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Fortaleza de Santa Teresa
A Portuguese-begun, Spanish-completed 18th-century stone fortress near the Brazilian border, restored with cannon in place and set inside a national park of planted forest and beaches.
32 km · about 35 min drive
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil · South America
Chuí sits on the route: 20 minutes from Puimayen, 32km from Fortaleza de Santa Teresa.
Chuí is a town located in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. With a population of 6,605, it is an important destination in South America.
On a road trip, Chuí sits in Brazil, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Sao Paulo time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Chuí to your route.
Chuí (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʃuˈi]) is a municipality located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is the southernmost town of Brazil, located at latitude 33°41′0″S. A border town, it shares its name with sister city Chuy, Uruguay. The two towns constitute one contiguous urban area, divided by a borderRead more
street called Avenida Internacional, called Avenida Uruguai in Brazil, a situation also seen in a few other Brazilian border points, such as between Santana do Livramento (Brazil) and Rivera (Uruguay).
Formerly a village under the jurisdiction of the municipality of Santa Vitória do Palmar, Chuí became its own municipality in Brazil in 1997, when it seceded. It is very close to Brazil's southernmost point, located on a bend of the homonymous river just before its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean, near the hamlet of Barra do Chuí. Both the hamlet and the extreme point itself remained in the territory of Santa Vitória do Palmar after Chuí seceded. Still, Chuí holds the title of the southernmost urban seat of a municipality in Brazil. Its counterparts in the North, West and East are respectively Uiramutã, state of Roraima; Mâncio Lima, Acre; and João Pessoa, Paraíba.
The name "Chuí" (derived from the Arroio Chuí, a small river that runs through the municipality) is mentioned in the widespread expression "do Oiapoque ao Chuí" ("from the Oiapoque to the Chuí [rivers]"), referring to the fact that the mouths of these rivers are commonly thought to be the country's two extreme points in the North and South. Actually, they are only the extremities of the Brazilian coast. The saying has approximately the same meaning as the American expression "from coast to coast" – i.e., it is used to refer to something that encompasses the whole country.
Chuí has a sizeable community of Palestinian Brazilians.
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Chuí is located in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, South America. The coordinates are -33.6911 latitude, -53.4567 longitude.
Chuí has a population of approximately 6,605 people, making it a town in Brazil.
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A Portuguese-begun, Spanish-completed 18th-century stone fortress near the Brazilian border, restored with cannon in place and set inside a national park of planted forest and beaches.
32 km · about 35 min drive
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