Piratini is a city in the
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 ...
ian state of
Rio Grande do Sul with a population of some 21,000. It is the former capital of the short-lived
Riograndense Republic which was proclaimed on September 11, 1836.
References
Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
Capitals of former nations
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