Ijuí () is a Brazilian

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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 ...

, situated from the state capital,

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, twelfth most populous city in the country ...

. In 2020 its population was 83,764, making it the third most populous city of the

Missões Missões, Brazil is a region of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil roughly occupying the same area previously dominated by the colonial missions founded by Saint Roque González. The ''Missões'' region is located in the northwestern part of the state ...

region, behind

Passo Fundo Passo Fundo is a municipality in the north of the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is named after its river. It's the twelfth largest city in the state with an estimated population of 204,722 inhabitants living in a total municipa ...

and

Erechim Erechim is a Brazilian municipality located in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. A regional center in the northern portion of the state, it is the second most populous city in the region with 106,633 inhabitants, second only to the city of ...

Demographics

The town is known as "The Land of Diversified Cultures" due to the various nationalities of its founding immigrants, especially from

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and others from

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. Ijuí has a variable daily population of approximately 100,000 people, being an important regional centre.

Infrastructure

Ijuí is a

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with major health services, containing one of the best hospitals away from the state capital, the Ijuí Charity Hospital (). The city is served by João Batista Bos Filho Airport.

Sport

EC São Luiz is the local professional

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team.

Famous natives

Dunga Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri (born 31 October 1963), known as Dunga (), is a Brazilian football manager and former professional player who played as a defensive midfielder. Under his captaincy, Brazil won the 1994 FIFA World Cup and he lifted ...

- Former coach of the

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and former player *

Felipe Mattioni Rohde Felipe Mattioni Rohde (born 15 October 1988), known as Mattioni, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back. He also holds Italian citizenship, and spent most of his career with Espanyol, being hindered by several injurie ...

- Football player of

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Paulo César Baier Paulo César Baier (born 25 October 1974), known as Paulo Baier, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current manager of Botafogo-SP. Baier's 21-year career started in 1995 with Sã ...

- Football player *

Andressa Urach Andressa de Faveri Urach (born 11 October 1987) is a Brazilian model and reality television personality best known for being a contestant on the sixth season of the Brazilian version of '' The Farm''. Career Born in Ijuí, in the countrysid ...

- Model and TV personality

References

3. IJUÍ, Prefeitura. http://www.ijui.rs.gov.br/paginas/apresentacao May 29, 2018. Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul {{RioGrandedoSul-geo-stub

Demographics

Infrastructure

Sport

Famous natives

See also

References