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Rio Grande (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 23 03 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -23.0500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 052 08 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -52.1333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on shore of Lagoa de Patos; port for seagoing vessels; exports hides, lard, wool, rice, wheat, fish, and tobacco; industries include meat-packing, textile mills and a petroleum refinery; Furdação Universidade do Rio Granded was founded in 1958. |
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| Rio Grande (preferred,C,V)
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| Rio Grande do Sul (C,V)
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| Estreito (H,V,O)
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............ | from 1737-1751 |
| Sã Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul (H,V)
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............ | from 1751-mid 19th cen. |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Portuguese in 1737 |
| city (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| university center (C) |
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