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Barra do Quaraí (also ''Quarahim'' in archaic Portuguese spelling) is a Brazilian municipality located near the border with
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(on the
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) and
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on the
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. The town became the westernmost city in the state of
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and in all
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when it was separated from the municipality of
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on December 28, 1995. The population is 4,227 (2020 est.) in an area of 1056.14 km2.Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
/ref> Its elevation is 35 m. It is located 717 km west of the state capital of
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, and roughly the same distance northwest of
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, Uruguay. Under Brazilian law, the municipality includes an island named Ilha Brasileira, also claimed by
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, where it is known as Isla Brasilera.


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Brazilian Island Brazilian Island (; in Standard ; in Portuñol/Portunhol: ''Isla Brasilera'') is a small uninhabited river island at the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Quaraí (Cuareim) River, between the borders of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, w ...
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*https://web.archive.org/web/20070313212640/http://www.citybrazil.com.br/rs/barradoquarai/ Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul Populated places established in 1995 Brazil–Uruguay border {{RioGrandedoSul-geo-stub