Chuí, Rio Grande do Sul

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City of Chuí
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Coordinates: 33°41′28″S, 53°27′24″W
Country	Brazil
Region	Sul
State	Rio Grande do Sul
Founded	1997
Government
- Mayor	Hamilton Silvério Loys (PFL)
Area
- City	203 km²  (78.4 sq mi)
Elevation	22 m (72.2 ft)
Population (2006 est.)[1]
- City	6,605
- Density	32.5/km² (84.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
- Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (UTC-2)

Chuí is a city located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. A border town, it shares the name with sister city Chuy, Uruguay. The two cities are unique in the sense that they share a street border, the Avenida Internacional.

It became the southernmost city in Brazil when it ceded from Santa Vitória do Palmar in 1997.

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The city is commonly referred to in the Brazilian expression: "Do Oiapoque ao Chuí" ("From Oiapoque to Chuí"), referring to the country's two extremes in the north and south and having the same spirit as the American expression, "from coast to coast."

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[edit] See also

• Chuy