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State:	Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil, and the state with the fifth highest Human Development Index in the country. In this state is located the southernmost city in the country, Chuí, on the border with Uruguay. In the region of Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul, the largest wine...
Meso-region:	Westcentral Rio Grande do Sul (Centro Ocidental Rio-Grandense) Centro Ocidental Rio-Grandense The Centro Ocidental Rio-Grandense is one of the seven meso-regions of the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. It consists of the union of 31 municipalities, grouped in three microregions.-Microrregions:* Restinga Seca* Santa Maria* Santiago...
Micro-Region:	Santiago
Anniversary:	January 28, 1955
Founded:	January 28, 1955
Nicknames:	Productivity Capital
Location Location (geography) The terms location and place in geography are used to identify a point or an area on the Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term 'location' generally implies a higher degree of can certainty than "place" which often has an ambiguous boundary relying more on human/social attributes of place identity... :	28.026/28° 1' 40" S lat. 54.35/54° 21' W long.
Postal code:	98870-xxx
Name of inhabitants:	Giruaense
Distance from the capital:	474 km
Website:	www.pmgirua.rs.gov.br

Giruá is a municipality

Municipality

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 of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil, and the state with the fifth highest Human Development Index in the country. In this state is located the southernmost city in the country, Chuí, on the border with Uruguay. In the region of Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul, the largest wine...

, Brazil

Brazil

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. The last part of the origin of the name comes from the Tupi language. It is located 474 km west of the state capital of Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...

, northeast of Alegrete

Alegrete

Alegrete is a town and a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul located in southern Brazil. Its medium altitude is 102 m. Its estimated population in 2008 was 78,984 inhabitants and the total area is 7,803.967 km² . Its inhabitants are called Alegretenses.Alegrete was settled in 1816 and became a...

.

Bounding municipalities

• Santa Rosa
  Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul
  Santa Rosa is a town in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, located at latitude 27º52'15" and longitude 54º28'53" at a height of 277 meters above sea level. It has an area of 488.42 km²...
  
  
• Três de Maio
  Três de Maio
  Três de Maio is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located at .It has an area of 424,26 km². It is located 343 m over sea level. As of 2004 its population was 24,211 inhabitants. Its climate is mild with temperatures of 20°C to 35°C in summer and 0 to 15°C ...
  
  
• Independência
  Independência, Rio Grande do Sul
  Independência is a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Its population was 7,214 in 2003. Its elevation is at .-Bounding municipalities:*Três de Maio*Alegria*Inhacorá*Catuípe*Giruá-External links:...
  
  
• Catuípe
  Catuípe
  Catuípe is a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Its nickname is known as the Land of Spring Water in which its springs are located around the municipality. The origin of the name comes from the Tupi language...
  
  
• Santo Ângelo
  Santo Ângelo
  Santo Ângelo is a city located in northwestern Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. City population is about 76,304 inhabitants and the total area of the municipality is about 677 km²...
  
  
• Sete de Setembro
  Sete de Setembro
  Sete de Setembro is a municipality in the state Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.-See also:*List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul...
  
  
• Senador Salgado Filho
  Senador Salgado Filho
  Senador Salgado Filho is a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is located 492 km west of the state capital of Porto Alegre, northeast of Alegrete and east of Argentina.-Bounding municipalities:*Santa Rosa*Giruá...
  
  

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It is situated in a volcanic-rich soil. Girua is mainly based in agriculture and manufacturing in its economy. It has a large soy production in which it receives its nickname, the Capital of Production. Corn

Maize

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, wheat

Wheat

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, oats

OATS

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 and other crops are the main production of the municipality.

Situated in the Missões

Missões

Missões or Missões do Uruguai is the region located in the Northwestern part of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, close to the border between Brazil and Argentina....

 region. Giruá was first inhabited by the Indians known as the Guaranis. Its vegetation is the most peculiar in Rio Grande do Sul. The first name of the city was Jerivá.

It received Europe

Europe

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an immigration and the name of the city was changed to Giruá. Lithuania

Lithuania

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ns, Swedes

Sweden

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 and Germans

Germans

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and other Europeans had difficulty pronouncing the name Jerivá, and they begin to pronounced as Giruá, the current name.

Girua Online

The prefecture attracts the information sector created and maintained the city's website www.pmgirua.com.br, with news on the city, photos, data, information and other diverse contents.

External links

• http://www.citybrazil.com.br/rs/girua/
• Map and Aerial photos:
  • Coordinates: 28°1′40"S 54°21′0"W
  • Street maps: Street map from Mapquest, MapPoint or Google
  • Satellite images and Aerial photos: Google