Rio Grande do Sul (UK: /ˌriːuː ˌɡrændi duː ˈsʊl/, US: /- ˌɡrɑːndi duː ˈsuːl/, Portuguese: [ˈʁi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃dʒ(i) du ˈsuw] ; lit. "Great River of the South")...
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Rio Grande (lit. "Great River") is a municipality (município) and one of the oldest cities in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It was the state...
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The coast of Rio Grande do Sul corresponds to the coastal strip located in Rio Grande do Sul. The coast is divided into two regions: north and south....
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The 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods are severe floods caused by heavy rains and storms that have hit the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, and the adjacent...
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a city on the coast of south Brazil in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city has a population of approximately 40,000 inhabitants, of which 10,000 live...
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an extratropical cyclone resulted in the deaths of at least 47 people in Rio Grande do Sul state of Brazil, 940 injured, and caused $1.3 million in damage...
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The history of Rio Grande do Sul begins with the arrival of Man in the region, around 12,000 years ago. Its most dramatic changes, however, occurred in...
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The Rio Grande do Sul Memorial (English: Memorial do Rio Grande do Sul) is a cultural center in Porto Alegre, housed in a historic property located in...
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Chuí (redirect from Chui, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
[ʃuˈi]) is a municipality located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It's the southernmost town of Brazil, located at latitude 33°41′0″S. A border...
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city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil. It was created by Law 2022 from December 7, 1959. Located on the bank of Guaíba...
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southernmost municipality in Brazil, located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. To the west of the municipality is the Lagoa Mirim and beyond that is Uruguay;...
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Rota do Sol (Route of the Sun) is a federal highway with a length of approximately 202 miles (325 km) that links the east coast of Rio Grande do Sul to...
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639327°W / -33.126080; -52.639327), on the South Atlantic Ocean, in the Rio Grande do Sul state. It is purported to be the longest uninterrupted sandy seashore...
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Porto Alegre (redirect from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul)
'Joyful Harbor') is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1.3 million inhabitants (2022) makes it the...
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Rio Grande do Norte (UK: /ˌriːuː ˌɡrændi duː ˈnɔːrti/, US: /- ˌɡrɑːn-/, Portuguese: [ˈʁi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃dʒ(i) du ˈnɔʁtʃi] ) is one of the states of Brazil. It...
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Xangri-lá (category Populated coastal places in Rio Grande do Sul)
coast of Brazil, in the state Rio Grande do Sul. It is 134 kilometers from Porto Alegre, the state capital. List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul...
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Ocean Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego Rio Grande, Minas Gerais Rio Grande, Rio de Janeiro Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande, Jalisco Río Grande Municipality...
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Rio Grande do Sul refers to the movement constituted by scientists and laymen in defense of the environment of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul...
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The Invasion of Rio Grande do Sul began on June 10, 1865 when about 7,500 soldiers under the command of General Antonio de la Cruz Estigarribia invaded...
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Pelotas (redirect from Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul)
the fourth most populous in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, after Porto Alegre, Caxias do Sul and Canoas. It is located 270 km (168 mi) from...
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south of the mouth of the Rio Paraíba do Sul in Rio de Janeiro state; and along the coast of southern Santa Catarina state and Rio Grande do Sul state...
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Gravataí (category Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul)
(Tupi–Guarani: gravatá, a kind of flower common in the region; y, river.) is a Brazilian municipality near Porto Alegre at the Rio Grande do Sul State. Its population...
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city of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, located in northeastern Brazil. According to IBGE's 2022 estimate, the city had a total population of 751,300...
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Maurício Sirotsky Sobrinho (category People from Rio Grande do Sul)
honor of Jovem Guarda and Atlântida-Sul beach, on the north coast of Rio Grande do Sul. In 1964, Ary de Carvalho, from the extinct Rio Grande do Sul branch...
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Christie Question (category History of Rio Grande do Sul)
ship ran aground on the coast of the then province of Rio Grande do Sul, in a desert region of dangerous beaches at the height of the Albardão Lighthouse...
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List of rivers in Rio Grande do Sul (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributaries indented...
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Flamarion's tuco-tuco (redirect from Tuco-tuco of the dunes)
karyotype has 2n = 48 and FN = 50–78. It is endemic to the coastal dunes of Rio Grande do Sul state, southern Brazil. The species is threatened by habitat loss...
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Arroio do Sal is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is about 30 km south of Torres and 30 km north of Capão da Canoa, thus in...
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Pampas (category Environment of Rio Grande do Sul)
provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and Brazil's southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul. The vast plains...
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BR-101 (Brazil highway) (category Highways in Rio de Janeiro (state))
virtually the entire east coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte to Rio Grande do Sul. The highway has not been built between two stretches between Peruíbe...
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