Catuípe is a
municipality
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of the western part of the
state
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of
Rio Grande do Sul
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,
Brazil
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. The population is 8,701 (2020 est.) in an area of 583.26 km².
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
/ref> Its nickname is ''Land of Spring Water'' for the springs located around the municipality. It is located 419 km west of the state capital of Porto Alegre
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, northeast of Alegrete
Alegrete () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in Rio Grande do Sul located in southern Brazil. Its medium altitude is . Its estimated population in 2020 was 73,028 inhabitants and the total area is (the largest Municipalities of Braz ...
.
Bordering municipalities
*Santo Ângelo
Santo Ângelo is a municipality located in northwestern Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. It has about 77,568 inhabitants (according to 2020 IBGE estimate) and the total area of the municipality is about 679 km2. It borders Giruá to the nor ...
*Giruá
Giruá is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the northern part of the States of Brazil, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The population is 15,863 (2020 est.) in an area of 855.92 km2. It is located 474 km west of the state capita ...
* Independência
* Inhacorá
* Chiapeta
*Ijuí
Ijuí () is a Brazilian municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, situated from the state capital, Porto Alegre. In 2020 its population was 83,764, making it the third most populous city of the Missões region, behind Passo Fundo and Erechim.
Demo ...
* Coronel Barros
*Entre-Ijuís
Entre-Ijuís is a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The population is 8,938 (according to IBGE 2010 census) in an area of 552.60 km2. It takes its name from the Ijuí Grand River, on which it is sit ...
See also
* List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), located in the South Region of Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul is divided into 497 municipalities, which are grouped into 35 microregions, which are grouped into 7 mesoregio ...
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070930204221/http://www.citybrazil.com.br/rs/catuipe/
Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
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