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Pomerode was founded by Pomeranians in 1861 and is considered the "most typically German of all German towns of southern Brazil". One very remarkable characteristic about Pomerode is the fact that 90% of its residents speak German. [4] There is also a group of people in the community who speak the East Pomeranian dialect of Low German. [5]
It is considered the most "German" city in Brazil. Many towns in Southern Brazil have a majority of German-descent citizens. [29] Sometimes, Germans surnames were adapted or changed in Brazil to a more "understandable" writing in Portuguese since many were incomprehensible to Brazilians.
This is a list of "twin towns" or "sister cities" — that is, pairs of towns or cities in different countries which have town twinning arrangements. Note that the list is likely to always remain incomplete, since no canonical list of such arrangements exists.
Printable version; In other projects ... (Brazil) (1 C, 33 P) G. ... List of twin towns and sister cities in Brazil
A sign in Urussanga with its twin town, Longarone Map of Brazil. This is a list of municipalities in Brazil which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
Half-timbered buildings in the Aldeia do Imigrante Park in Nova Petrópolis, a typical construction type of German colonial architecture.. The German colonization in Rio Grande do Sul was a large-scale and long-term project of the Brazilian government, motivated initially by the desire to populate the south of Brazil, ensuring the possession of the territory, threatened by Spanish neighbors.
General map of Germany. This is a complete list of the 2,056 cities and towns in Germany (as of 1 January 2024). [1] [2] There is no distinction between town and city in Germany; a Stadt is an independent municipality (see Municipalities of Germany) that has been given the right to use that title.
List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro; List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte; Largest cities in Rio Grande do Sul by population; List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul; List of municipalities in Rondônia; List of municipalities in Roraima