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For the homonym city, see Frederico Westphalen.Microregion in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Frederico Westphalen
Microregion
Location of Frederico Westphalen
CountryBrazil
StateRio Grande do Sul
MesoregionNoroeste Rio-Grandense
Municipalities27
Area
 • Total5,182.529 km (2,000.986 sq mi)
Population
 • Total175,391
 • Density34/km (88/sq mi)

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. Its population was estimated by the IBGE to be of 175,391 in 2005, divided in 27 municipalities. Its total area is 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).

Municipalities

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). 1. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE): 117–124. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-02.
  2. "Divisão Regional do Brasil" [Regional Division of Brazil] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-02-11. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
Municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul
Capital: Porto Alegre
Mesoregion Centro Ocidental Rio-Grandense
Restinga Seca
Santa Maria
Santiago
Mesoregion Centro Oriental Rio-Grandense
Cachoeira do Sul
Lajeado-Estrela
Santa Cruz do Sul
Mesoregion Metropolitana de Porto Alegre
Camaquã
Gramado-Canela
Montenegro
Osório
Porto Alegre
São Jerônimo
Mesoregion Nordeste Rio-Grandense
Caxias do Sul
Guaporé
Vacaria
Mesoregion Noroeste Rio-Grandense
Carazinho
Cerro Largo
Cruz Alta
Erechim
Frederico Westphalen
Ijuí
Nao-Me-Toque
Passo Fundo
Sananduva
Santa Rosa
Santo Ângelo
Soledade
Três Passos
Mesoregion Sudeste Rio-Grandense
Jaguarão
Litoral Lagunar
Pelotas
Serras de Sudeste
Mesoregion Sudoeste Rio-Grandense
Campanha Central
Campanha Meridional
Campanha Ocidental

27°21′32″S 53°23′38″W / 27.3589°S 53.3939°W / -27.3589; -53.3939


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