Passo Fundo

Passo Fundo
Municipality
Municipality of Passo Fundo
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  Capital of the mid-Plateau, Land of the Good Folks
Motto(s):  Work, Brotherhood, Progress!
Location in Rio Grande do Sul
Passo Fundo Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 28°15′S 52°24′W / 28.250°S 52.400°W / -28.250; -52.400
Country	Brazil
Region	South
State	Rio Grande do Sul
Founded	1827
Incorporated	1857
Government
• Mayor	Pedro Cezar de Almeida Neto [1]
Area
• Total	758.27 km2 (292.77 sq mi)
Elevation	687 m (2,254 ft)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	204,722
• Density	241/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2010)	0.776 – high[3]
Website	pmpf.rs.gov.br

Passo Fundo is a municipality in the north of the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is named after its river. It's the tenth largest city in the state with an estimated population of 204,722 inhabitants living in a total municipal area of 780 km².

Passo Fundo is a city well known because of the singer, composer and filmmaker Vitor Mateus Teixeira, better known as Teixeirinha, he was born in the city of Rolante in Rio Grande do Sul, and adopted the city of Passo Fundo as his own, the singer liked a lot from the city, in 1960 he composed the song "Gaúcho de Passo Fundo", which was very successful and made Passo Fundo become a known city throughout Brazil. Teixeirinha composed two more songs in homage to the city of Passo Fundo, they are "Saudades de Passo Fundo" (1963) and "Passo Fundo do Coração" (1973), as well as producing and starring in a film set in the city, a film called "O Gaucho de Passo Fundo", released in 1978.