{{Short description|Municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Pinhal Grande | native_name = | settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Brazil|Municipality]] | image_shield = Pinhal_Grandersbrasões.jpg | image_flag = Bandeira_pg.PNG | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_map = RioGrandedoSul Municip PinhalGrande.svg | map_caption = Location in Rio Grande do Sul state | pushpin_map = Brazil | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Brazil | coordinates = {{coord|29|20|46|S|53|18|24|W|region:BR|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Brazil | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Brazil|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[South Region, Brazil|South]] | subdivision_type2 = [[States of Brazil|State]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Rio Grande do Sul]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Mesoregions of Brazil|Mesoregion]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Centro Ocidental Rio-Grandense]] | subdivision_type4 = [[Microregion (Brazil)|Microregion]] | subdivision_name4 = [[Santiago (micro-region)|Santiago]] | subdivision_type5 = [[Metropolitan area#Brazil|Metrop. region]] | subdivision_name5 = | established_title = | established_date = | leader_party = | leader_title = [[Mayor]] | leader_name = | elevation_m = 394 | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 477.13 | area_metro_km2 = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 3,805 | population_as_of = 2022 <ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rs/pinhal-grande/panorama IBGE 2022]</ref> | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | blank_name_sec1 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] | blank_info_sec1 = | timezone1 = [[Time in Brazil|BRT]] | utc_offset1 = &minus;3 | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 98150-xxx | area_code_type = [[List of dialling codes in Brazil|Area code]] | area_code = +55 51 | website = {{URL|http://www.pinhalgrande.rs.gov.br}} }}

'''Pinhal Grande''' ([[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] meaning "large pine forest") is a municipality of the central part of the [[States of Brazil|state]] of [[Rio Grande do Sul]], Brazil.

==Geography==

The population is 3,805 (2022 census) in an area of 477.13 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>[http://cod.ibge.gov.br/1D4W Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística]</ref> Its elevation is 394 m. It is located 320&nbsp;km west of the state capital of [[Porto Alegre]], northeast of [[Alegrete]] and east of [[Santo Ângelo]]. Pinhal Grande is located in the [[Planalto Médio]], one of the [[pine]] species found is the ''[[Araucaria angustifolia]]''.

The municipality is partly flooded by the reservoir of the [[Dona Francisca Hydroelectric Plant]] on the upper [[Jacuí River]].<ref>{{citation|language=pt|ref={{harvid|Dona Francisca – OSAB}}|title=Dona Francisca|publisher=OSAB: Observatório Sócio-Ambiental da Baragens|url=http://www.observabarragem.ippur.ufrj.br/barragens/9/dona-francisca|access-date=2017-01-20|archive-date=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523184533/http://www.observabarragem.ippur.ufrj.br/barragens/9/dona-francisca|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Bounding municipalities===

*[[Júlio de Castilhos, Rio Grande do Sul|Júlio de Castilhos]] *[[Nova Palma]] *[[Estrela Velha]] *[[Ibarama]]

==History==

The first inhabitants of the region were indigenous tribes. The [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese dominion]] explored and later claimed the lands until 1822 when Brazil gained independence. In 1813, the Curitibano João Gonçalves Padilha along with his brother initiated agricultural commerce between the region and [[São Paulo]].

The area received immigration and integrated the [[Italian Brazilian|4ª Colônia de Imigração Italiana]] (4th Colony of Italian Immigration). As a result, it includes people of Italian, Portuguese and Spanish descent.

The municipality Pinhal Grande was created under Law nº 9600 20 March 1992.

== See also == * [[List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *https://web.archive.org/web/20070930200804/http://www.citybrazil.com.br/rs/itacurubi/ {{in lang|pt}}

{{Municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul}}

[[Category:Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul]]

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