Boa Vista do Buricá is a municipality

Municipality

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 in 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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, located at 27°40′07"S 54°06′36"W, at an altitude of 291 meters above sea level. It has an area of 108,732 kilometers². The population was estimated at 6,468 in 2007. It has a predominantly agricultural economy, but there is also an industrial park for small and medium enterprises in different sectors. Its population consists mainly of the descendants Europe

Europe

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an of immigrants, the vast majority of German

Germans

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ic origin. German is frequently used.

See also

• List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul