Nova Petrópolis

 city, municipality

www.novapetropolis.rs.gov.br/

Nova Petrópolis is a municipality in the Southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is situated in the Serra Gaúcha, about 100 km north of Porto Alegre, the state capital. The population is around 20,000 people and the majority of the native people are descendants of German, though the city has also one of the most expressive Czech communities in Rio Grande do Sul[1]. The German language or Riograndenser Hunsrückisch is still widely spoken in the municipality. Tourism is the main economic activity, followed by wool clothes manufacturing, dairy farming and shoemaking. Nova Petrópolis is one of the towns along the Serra Gaúcha scenic route known as Rota Romântica. The town is also part of the scenic Região das Hortênsias. Some known towns near Nova Petrópolis are Caxias do Sul, Novo Hamburgo, São Leopoldo, Feliz, Gramado, Canela. The state capital city Porto Alegreis located about 100km South of Nova Petropólis.