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Santo Antônio das Missões

Santo Antônio das Missões
Municipality
Location in Rio Grande do Sul state
Location in Rio Grande do Sul state
Santo Antônio das Missões is located in Brazil
Santo Antônio das Missões
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. 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.



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