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Garruchos, Rio Grande do Sul

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Country
  
Brazil

Meso-region
  
Sudoeste Rio-Grandense

Time zone
  
BRT (UTC-3)

Area
  
799.8 km²

Local time
  
Friday 5:22 PM

State
  
Rio Grande do Sul

Micro-region
  
Campanha Ocidental

Postal code
  
97685-xxx

Population
  
3,219 (2015)

Garruchos, Rio Grande do Sul

Weather
  
24°C, Wind SE at 14 km/h, 84% Humidity

Garruchos is a municipality in the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The population is 3,219 (2015 est.) in an area of 799.85 km². Its elevation is 69 m by the Uruguay River. It is located 627 km west of the state capital of Porto Alegre, northeast of Alegrete.

Map of Garruchos - RS, Brazil

The town is situated by the Uruguay River which forms the border with Argentina to the west; an Argentine settlement with the same name, Garruchos, is on the other side.

The municipality would be partially flooded by the proposed Garabí Dam.

References

Garruchos, Rio Grande do Sul Wikipedia