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    Comerciantes: Uma Forma de Organização dos Imigrantes Europeus nas Colônias Agrícolas no Sul do Brasil". In Scripta Nova. Revista Electrónica de Geografía y...
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    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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    Trindade do Sul is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The municipality of Trindade do Sul is a part of the Microregion of Frederico...
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    Colônia Santo Antônio is a district located in the city of Amaral Ferrador, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Approximately 80 years ago, Colônia Santo Antônio...
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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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    (município) and one of the oldest cities in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It was the state capital from 1835 to 1845. It is the most important port...
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    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. Although...
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    da Colônia, Portuguese for "Colony Pathway", is a scenic tourist route of four settlements in the Serra Gaúcha in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern...
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    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 Porto Alegre...
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    Comerciantes: Uma Forma de Organização dos Imigrantes Europeus nas Colônias Agrícolas no Sul do Brasil". Scripta Nova – Revista Electrónica de Geografía y Ciencias...
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    Italians settled in cottages in the rural area of São Bernardo do Campo that were called colônias. By the beginning of the 20th century, Japanese immigrants...
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    Augusto Pestana (politician) (category Republican Party of Rio Grande do Sul politicians)
    Born in Rio de Janeiro, Pestana moved in the late 1880s to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost state, where he would become a specialist in railroad...
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    Europeans, particularly Poles. In southern Brazil, the immigrants settled in colônias (colonies), which were rural areas, composed of many small farms, settled...
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    The Historic Center of Caxias do Sul (Portuguese: Centro Histórico de Caxias do Sul) is a Special Sector of the city contemplated in its General Plan...
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    co-official in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, highlighted in red: Bento Gonçalves, Caxias do Sul, Flores da Cunha, Nova Roma do Sul, and Serafina Corrêa. Municipalities...
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  • Thumbnail for Italian immigration in Rio Grande do Sul
    Comerciantes: Uma Forma de Organização dos Imigrantes Europeus nas Colônias Agrícolas no Sul do Brasil". Scripta Nova — Revista Electrónica de Geografía y Ciencias...
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    population. The majority settled in the Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Less than 5% of Germans...
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    Janeiro, in exchange for the Colonia del Sacramento to the Spanish. In that year, the lands of the Captaincy of Paraíba do Sul, now extinct, were added,...
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    The governor of Rio Grande do Sul is the head of government of the state's executive branch, assisted by his secretaries, whom he freely chooses. Elected...
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    (Portuguese: [aˈɡu.du] , lit. 'acute') is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil. Agudo is 83 meters above sea level. The...
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    Grande do Sul Garibaldi, Rio Grande do Sul Guabiju, Rio Grande do Sul Ivorá, Rio Grande do Sul Marau, Rio Grande do Sul Nova Bassano, Rio Grande do Sul Nova...
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    city of São Paulo, Brazil. It is originally known as the "Clássico das Colônias" or in the English language "Colonial Derby", as it represented, since...
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    The German colonization in Rio Grande do Sul was a large-scale and long-term project of the Brazilian government, motivated initially by the desire to...
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    João Spadari Adami (category History of Rio Grande do Sul)
    História de Caxias do Sul: Volume I: Caxias A Pérola das Colônias; Volume II: Caxias do Sul; Volume III: História de Caxias do Sul 1864-1962; Volume IV:...
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    São Francisco do Sul, Araquari, Guaramirim, Schroeder, Jaraguá do Sul and Campo Alegre (this one in the microregion of São Bento do Sul). The city contains...
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    Serra Gaúcha (category Rio Grande do Sul articles missing geocoordinate data)
    comprising the mountainous areas in the northeastern portion of Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil. Most of its inhabitants are of German and Italian...
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  • Ambrosius Schupp (category Rio Grande do Sul)
    do Rio Grande do Sul, 1913 Fenômenos luminosos no mundo orgânico, 1905 Os Muckers – Episódio Histórico Ocorrido Nas Colônias Alemãs do Rio Grande do Sul...
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    The Quarta Colônia State Park Portuguese: Parque Estadual Quarta Colônia is a state park in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It protects an area...
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    Old Sanctuary of Our Lady of Caravaggio (category Churches in Rio Grande do Sul)
    Caravaggio, in the Brazilian city of Farroupilha, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. It was the center of devotion to Our Lady of Caravaggio in the state until...
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    the region of Curitiba, in the towns of Mallet, Cruz Machado, São Matheus do Sul, Irati, Rebouças, Rio Azul and União da Vitória.[citation needed] Most Polish...
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