The Serras de Sudeste Microregion (Portuguese: ''Microrregião das Serras de Sudeste'') is a
microregion
Microregion is a designation for territorial entities.
Austria
*Microregion (Tyrol)
Brazil
* Microregion (Brazil)
Klaus Roth and Ulf Brunnbauer
A microregion is a geographic region of a size between that of a community and that of a district.p. ...
in the southern part of the state of
Rio Grande do Sul,
Brazil
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. It is named after a hill range (a
plateau
In geology and physical geography, a plateau (; ; ), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Often one or more sides ...
) named
Serras de Sudeste, which means ''Southeastern Mountain Ranges''. The area is 16,512.614 km².
Municipalities
The microregion consists of the following municipalities:
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
territorial division.
* Amaral Ferrador
* Caçapava do Sul
* Candiota
* Encruzilhada do Sul
* Pedras Altas
* Pinheiro Machado
*Piratini
Piratini is a city in the Brazil
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* Santana da Boa Vista
References
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Microregions of Rio Grande do Sul