{{Short description|City in Brazil}} {{More citations needed|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Sapiranga | nickname = | motto = | website = [http://www.sapiranga.rs.gov.br/ Prefeitura de Sapiranga] | image_skyline = PracaBandeiraSapiranga.jpg | image_flag = Bandeira_de_Sapiranga.png | image_shield = Coat_of_arms_of_Sapiranga_RS.png | image_map = RioGrandedoSul_Municip_Sapiranga.svg | map_caption = Location in [[Rio Grande do Sul]], [[Brazil]] | subdivision_type = [[List of countries|Country]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Brazil|Region]] | subdivision_type2 = [[States of Brazil|State]] | subdivision_name = [[Brazil]] | subdivision_name1 = [[South Region, Brazil|South]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Rio Grande do Sul]] | leader_title = [[Mayor]] | leader_name = Corinha Molling ([[Progressive Party (Brazil)|PP]]) | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1955 | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | area_footnotes = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 137.519 | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_km2 = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_sq_mi = | population_footnotes = | population_as_of = 2020 <ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rs/sapiranga/panorama IBGE 2020]</ref> | population_total = 75.613 | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = 538.0 | population_density_sq_mi = | timezone = [[Time in Brazil|BRT]] | utc_offset = &minus;3 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | footnotes = }}

'''Sapiranga''' is a city in [[Brazil]] in the state of [[Rio Grande do Sul]] with a [[Population (human biology)|population]] of roughly 80,000 inhabitants. It is located in an industrial area called "Vale dos Sinos", by the Rio dos Sinos (River of the Bells). The town's economy relies heavily on the shoe industry. Other industries are present, but mostly linked to the shoe manufacturing process, such as metallurgic plants in which [[machinery]] is built to later be employed in the production of [[shoes]].

Sapiranga is {{convert|59|km|0|abbr=on}} away from [[Porto Alegre]]. The city's area is {{convert|137.5|km²|0|abbr=on}}.

Sapiranga is known as the "City of the Roses". Sapiranga's Festival of Roses originated with simple competitions to see who had the best gardens or bouquets of roses. Today, it has grown into a large festival with music, dancing, and roses. It takes place each November in the Immigrant Park.

==Ferrabraz Hills== From the peak of Ferrabraz there are views of the surrounding peaks, Sapiranga and its neighboring cities below. On a clear day it is possible to see the buildings and the lights of [[Porto Alegre]].{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} Ferrabraz attracts tourists through its walking trails, history, hidden waterfalls, historical monuments, and to participate in [[hang gliding]], [[paragliding]], hiking, cross country and downhill mountain biking, rappelling, and [[motocross]].{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} [[File:Pôr de sol.jpg|left|thumb|Sunset at Ferrabraz]] The Ferrabraz is a reference of Sapiranga, being featured in the city's coat of arms. The sunset on the hill attracts dozens of people. In the second half of the 19th century, Ferrabraz was marked by the battle of the Muckers, which happened in its foothills. This same area is where, today, is the historical site of the Muckers marked by the route Caminhos de Jacobina.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

==Sports== The town has a [[football (soccer)|soccer]] team: Associação Esportiva Sapiranga.

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

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==External links== *[https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=sapiranga,+brazil&ie=UTF8&z=13&om=1&iwloc=A Sapiranga detailed city Street Map] *[http://www.sapiranga.rs.gov.br/ Sapiranga city government ''(Portuguese)''] *[http://www.sapiranga.rs.gov.br/site/turismo/visualizar/id/7/?O-Morro-Ferrabraz.html O Morro Ferrabraz (Portuguese)]

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