Salto Grande (other)
Salto Grande may refer to: * Salto Grande, São Paulo, a municipality in Brazil * Salto Grande (waterfall), within the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile * Salto Grande Dam The Salto Grande Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Uruguay River, located between Concordia, Argentina, and Salto, Uruguay; thus shared between the two countries. The construction of the dam began in 1974 and was completed in 1979. Power ..., on the Uruguay River, between Uruguay and Argentina * Salto Grande Bridge, crossing the Uruguay River, joining Argentina and Uruguay {{geodis ...
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Salto Grande, São Paulo
Salto Grande is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2020 is 9,364 and the area is 189.072  km2 (73.001 sq mi). The elevation is 436 m (1,430 ft). Origin of the name Due to the large waterfalls that existed in the city submersed by damming of rivers for the construction of the hydroelectric plant. First, the city was called the Cachoeira Dos Dourados, then by Salto Grande do Paranapanema and from 1922 Salto Grande. History Around 1843 the region was inhabited by Caiuás and Guarani Indians, entrusted to catechesis of Friar pacific of Monte Falco, brought from Italy by Antonina Baron, owner of extensive land grants in northern of Paraná and southern of São Paulo. José Teodoro de Souza, who years earlier had been interested in the lands, recorded in 1856 a possession that was beginning in Salto Grande's waterfall in the river Paranapanema, and went to the mouth of the river Tibagi.Em then promoted the local population with white a ...
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