Viamão

Viamão is a city of the Brésil.

It is the largest commune of the Métroplitaine Area of Porto Alegre. It is located with the mouth of Rio Guaíba in the Lagoa back Patos. It is a ground with rural prevalence, where many gaúchos goes in holiday, owing to the fact that many fazendas was reconverted in places of leisures. Its relative peace, its more human town planning and its least population density make a place of residence of it appreciated by many people.

History

The origins of Viamão are directly related to the argument of the existing territory between Laguna (Santa Catarina) and Colônia C Sacramento (Colonia, Uruguay) on behalf of the Portuguese and of the Spanish . This territory, a crossing point of stockbreeders of cows and mule smuggling between Potosí E Sorocaba, was then known like the " Campos de Viamão" (Fields of Viamão), future Province of São Pedro C Rio Grande C Sul.

One regards as the beginning of the creation of the city the authorization for the construction of a vault intended for the worship of Notre-Dame of the Design, conceded the September 14th 1741.

In 1763, when the Spaniards invaded the Rio Grande and took strong the Jesus-Maria-Jose, the seat of the general Government of the province was transferred to Viamão , where it will remain until 1773 and where fled of many people in front of the invader. The place is transformed into extreme limit of the Luso-Brazilian Empire.

The importance of Viamão is not limited to initial times of the colonization of the State, when Porto Alegre did not exist yet like city: it was hardly its port. Moreover, when the couple natives of the Azores arrived in the area, they settled originally with Viamão , in its sistrict of Itapuã.

Almost hundred years later, Viamão was again the scene of another significant event of the history gaúcha: the Revolution Farroupilha. In June 1836, Bento Gonçalves and its troops there assembled a camping and improvised cutting off and fortifcations between the central zone of the Municipality and the Villa of Itapuã. Viamão was one of the most disputed zones and where the confrontations more the violent ones occurred. From this time remains ruins of a fort in current Parc Estadual d' Itapuã, and a few hundred meters of sliced in this zone and that of the large district Lomba da Tarumã. The place was strategic to besiege Porto Alegre.

In recognition for the support received in the city, the Farrapos raised Viamão in the condition of Villa (suburb), in 1838, when the city was renamed Vila Setembrina (in hommagem at the starting date of the Révolution, 20 of September). It formed, in partnership with Triunfo, Comarca Abrilina, and remained Vila until in 1841, when, after the defeat of Farrapos, it turned over to its condition former of part of Porto Alegre.

In 1880, Viamão became a commune independent of Porto Alegre.

Economy

Although located in metropolitan zone, the saving in Viamão is with prevalent agricultural and of breeding.

The added-value of the agricultural production and the breeding account for 25% of more than added-value than industry and three times more than that of the trade on the territory of the Municipality. However, within sight of the occupation of the ground (approximately 15% of the geographical territory), the city remains a " city-dortoir" enough pleasant to live in its districts distant from its limits with Porto Alegre.

Returned per head (2000): R$ 253,87 (Exchange 2000: R$1,00 = 4,00 FF)
Source: Atlas of the Humain/PNUD Development - 2000
GDP per head (2002): R$ 3.120,49 (Exchange 2002: 1,00€ = R$3,30)

Mayors

2004 Alex Sander Alves Boscaini (Pt) - elected official with 33.584 votes
2000 Eliseu Fagundes Chaves (Pt) - elected official with 39.173 votes

Demography

Coefficient of infant mortality (1998): 18,01 per 1000
Population growth (2005): 2,57% per annum
Index of Human development (IDH): 0,808 (Atlas of the Human Development UNDP - 2000)
50,94% women
49,06% men
93,05% of the population is urban
6,95% of the population is rural

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