Santo Cristo

Santo Cristo
Municipality
Flag of Santo Cristo
Coat of arms of Santo Cristo
Location of Santo Cristo in Rio Grande do Sul
Location of Santo Cristo in Rio Grande do Sul
Country Brazil
RegionSouth
StateRio Grande do Sul
MesoregionNoroeste Rio-Grandense
MicroregionSanta Rosa
Founded28 January 1955
Government
 • MayorAdair Philippsen (MDB, 2021 - 2024)
Area
 • Total367.202 km2 (141.777 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total14,177
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
DemonymSantocristense
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
WebsiteOfficial website

Santo Cristo is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. As of 2020, the estimated population was 14,216.

The municipality would be partially flooded by the proposed Panambí Dam.[1]

  1. ^ Eletrobras apresenta Garabi-Panambi a prefeitos (in Portuguese), Eletrobras CGTEE, 7 April 2014, retrieved 2016-11-11