Travesseiro
Municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Travesseiro is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Travesseiro | |
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Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location within Rio Grande do Sul | |
  Travesseiro Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 29°17′38″S 52°03′18″W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Population (2022[1]) | |
• Total | 2,152 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Website | travesseiro.rs.gov.br |
History
Colonised by German and Italian immigrants, the municipality freed itself from Arroio do Meio in 1992, the result of an free movement born in the 1980s. The name is due to being it being a place of crossing the Jacaré stream, current Forqueta River, being a point of passage through the water.[2]
