickname: First Capital site of Rio Grande do Sul (Primeira Capital do Rio Grande do Sul) | |
Coordinates: 30°04′51″S 51°01′22″W | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | South |
State | Rio Grande do Sul |
Demonym | viamonense |
Founded | 14 September 1741 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Vlaldir Bonatto (PSDB) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,494.263 km2 (576.938 sq mi) |
Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 256,302 |
• Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
HDI (2010) | 0.717 – high[2] |
Website | viamao |
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The origin of the name Viamão is controversial. The more common explanation is that atop the hills of the region it is possible to see the Guaíba River and its five inlets: Jacuí, Caí, Gravataí, Taquari and Rio dos Sinos, which form an open hand. This is said to have lent the city its name -from the phrase "Vi a mão," meaning, "I saw the hand."[citation needed]