Santa Cruz do Sul is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. 155 km from Porto Alegre and 142 km from Santa Maria, in the center of the state. Its population, according to estimates for 2021, was 132,271 inhabitants, making it the 15th most populous municipality in Rio Grande do Sul. It is located in the region of Vale do Rio Pardo. With a temperate climate, with vegetation from the Atlantic Forest and Pampa, and lithographic predominance of volcanic rocks.

The former Colony of Santa Cruz, one of the main centers of the German colonization of Rio Grande do Sul, both Portuguese and German are spoken there, mainly the Hunsrückisch dialect.

Its economy is historically linked to tobacco, being considered the tobacco capital of the world. It experienced strong economic expansion, verticalization, and rural exodus in the 20th century until the beginning of the 21st century, and in 2018 its GDP stood at 9.4 billion reais, the sixth highest in the state, while the Human Development Index (HDI) was of 0.733 in 2010, considered high.

With good infrastructure for tourism, the city is known for hosting the largest Oktoberfest in Rio Grande do Sul, the Oktoberfest in Santa Cruz do Sul, for hosting one of the largest amateur art festivals in Latin America, the Encontro de Arte e Tradição, and by the Autodromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul, also hosting two professional football clubs, Esporte Clube Avenida and Futebol Clube Santa Cruz.

The first inhabitants of the city came in 1849: they lived in huts and ranches. The colony was elevated to a parish in 1859. In 1879, according to a survey, 90.54% of the inhabitants of the Colony of Santa Cruz, excluding Brazilians, came from the Kingdom of Prussia, with 42.53% from Pomerania, 37.88 % from Rhineland, 4.46% from Prussia, 3.57% from Silesia, 1.65% from Westphalia, and 0.14% from Brandenburg. 8.92% came from other German states, and another 0.55% from other European regions.

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