Barra do Chuí, known officially as Praia da Barra do Chuí, is a resort in the municipality of
Santa Vitória do Palmar
Santa Vitória do Palmar (lit. "Saint Victoria of the Palms") is a Brazilian city and municipality. It is the southernmost municipality in Brazil, located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. To the west of the municipality is the Lagoa Mirim and ...
, in
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...
. It is the
southernmost resort in Rio Grande do Sul and
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
,
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Barra del Chuy is a resort (''balneario'') in the Rocha Department of southeastern Uruguay. Its name means Mouth of Chui (stream). It is the last coastal resort of Uruguay, bordering Brazil to the southeast with the stream Arroyo Chui as the natura ...
in Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
, separated by the Chuí Stream
The Chuí, or Chuy'', ''Stream (Portuguese: ''Arroio Chuí'' , Rioplatense Spanish: ''Arroyo Chuy'' or ), is a short stream on the Brazilian–Uruguayan border that is celebrated as Brazil's southernmost point.
Geography
The Chui rises in a sm ...
, the southernmost extreme point of Brazil.
The Chuí Stream separates it from the Uruguayan homonymous spa in the Rocha Department
Rocha () is a department in the east of Uruguay. Its capital is the city of Rocha. It borders Maldonado Department to its west, Lavalleja Department to its northwest, Treinta y Tres Department to its north, while to its northeast Laguna Merín f ...
. The border cities of Chuy
Chuy () is a city in the extreme east of Uruguay, in the Rocha Department, northeast of Montevideo. It lies on the border with Brazil, separated from its Brazilian sister town of Chuí only by a shared avenue that serves as the border, and by the ...
and Chuí
Chuí () is a municipality located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It's the southernmost municipality of Brazil, located in the coordinates 33°41′0″S . A border town, it shares its name with sister city Chuy, Uruguay. The two town ...
rise a few kilometers away.
References
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Beaches of Brazil
Seaside resorts in Brazil
Tourist attractions in Rio Grande do Sul