Herval is a Brazilian municipality in the southern part of the state of

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 ...

. The population is 6,814 (2020 est.) in an area of 1757.84 km².Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
/ref> Its elevation is 287 m. Its main industry is agriculture. Herval is situated south of the

Piratini River The River Piratini (Rio Piratini) is a Brazilian river in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. Until 1864 it marked, for most of its course, the accepted frontier between Uruguay and Brazil. The river rises at the watershed between the R� ...

, which was defined in 1777 as the border between the Spanish and Portuguese possessions. The current border between Uruguay and Brazil lies further south, at the Jaguarão River. Herval is famous for its international

rodeo Rodeo () is a competitive equestrian sport that arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain and Mexico, expanding throughout the Americas and to other nations. It was originally based on the skills required of the working va ...

festival, organized every January.

Bounding municipalities

Arroio Grande Arroio Grande (Portuguese meaning the big stream) is a Brazilian municipality in the southern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The population is 18,238 (2020 est.) in an area of 2513.60 km². Its second industry is agriculture which wa ...

* Jaguarão *

Pedras Altas Pedras Altas (Portuguese language, Portuguese meaning "High Rocks") is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the southern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The population is 1,954 (2020 est.) in an area of 1377.37 km2. T ...

Pedro Osório Pedro Osório is a Brazilian municipality in the southeastern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The population is 7,706 (2020 est.) in an area of 608.79 km². The municipality was founded on April 3, 1958 from parts of the municipaliti ...

Pinheiro Machado Pinheiro Machado () is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. History Pinheiro Machado is one of the most ancient towns in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Until 1830, the area was owned by the city of Rio Grande. After it beca ...

* Piratini

References

External links

*http://www.citybrazil.com.br/rs/herval/ Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul {{RioGrandedoSul-geo-stub