Bossoroca is a

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of the western part of the

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. The population is 6,205 (2020 est.) in an area of 1610.57 km².Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
/ref> The name comes from the

Guarani language Guaraní (), specifically the primary variety known as Paraguayan Guarani ( "the people's language"), is a South American language that belongs to the Tupi–Guarani family of the Tupian languages. It is one of the official languages of P ...

, and may mean

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. It is located 524 km west of the state capital of

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, northeast of

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Bounding municipalities

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* Capão do Cipó *

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* Itacurubi *

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History

The area was first inhabited by the Guarani tribes. In the 17th and 18th centuries,

Jesuit missions The phrase Jesuit missions usually refers to a Jesuit missionary enterprise in a particular area, involving a large number of Jesuit priests and brothers, and lasting over a long period of time. List of some Jesuit missions * Circular Mission ...

were established in the area. The municipality of Bossoroca was created on March 4, 1967.

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070930200958/http://www.citybrazil.com.br/rs/bossoroca/ Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul {{RioGrandedoSul-geo-stub