Uruguaiana
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 Location in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
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| Coordinates: 29°45′18″S 57°5′16″W / 29.75500°S 57.08778°WCoordinates: 29°45′18″S 57°5′16″W / 29.75500°S 57.08778°W | |||
| Country | Brazil | ||
| Region | South | ||
| State | Rio Grande do Sul | ||
| Founded | 1843 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Luiz Augusto Schneider | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 5,715.8 km2 (2,206.9 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 66 m (217 ft) | ||
| Population (2006 est.) | |||
| • Total | 136,364 | ||
| • Density | 23.9/km2 (62/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) | ||
| Website | Prefeitura de Uruguaiana | ||
Uruguaiana is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located on the left-hand (eastern) shore of the Uruguay River that forms the border with Argentina. Opposite Uruguaiana, and joined to it by a road/railway bridge, lies the Argentine city of Paso de los Libres, Corrientes. North of Uruguaiana lies the Brazilian municipality of Itaqui, connected by a bridge constructed by the English in 1888 over the Ibicuí River. The municipality also borders the municipalities of Alegrete, Barra do Quaraí and Quaraí, and, also, Uruguay, making it one of the few international triple-border municipalities of Brazil.
The city marks the southernmost point reached by the Paraguayans in the Paraguayan War; after being taken without resistance, it was recaptured after a six-week siege that effectively ended the phase of Paraguayan offensive operations.
Nowadays, Uruguaiana represents the biggest in population and arguably most important municipality of the sparsely populated western Rio Grande do Sul.
The major highways connecting Uruguaiana with other cities in Rio Grande do Sul are BR 472, to Barra do Quaraí in the south and São Borja in the north, BR 290, to Alegrete and Porto Alegre in the east.
The city is served by Ruben Berta International Airport, the largest airport in the interior of the state. It had a traffic of over 3,000 passengers in 2008 with 1,409 planes using the facilities.
Some of the distances between Uruguaiana and other cities in the state are:
The economy is mainly based on services, followed by industry and agriculture in that order. The sectors employing the most workers were industry, 1,187 workers; commerce, 7,662 workers; public administration, 2,248 workers; transport, communications and storage, 3,303 workers; education, 573 workers; and health, 774 workers.
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