{"id":4143,"date":"2023-10-10T12:06:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T15:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/ppgo\/?page_id=4143"},"modified":"2023-10-10T12:17:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T15:17:04","slug":"information-from-the-municipality-of-pelotas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/ppgo\/links-uteis\/information-from-the-municipality-of-pelotas\/","title":{"rendered":"Information from the Municipality of Pelotas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Information from the Municipality of Pelotas<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nA hub city in the southern region of Rio Grande do Sul, Pelotas has approximately 340 thousand inhabitants (https:\/\/www.pelotas.com.br\/cidade\/dados-gerais)<\/a>. It is located 250 km from Porto Alegre, the state capital, and is surrounded by five roads (BRs) that provide access to municipalities in neighboring countries Uruguay and Argentina. Pelotas has beaches bathed by the waters of Lagoa dos Patos, maintains a rich historical-cultural architectural heritage and preserves strong traces of its European colonization that are reflected in its gastronomy. The city’s economy is mainly based on agribusiness and commerce. Pelotas is also considered a university city as it has thousands of students linked to three higher education institutions, the Federal University of Pelotas and two other private entities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Location<\/strong><\/span>
\nPelotas has road access to important cities in the State and neighboring countries Uruguay and Argentina. It maintains a river port with cargo shipping to the Atlantic Ocean and has an airport with commercial flights to the Capital of RS.<\/span>
\nMain distances:<\/span>
\nRio Grande do Sul:<\/span>
\nChu\u00ed – 275 km<\/span>
\nGramado – 376 km<\/span>
\nJaguar\u00e3o – 145 km<\/span>
\nPorto Alegre – 249 km<\/span>
\nRio Grande – 59 km<\/span>
\nUruguay:<\/span>
\nPunta de Leste – 450 km<\/span>
\nMontevideo – 650 km<\/span>
\nArgentina:<\/span>
\nBuenos Aires – 1388 km<\/span><\/p>\n

Natural Beauties<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Pelotas maintains a strong relationship with water resources. The city is bathed by Lagoa dos Patos, Canal S\u00e3o Gon\u00e7alo and Arroio Pelotas. The first is one of the largest lagoons in the world, which connects to the Atlantic Ocean, bringing various species of seafood to local fishermen, such as shrimp and saltwater fish. Lagoa dos Patos gives rise to Laranjal, a neighborhood located 12 km from the city center, formed by four beaches (Santo Ant\u00f4nio, Valverde, Balne\u00e1rio dos Prazeres and Col\u00f4nia dos Pescadores Z3).<\/span>
\nThe S\u00e3o Gon\u00e7alo Canal is one of the most important natural canals in the country, which connects Lagoa dos Patos to Mirim, providing river access from Pelotas to Uruguay. The Arroio Pelotas runs through the city, enabling sports and leisure navigation, as well as the capture of freshwater fish.<\/span><\/p>\n

Historical heritage<\/strong><\/span>
\nPelotas is a national historical and artistic heritage, and cultural heritage of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. The city has dozens of buildings listed or listed as historical and cultural heritage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gastronomy<\/strong><\/span>
\nKnown as the National Capital of Sweets, Pelotas maintains the tradition of its first Portuguese immigrants in the production of artisanal egg-based sweets. Nests, egg floss, girl’s babas, cameos, angel’s puffs, stuffed straws and Santa Clara pastries can be tasted in the city’s countless sweet shops. Annually, trade entities together with the city’s sweet shops promote the National Sweets Fair (Fenadoce), which attracts thousands of tourists in search of sweet Portuguese delicacies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Economy<\/strong><\/span>
\nPelotas’ economic vocation is agribusiness and commerce. The region is the largest producer of peaches for the country’s canning industry. The city contributes around 30% of the State’s rice production, maintains a large and qualified beef cattle herd and has the largest milk production in RS.<\/span><\/p>\n

UFPel<\/strong><\/span>
\nCurrently, the Federal University of Pelotas has more than 20 thousand students, including 2.6 thousand postgraduate students, 16.4 thousand undergraduate students and 1.7 thousand distance learning students. The institution offers more than 90 undergraduate courses, 13 doctoral courses, 27 master’s courses, 22 specialization programs, five distance tutorials and seven medical residencies. UFPel website: here.<\/span><\/p>\n

Updated prices for housing, transport and food can be found here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Information from the Municipality of Pelotas A hub city in the southern region of Rio Grande do Sul, Pelotas has approximately 340 thousand inhabitants (https:\/\/www.pelotas.com.br\/cidade\/dados-gerais). It is located 250 km from Porto Alegre, the state capital, and is surrounded by five roads (BRs) that provide access to municipalities in neighboring countries Uruguay and Argentina. Pelotas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":480,"featured_media":0,"parent":1016,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"home-panels.php","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4143","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9I8SC-14P","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-14 11:15:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/ppgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/ppgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/ppgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/ppgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/480"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/ppgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4143"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/ppgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4415,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/ppgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4143\/revisions\/4415"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/ppgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.ufpel.edu.br\/ppgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}