Pelotas

Pelotas
	City and Municipality
Pelotas
	Pelotas
Flag	Emblem
A country	Brazil
State	Rio Grande do Sul
The mayor	Adolph Anthonyu Fetter Zhr. ; ( PP )
History and Geography
Based	1812
Square	1,608.768 km²
Center height	7 m
Climate type	subtropical
Timezone	UTC − 3 , summer UTC − 2
Population
Population	350 358 people ( 2007 )
Density	219.4 people / km²
Katoykonim	pelotense
Digital identifiers
Telephone code	+55 53
Postcode

Pelotas ( port. Pelotas ) - a city and municipality in Brazil , is part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul , 271 km from the state capital - the city of Porto Alegre . A component of the Southeast Rio Grande do Sul Mesoregion. Included in the economic and statistical micro-region of Pelotas . The population is 350,358 people for 2007 . It covers an area of 1,608.768 km². The population density is 219.4 people / km².

There are two universities in the city: Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel) and Universidade Católica de Pelotas (UCPEL) , two theaters , a public library and three museums. Near the city is the Bartolomeu de Gusmão International Airport (named after Bartolomeu de Guzmán ).

Pelotas is one of the state football centers. There are three football clubs in the city.

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History

The city was founded on July 7, 1812 .

Statistics

The gross domestic product for 2005 is 2 644 670 000.00 reais (data: Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ).
The gross domestic product per capita for 2005 is 7721.00 reais (data: Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ).
The Human Development Index for 2000 is 0.816 (data: United Nations Development Program ).

Geography

Climate: subtropical. According to the Köppen classification , the climate belongs to the Cfa category.

Gallery

Cathedral

Twin Cities

Pelotas has friendly relations with the following twin cities :

City	A country	date
Aveiro	Portugal	1970
Aracati	Brazil
Colonia del sacramento	Uruguay
Suzu	Japan