Uruguaiana

Infobox City
official_name = Uruguaiana
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website = [http://www.uruguaiana.rs.gov.br Prefeitura de Uruguaiana]

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map_caption = Location in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = Region
subdivision_type2 = State
subdivision_name = Brazil
subdivision_name1 = South
subdivision_name2 = Rio Grande do Sul
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = José Francisco Sanchotene Felice (PSDB)
established_title = Founded
established_date = 1843
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area_total_km2 = 5715.8
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population_as_of = 2006 est.
population_total = 136364
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population_density_km2 = 23.9
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timezone = UTC-3
utc_offset = -3
timezone_DST = UTC-2
utc_offset_DST = -2
latd = 29
latm = 45
lats = 18
latNS = S
longd = 57
longm = 5
longs = 16
longEW = W
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elevation_m = 66
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Uruguaiana is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located on the left-hand (eastern) shore of the Uruguay River that forms the border with Argentina. Opposite Uruguaiana, and joined to it by a road/railway bridge, lies the Argentine city of Paso de los Libres, Corrientes. North of Uruguaiana lies the Brazilian town of Itaqui, connected by a bridge constructed by the English in 1888 over the Ibicuí River. [http://encarta.msn.com/map_701606084/Rio_Ibicui.html] The city marks the southernmost point reached by the Paraguayans in the War of the Triple Alliance; after being taken without resistance, it was recaptured after a six-week siege that effectively ended the phase of Paraguayan offensive operations. [Leuchars, Chris. "To the Bitter End: Paraguay and the War of the Triple Alliance" (2002), chapter ten.]

Builders

First Oil Refinery in Brazil

The city prides itself on being a pioneer in oil refining in Brazil, therefore, in 1932, was built the Riograndense Oil Refinery, idealized and formed by local traders, boosted Uruguayana to international notoriety because of economic importance, military and social that the refinery was at the time.

The refinery has become the cradle of the current Ipiranga Group, which is spread by almost all Brazilian cities, especially those of South and Southeast regions of Brazil.

International bridge

Later, on May 21, 1947, was inaugurated by the presidents Eurico Gaspar Dutra of Brazil and Juan Domingo Peron, Argentina, the International Bridge rodoferroviária Getúlio Vargas / Agustín P. Just on the Uruguay River, linking the Uruguayana city of Argentina Paso de los Libres, with help at the Brazilian, the military and civilians. At the time of its construction, was the greatest work of engineering of Latin America.

Since 1987 there is a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) back-to-back station for power exchange with Uruguay at Uruguaiana. This facility, which was built by Toshiba, can transfer a maximum power of 53.9 megawatts. The applied DC voltage is 17.9 kV.

It is the seat of the Diocese of Uruguayana. [CathEncy|wstitle=Uruguayana]

Footnotes

References

* [http://www.transmission.bpa.gov/cigresc14/Compendium%5CURUGUAIN.htm Uruguaiana HVDC-back-to-back station]