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Municipality of Chuí | |
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 View of Chuí | |
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| Coordinates:33°41′28″S53°27′24″W / 33.69111°S 53.45667°W /-33.69111; -53.45667 | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Sul |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marco Barbosa (Brazil Union) |
| Area | |
• Total | 203 km2 (78 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 22 m (72 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 6,262 |
| • Density | 32.5/km2 (84/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Website | Prefeitura de Chuí |
Chuí (Portuguese pronunciation:[ʃuˈi]) is amunicipality located in the state ofRio Grande do Sul,Brazil. It is the southernmost town of Brazil, located at latitude 33°41′0″S. Aborder town, it shares its name with sister cityChuy,Uruguay. The two towns constitute one contiguousurban area, divided by a border street calledAvenida Internacional, calledAvenida Uruguai in Brazil, a situation also seen in a few other Brazilian border points, such as betweenSantana do Livramento (Brazil) andRivera (Uruguay).
Formerly a village under the jurisdiction of the municipality ofSanta 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 theAtlantic Ocean, near the hamlet ofBarra 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 southernmosturban seat of a municipality in Brazil. Its counterparts in the North, West and East are respectivelyUiramutã, state ofRoraima;Mâncio Lima,Acre; andJoão Pessoa,Paraíba.
The name "Chuí" (derived from theArroio Chuí, a small river that runs through the municipality) is mentioned in the widespread expression"doOiapoque 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 Braziliancoast. The saying has approximately the same meaning as theAmerican expression "from coast to coast" – i.e., it is used to refer to something that encompasses the whole country.
Chuí has a sizeable community ofPalestinian Brazilians.[citation needed]
Chuí is located at a latitude 33º41'28 "south and a longitude 53º27'24" west, being at an altitude of 22 meters. It has an area of 200.74 km2.
Chuí is the Brazilian municipality whose seat is the most distant from the Equator Line. Located at sea level, it has relatively sandy to semi-dark soil, with well-distributed rainfall throughout the year, and consequently frequent clouds throughout the year, with the lowest Brazilian Ultraviolet Index, both in winter and summer (despite the greater latitude that extends the day beyond 8 o'clock in the evening).
The average annual temperature is around 17 °C, the warmest month is February with an average of 23.15 °C and the coldest is July, with a mean of 12.2 °C. the month that least rains is November, with average of 68mm, already the rainiest one is August, with average of 124 mm.
During the winter the temperature ranges from 8 °C to 15 °C but sometimes it falls below 0 °C.
During the summer it is warm and pleasant and mean temperatures range from 17 °C to 27 °C but it can exceed the 30 °C sometimes.
Spring is mild ranging from 12 °C to 22 °C
Autumn is also mild ranging from 10 °C to 20 °C
| Nº | Name | Party | Election | Start | End | Ref | |
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| 1 | Mohammad Jomaa | PFL | 1996 | January 1, 1997 | January 1, 2001 | [2] | |
| 2000 | January 1, 2001 | January 1, 2005 | [3] | ||||
| 2 | Hamilton Lima | 2004 | January 1, 2005 | January 1, 2009 | [4] | ||
| DEM | 2008 | January 1, 2009 | January 1, 2013 | [5] | |||
| 3 | Renato Martins | PP | 2012 | January 1, 2013 | January 1, 2017 | [6] | |
| 4 | Marco Barbosa | Brazil Union | 2016 | January 1, 2017 | January 1, 2021 | [7] | |
| 2020 | January 1, 2021 | Incumbent | [8] | ||||
Uruguay has a Consulate in Chuí.[9]
