São Nicolau

São Nicolau is a municipality of the state of , . It was founded in 1626 by Jesuit priest Roque González y de Santa Cruz. The population is 5,208 in an area of 485.32 km2.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: municipality of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil
  • Also known as: “São Nicolão”, “Sao Nicolau”, “São Nicolau, Rio Grande do Sul”, and “Sítio Arqueológico de São Nicolau”

São Nicolau

Latitude
-28.1851° or 28° 11′ 6″ south
Longitude
-55.26144° or 55° 15′ 41″ west
Population
5,120
Elevation
157 metres (515 feet)
Inception
1626
Open location code
5836RP7Q+XC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3884573059
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
3448450
Wiki­data ID
Q2008008
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Waray—“São Nicolau” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “São Nicolau”
  • Basque: “São Nicolau (Rio Grande do Sul)”
  • Basque: “São Nicolau”
  • Bishnupriya: “সাও নিকোলৌ”
  • Catalan: “São Nicolau”
  • Cebuano: “São Nicolau (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “São Nicolau”
  • Chechen: “Сан-Николау (Риу-Гранди-ду-Сул)”
  • Chechen: “Сан-Николау”
  • Chinese: “São Nicolau”
  • Chinese: “圣尼古劳”
  • Dutch: “São Nicolau”
  • Esperanto: “São Nicolau”
  • French: “São Nicolau”
  • German: “São Nicolau”
  • Guarani: “São Nicolau (Rio Grande do Sul)”
  • Guarani: “São Nicolau”
  • Hungarian: “São Nicolau”
  • Irish: “São Nicolau”
  • Italian: “São Nicolau”
  • Kazakh: “San-Nïkolaw”
  • Kazakh: “Сан-Николау”
  • Kazakh: “سان-نىيكولاۋ”
  • Malagasy: “São Nicolau”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “São Nicolau”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “São Nicolau”
  • Norwegian: “São Nicolau”
  • Polish: “São Nicolau”
  • Portuguese: “Redução de São Nicolau”
  • Portuguese: “São Nicolau”
  • Romanian: “São Nicolau, Rio Grande do Sul”
  • Romanian: “Sao Nicolau”
  • Romanian: “São Nicolau”
  • Russian: “Сан-Николау”
  • Spanish: “Ruinas Jesuíticas de San Nicolás”
  • Spanish: “Sao Nicolau”
  • Spanish: “São Nicolau”
  • Swedish: “São Nicolau”
  • Tatar: “Сан-Николау (Риу-Гранди-ду-Сул)”
  • Tatar: “Сан-Николау”
  • Turkish: “São Nicolau, Rio Grande do Sul”
  • Volapük: “São Nicolau”
  • Waray (Philippines): “São Nicolau, Rio Grande do Sul”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sao Nicolau”
  • Waray (Philippines): “São Nicolau”

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