Microregion of Frederico Westphalen

The Microregion of Frederico Westphalen (Brazilian Portuguese: Microrregião de Frederico Westphalen) was one of the Microregions of the Rio Grande do Sul state, in Brazil. It belonged to the mesoregion of the Noroeste Rio-Grandense.[1] Its population was estimated by the IBGE to be of 175,391 in 2005, divided in 27 municipalities. Its total area is of 5,182.529 km². The IBGE has since discontinued the microregion system for population tracking, replacing it with the term "immediate geographic region" (Brazilian Portuguese: Região geográfica imediata).[2]

Frederico Westphalen
CountryBrazil
StateRio Grande do Sul
MesoregionNoroeste Rio-Grandense
Municipalities27
Area
  Total5,182.529 km2 (2,000.986 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
  Total175,391
  Density34/km2 (88/sq mi)

Municipalities

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References

  1. "Divisão regional do Brasil em mesorregiões e microrregiões geográficas" [Regional division of Brazil in geographic mesoregions and microregions] (PDF). Biblioteca IBGE (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). 1: 117–124. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-02.
  2. "Divisão Regional do Brasil" [Regional Division of Brazil] (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-02-11. Retrieved 2020-02-18.


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