Itaqui

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Itaqui
Settlement.nickname: The Portal of Rio Grande
Settlement.image_skyline: RioUruguai.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250 px
Settlement.image_caption: A view of the Uruguay river from the port of Itaqui (Background: Alvear, Corrientes, Argentina)
Settlement.image_flag: Bandeira-itaqui.png
Settlement.flag_size: 80 px
Settlement.image_shield: Brasão de Itaqui.png
Settlement.shield_size: 80 px
Settlement.image_map: RioGrandedoSul Municip Itaqui.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 200 px
Settlement.map_caption: Itaqui's location in the state of Rio Grande do Sul
Settlement.government_type: Prefecture
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor (Prefeito)
Settlement.leader_name: Leonardo Dicson Sanchez Betin
Settlement.established_title: Emancipated?
Settlement.established_date: December 6, 1858
Settlement.area_total_km2: 3406

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Itaqui is a municipality in Brazil, located in the southwestern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, close to the Argentinian border, between Uruguaiana and São Borja. It sits at a mean altitude of 57 meters (187 ft), by the Uruguay River. Its population is currently estimated at 37,489.

== Geography ==

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