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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 198 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TOWN

town and See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality of the See also:

state of Rio Grande do Sul, See also:

Brazil, about 176 m. by See also:

RAIL

rail W.N.W. of the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Rio Grande do Sul. Pop. of the municipality (1890) 22,692. It is situated in a hilly region 774 ft. above See also:

sea-level, and is the commercial centre of a large See also:

DISTRICT

district on the Uruguayan border in which See also:

PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral occupations are largely predominant. This region is the See also:

WATERSHED

watershed for See also:

SOUTHERN

southern Rio Grande do Sul, from which streams flow E. and S.E. to the See also:

ATLANTIC

Atlantic See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, and N.W. and S.W. to the See also:

URUGUAY (officially the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, and long locally called the Banda Oriental, meaning the land on the eastern side of the river Uruguay, from which the country takes its name)

Uruguay See also:

RIVER

river. The town See also:

DATES

dates from colonial times, and has always been considered a See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of military importance because of its nearness to the Uruguay frontier, only 25 M. distant. It was captured by the See also:

ARGENTINE

Argentine See also:

general Lavalle in 1827, and figured conspicuously in most of the See also:

CIVIL

civil See also:

WARS

wars of See also:

ARGENTINA

Argentina. It is also much frequented by Uruguayan revolutionists.

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