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Santo Antônio das Missões ( Portuguese meaning "Saint Anthony of the missions") is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
in the western part of the state of
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,
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. The population is 10,050 (2020 est.) in an area of 1710.87 km2. Distance from the state capital of
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is 534 km west and tens of kilometres east from the
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border but the municipality does not border since it is close. The municipality would be partially flooded by the proposed Garabí Dam.


Bounding municipalities

* São Nicolau * São Luiz Gonzaga * Bossoroca * Itacurubi * São Borja * Garruchos


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 ...


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