Garruchos, Rio Grande do Sul

Garruchos
Garruchos
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Rio Grande do Sul state
	Garruchos Location in Brazil
	Coordinates: 28°11′2″S 55°38′20″W / 28.18389°S 55.63889°W
Country	Brazil
State	Rio Grande do Sul
Meso-region	Sudoeste Rio-Grandense
Micro-region	Campanha Ocidental
Area
• Total	799.85 km2 (308.82 sq mi)
Population (2020 )
• Total	2,886
• Density	3.6/km2 (9.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Postal code	97685-xxx
Website	www.garruchos.rs.gov.br

Garruchos is a municipality in the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The population is 2,886 (2020 est.) in an area of 799.85 km².^[2] Its elevation is 69 m by the Uruguay River. It is located 627 km west of the state capital of Porto Alegre, northeast of Alegrete.

The town is situated by the Uruguay River which forms the border with Argentina to the west; an Argentine settlement with the same name, Garruchos, is on the other side.

The municipality would be partially flooded by the proposed Garabí Dam.^[3]

References[edit]

^ IBGE 2020
^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
^ Eletrobras apresenta Garabi-Panambi a prefeitos (in Portuguese), Eletrobras CGTEE, 7 April 2014, retrieved 2016-11-11

External links[edit]

http://www.citybrazil.com.br/rs/garruchos/ (in Portuguese)

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[1] IBGE 2020

[2] Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística

[3] Eletrobras apresenta Garabi-Panambi a prefeitos (in Portuguese), Eletrobras CGTEE, 7 April 2014, retrieved 2016-11-11

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