Santo Antônio das Missões

For other uses, see Santo Antônio (disambiguation).
Santo Antônio das Missões
Municipality

Location in Rio Grande do Sul state
Santo Antônio das Missões

Location in Brazil

Coordinates: 28°30′39″S 55°13′40″W / 28.51083°S 55.22778°W / -28.51083; -55.22778Coordinates: 28°30′39″S 55°13′40″W / 28.51083°S 55.22778°W / -28.51083; -55.22778
Country  Brazil
State Rio Grande do Sul
Micro-region Santo Ângelo
Area
  Total 1,710.87 km2 (660.57 sq mi)
Population (2015)
  Total 11,174
  Density 6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zone BRT (UTC-3)
  Summer (DST) BRST (UTC-2)

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 11,174 (2015 est.) in an area of 1710.87 km².[1] Distance from the state capital of Porto Alegre is 534 km west and tens of kilometres east from the Argentine border but the municipality does not border since it is close.

The municipality would be partially flooded by the proposed Garabí Dam.[2]

Bounding municipalities

References

  1. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
  2. Eletrobras apresenta Garabi-Panambi a prefeitos (in Portuguese), Eletrobras CGTEE, 7 April 2014, retrieved 2016-11-11


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