Uruguaiana

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Uruguaiana
Municipality
Municipality of Uruguaiana
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Location in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Uruguaiana
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 29°45′18″S57°5′16″W / 29.75500°S 57.08778°W / -29.75500; -57.08778
Country Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Region South
State Bandeira do Rio Grande do Sul.svg  Rio Grande do Sul
Founded1843
Government
 •  Mayor Ronnie Colpo Mello (PP)
Area
[1]
 • Total5,702.098 km2 (2,201.592 sq mi)
Elevation
66 m (217 ft)
Population
 (2020 [2] )
 • Total126,866
 • Density22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone BRT
HDI (2010)0.744 – high [3]
Website www.uruguaiana.rs.gov.br

Uruguaiana is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located on the eastern shore of the Uruguay River bordering Argentina. Opposite to 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 British 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.

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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. [4]

Nowadays, Uruguaiana represents the biggest in population and arguably[ unbalanced opinion? ] most important municipality of the sparsely populated western Rio Grande do Sul.

Communications and distances

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:

Climate

Uruguaiana has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa) with hot summers and mild winters.

Climate data for Uruguaiana (1991–2020)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)32.1
(89.8)		30.8
(87.4)		29.2
(84.6)		25.7
(78.3)		21.7
(71.1)		19.2
(66.6)		19.0
(66.2)		21.7
(71.1)		22.9
(73.2)		25.5
(77.9)		28.4
(83.1)		30.9
(87.6)		25.6
(78.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)25.8
(78.4)		24.7
(76.5)		23.0
(73.4)		19.6
(67.3)		15.9
(60.6)		13.5
(56.3)		12.9
(55.2)		14.9
(58.8)		16.7
(62.1)		19.7
(67.5)		22.3
(72.1)		24.6
(76.3)		19.5
(67.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)19.8
(67.6)		19.3
(66.7)		17.7
(63.9)		14.7
(58.5)		11.4
(52.5)		9.2
(48.6)		8.4
(47.1)		9.7
(49.5)		11.5
(52.7)		14.5
(58.1)		16.6
(61.9)		18.7
(65.7)		14.3
(57.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)129.6
(5.10)		152.9
(6.02)		158.5
(6.24)		161.7
(6.37)		118.3
(4.66)		85.7
(3.37)		65.2
(2.57)		62.6
(2.46)		86.6
(3.41)		180.8
(7.12)		122.1
(4.81)		157.6
(6.20)		1,481.6
(58.33)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm 0)1313119899811121011124
Average relative humidity (%)66.470.572.375.778.980.078.073.772.172.466.966.672.8
Average dew point °C (°F)20.0
(68.0)		19.9
(67.8)		18.8
(65.8)		16.2
(61.2)		13.1
(55.6)		11.0
(51.8)		9.9
(49.8)		11.1
(52.0)		12.5
(54.5)		15.4
(59.7)		16.7
(62.1)		18.7
(65.7)		15.3
(59.5)
Mean monthly sunshine hours 258.9203.3213.8174.2156.8125.1156.2170.8175.8198.8245.2249.92,328.8
Source 1: NOAA [6]
Source 2: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (precipitation days 1981–2010) [7]

Economy

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. [8]

In 2006 there were 829 agricultural establishments, employing around 3,400 workers. There were 207,000 head of cattle. The main crops were soybeans (633 hectares), wheat (320 hectares), and rice (58,000 hectares). [9]

Health

Health care for the population is mainly provided by public facilities. In 2005 there were 49 health establishments, of which 25 were public facilities. The Municipal Secretariat of Health and the Environment had 16 health centers, including the Health Center of Uruguaina and the Municipal Emergency Care operated by 235 workers.

Uruguaiana had two hospitals, both linked to the national health service. They had 268 beds (2005), with 176 public and 92 private. [10] [11]

Education

The municipal school network was made up of 27 schools, 10 urban and 17 rural, with 567 teachers who administered to 6,222 students in the urban area and 485 in the rural area. In the rural schools there were 30 teachers. The total number of schools both public and private was 110 in 2005. There were 52 primary schools, 4 middle schools, and 44 pre-primary schools in 2007. [12]

Uruguaiana had a university campus with schools of Animal Science, Veterinarian Science, Agronomy, Philosophy, Letters, Accounting, Business Administration, Computer Science, and Law. Enrollment in 2005 was 1,850 students. [13] [14]

Music

Uruguaiana is the home of the yearly Califórnia da Canção Nativa regional gaucho music festival.

Notable construction works

International bridge

On May 21, 1947, the International Getúlio Vargas/Agustín P. Just Road/Railway Bridge on the Uruguay River was inaugurated by presidents Eurico Gaspar Dutra of Brazil and Juan Domingo Perón of Argentina, linking Uruguaiana to the Argentine city of Paso de los Libres. At the time of its construction, the bridge was the greatest work of engineering of South America.[ citation needed ]

Since 1994 there is a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) back-to-back station for power exchange with Argentina at Uruguaiana. This facility, which was built by Toshiba, can transfer a maximum power of 50 megawatts. The applied DC voltage is 15 kV. [15] [16]

The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Uruguaiana. [17]

Consular representation

Argentina has a Consulate in Uruguaiana. [18]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics" (in Portuguese). 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2019. 2018 Area Total
  2. ↑ IBGE 2020
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ Leuchars, Chris. To the Bitter End: Paraguay and the War of the Triple Alliance (2002), chapter ten.
  5. ↑ Aonde Fica
  6. ↑ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Uruguaiana". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "IBGE". Archived from the original on 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  9. ↑ "IBGE". Archived from the original on 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  10. ↑ Prefeitura de Uruguaiana
  11. ↑ "Ibge". Archived from the original on 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  12. ↑ Prefeitura de Uruguaiana
  13. ↑ "Ibge". Archived from the original on 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  14. ↑ Prefeitura de Uruguaiana
  15. ↑ "2031 Ten-Year Energy Expansion Plan Chapter 4 - Power Transmission" (PDF) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Ministério de Minas e Energia. 2022-09-05. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  16. ↑ José Dickson Araújo de Oliveira (2015). Avaliação da operação do sistema HVDC de interligação do complexo do Rio Madeira à Região Sul do sistema elétrico brasileiro (PDF) (Thesis) (in Brazilian Portuguese). p. 29. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  17. ↑ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Uruguayana"  . Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  18. ↑ "Embajadas y Consulados". Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2022.

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