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Also known as Girua

Giruá is a municipality in the northern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The population is 15,863 (2020 est.) in an area of 855.92 km2. It is located 474 km west of the state capital of Porto Alegre, northeast of Alegrete. It also borders Santa Rosa and Santo Ângelo.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Giruá
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
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Brasão_Giruá.jpg
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RioGrandedoSul Municip Girua.svg
Settlement.map_caption
Location in Rio Grande do Sul state
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Brazil
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Location in Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Rio Grande do Sul <!--
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Meso-region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Noroeste Rio-Grandense -->
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Micro-region
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Santo Ângelo
Settlement.leader_title
Prefect
Settlement.area_total_km2
855.92
Settlement.population_total
15,863
Settlement.population_as_of
2020

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Bounding municipalities
  • Economy
  • History
  • See also
  • References
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Giruá is a municipality in the northern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The population is 15,863 (2020 est.) in an area of 855.92 km2. It is located 474&nbsp;km west of the state capital of Porto Alegre, northeast of Alegrete. It also borders Santa Rosa and Santo Ângelo.

==Bounding municipalities== Santa Rosa Três de Maio Independência Catuípe Santo Ângelo Sete de Setembro Senador Salgado Filho

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Giruá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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