Ivoti

Ivoti is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, located in the Porto Alegre metropolitan area. The population is 22,012 (2015 est.) in an area of 63.15 km².[1]

Ivoti
Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): 
City of the Flowers
Location within Rio Grande do Sul
Ivoti
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 29°36′S 51°10′W
Country Brazil
StateRio Grande do Sul
MesoregionMetropolitan Porto Alegre
MicroregionGramado-Canela
Founded19 October 1964
Government
 • MayorMaria de Lourdes Bauermann
Area
 • Total63.15 km2 (24.38 sq mi)
Elevation
127 m (417 ft)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total22,012
 • Density350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-3 (BRT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2 (BRST)
Postal code
93900-000
Area code51
Websitehttp://www.ivoti.rs.gov.br/

History

Originally occupied by indigenous people since 12,000 years ago (known as the Umbu Tradition), the area started to be explored by bandeirantes in the 18th Century and later was used as a rout to transport cattle. The first Europeans to settle in the area were German immigrants that arrived in the Sinos River Valley in 1824, coming from the Rhine region in southwestern Germany.

The area encompassing Ivoti was originally known as Berghahnerschneiss (Bergahner's aisle) because members of the German family Berghahner were the first to settle in the area. After the provincial law number 635 from 4 November 1867, the area was officially named Bom Jardim (Portuguese for Good Garden) and constituted the third discritct of São Leopoldo.

The name Bom Jardim, chosen because the land was favourable for cultivating flowers, was changed by the law number 7.199 from 31 May 1938 to Ivoti, from Tupi-Guarani yvoty, meaning flower. For that reason, the city is currently nicknamed Cidade das Flores (Portuguese for City of the Flowers).[2]

Ivoti received emancipation from São Leopoldo on 19 October 1964 when Governor Ildo Meneghetti signed the law number 4.798, creating the municipality of Ivoti.[3]

On 20 March 1992, Ivoti lost part of its area after the emancipation of two of its districts, which became the municipalities of Lindolfo Collor and Presidente Lucena.

Mayors

Since its emancipation, Ivoti had the following mayors:[4]

  • 1965 – 1969: Neldo Holler
  • 1969 – 1973: Egon Schneck
  • 1973 – 1977: Neldo Holler
  • 1977 – 1982: Flávio Klein
  • 1983 – 1988: Arno Henrique Mueller
  • 1989 – 1992: Arnaldo Kney
  • 1993 – 1996: Paulo Gaspar Buchmann
  • 1997 – 2000: Arnaldo Kney
  • 2001 – 2004: Arnaldo Kney
  • 2004 – 2008: Maria de Lourdes Bauermann
  • 2009 – 2012: Maria de Lourdes Bauermann
  • 2013 – 2016: Arnaldo Kney
  • 2017 – : Maria de Lourdes Bauermann
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See also

References
  1. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
  2. Ivoti – História
  3. Ivoti – Sobre a cidade de Ivoti
  4. Ivoti – Dados gerais


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