Porto Xavier

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Location in Rio Grande do Sul

Porto Xavier is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. As of 2020, the estimated population was 10,194. [1]

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

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References

  1. IBGE 2020
  2. Eletrobras apresenta Garabi-Panambi a prefeitos (in Portuguese), Eletrobras CGTEE, 7 April 2014, retrieved 2016-11-11

Coordinates: 27°54′S55°08′W / 27.900°S 55.133°W / -27.900; -55.133