São Nicolau ( Portuguese meaning

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) is a

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of the

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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 s ...

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. It was founded in 1626 by

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priest

Roque González y de Santa Cruz Roque González de Santa Cruz, SJ (17 November 1576 – 15 November 1628) was a Guaraní-Spanish Jesuit priest who was the first missionary among the Guarani in Paraguay. He was murdered in 1628 and is venerated as a martyr and a saint by the Ca ...

. The population is 5,208 (2020 est.) in an area of 485.32 km². It is located 562 km west of the state capital of

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, ; , ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian Federative units of Brazil, state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of roughly 1.4 million inhabitants (2022) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, 11th-most p ...

, 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 ...

. The

Uruguay River The Uruguay River ( ; ) is a major river in South America. It flows from north to south and forms parts of the boundaries of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, separating some of the Argentine provinces of La Mesopotamia from the other two countr ...

, which forms the

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with

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, flows along the northwestern part of the municipality. The municipality would be partially flooded by the proposed

Garabí Dam The Garabí Dam (), is a planned dam and generating station on the Uruguay River between Argentina and Brazil. Part of the Garabí-Panambi Hydroelectric Complex. There is some controversy over the environmental impact on the fast-flowing river. ...

Bounding municipalities

Pirapó Pirapó is a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The population is 2,254 (2020 est.) in an area of 295.01 km2. The town is situated by the Ijuí River, close to its confluence with the Uruguay River, ...

Dezesseis de Novembro Dezesseis de Novembro ( Portuguese meaning November 16) is a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The population is 2,378 (2020 est.) in an area of 216.85 km². It is west of the state capital of Porto Aleg ...

São Luiz Gonzaga São Luiz Gonzaga ( Portuguese for St. Aloysius Gonzaga) is a municipality of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Its population is 33,293 (2020 est.) in an area of 1295,68 km2. It was founded in the 17th century as a Jesuit mission t ...

Santo Antônio das Missões Santo Antônio das Missões ( Portuguese meaning "Saint Anthony of the missions") is a municipality in the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The population is 10,050 (2020 est.) in an area of 1710.87 km2. Distance fro ...

* Garruchos

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External links

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

Bounding municipalities

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