Barra do Quaraí
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municipality of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil
Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- South
- State
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Founded
- December 28, 1995
- Mayor
- Iad Mahoud Abder Rahim Choli
- Total
- 1,056.14 km (407.78 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 35 m (115 ft)
- Density
- 4.002/km (10.37/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−3 ( BRT )
- Hdi 2000
- 0.777 – medium
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Demonym
- barrense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Population
- 4340
- Area
- 1056.146
- Elevation
- 35
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Shares border with
- Uruguaiana
- Official website
- www.barradoquarai.rs.gov.br
- Image
- Puente Bella Union Barra Quarai.jpg
- Dialing code
- 55
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- Commons category
- Barra do Quaraí
- Human Development Index
- 0.662
- inception
- 1995-01-01
- electorate
- 3018
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Encyclopedic overview
Barra do Quaraí (also Quarahim in archaic Portuguese spelling) is a Brazilian municipality located near the border with Uruguay (on the Rio Quaraí) and Argentina on the Uruguay River. The town became the westernmost city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul and in all Southern Brazil when it was separated from the municipality of Uruguaiana on December 28, 1995. The population is 4,227 (2020 est.) in an area of 1056.14 km. Its elevation is 35 m. It is located 717 km west of the state capital of Porto Alegre, and roughly the same distance northwest of Montevideo, Uruguay. Under Brazilian law, the municipality includes an island named Ilha Brasileira, also claimed by Uruguay, where it is known as Isla Brasilera.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barra do Quaraí” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.