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Tucunduva is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Known as the Capital of Mechanized Crops, Tucunduva has the highest grain yield per hectare in Brazil and is also known as the Land of Musicians.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Tucunduva
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.motto
"Quem trabalha vence"
Settlement.population_demonym
Tucunduvense
Settlement.image_caption
Entrance of Guarani das Missões
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2
State
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Mesoregion
Settlement.subdivision_type4
Microregion
Settlement.subdivision_name1
South
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Rio Grande do Sul
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Noroeste Rio-Grandense
Settlement.subdivision_name4
Santa Rosa
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.established_date
10 September 1959
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Jonas Fernando (PDT, 2021 - 2024)

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Wikidata facts

Demonym
tucunduvense
Country
Brazil
Population
12538
Area
180.804
Elevation
223
Shares border with
Horizontina
Official website
www.tucunduva.rs.gov.br
Dialing code
55
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Human Development Index
0.828
Commons category
Tucunduva
electorate
4698
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • Geography
  • See also
  • References

Tucunduva is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Known as the Capital of Mechanized Crops, Tucunduva has the highest grain yield per hectare in Brazil and is also known as the Land of Musicians.

== Etymology == The etymological roots of the name "Tucunduva" are difficult to reach. Some stories say that João Tucunduva was the first resident of the place. His father was called Captain Carvalho Rodrigues Tucunduva and his uncle was Colonel José Rodrigues Tucunduva. Coming from the province of São Paulo, current state of Paraná, where there were forests of small palm trees named in the Guarani language of Tucun and its collective of Uva. This made them come to be known as Rodrigues brothers from the Tucun da Uva lands and it was in his honor that the municipality was renamed Tucunduva.

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