Crissiumal
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Crissiumal is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with a population of 13,357 inhabitants (2020 - IBGE).[1] It has a fluvial border with Argentina along the Uruguay River.
In sports, Crissiumal is known as "the land of goalkeepers", because it was the home of several goalkeepers, the best of them being
The economy of Crissiumal is based on small rural properties. Crissiumal is one of the largest Brazilian milk producers, with a daily production of about 70,000 litres (18,000 US gal; 15,000 imp gal) of milk.
The municipality would be partially flooded by the proposed Panambí Dam.[2]
See also
- GEMP Crissiumal
- List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
- History of the city (text in Portuguese)
References
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ Eletrobras apresenta Garabi-Panambi a prefeitos (in Portuguese), Eletrobras CGTEE, 7 April 2014, retrieved 2016-11-11
27°30′S 54°07′W / 27.500°S 54.117°W
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