Cucuí is a Brazilian
district
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within the municipality of
São Gabriel da Cachoeira
São Gabriel da Cachoeira (''Saint Gabriel of the Waterfall'') is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located on the northern shore of the Rio Negro (Amazon), Rio Negro River, in the region of Cabeça do Cachorro, Amazonas (Brazilian state), ...
, on the border with the
Amazonas
Amazonas may refer to:
Places
* Amazon River, known as ''Amazonas'' in Spanish and Portuguese
*Amazonas (Brazilian state), Brazil
* Amazonas Department, Colombia
* Department of Amazonas, Peru
* Amazonas (Venezuelan state), Venezuela
Other uses
* ...
state of
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in ...
(within the municipality of
Río Negro Municipality
The Río Negro Municipality ( es, Municipio Río Negro) is one of the seven municipalities ( municipios) that makes up the southern Venezuelan state of Amazonas and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezu ...
) and the
Guainía department of
Colombia (within the municipality of
San Felipe). The
district
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is located slightly east of the
Rio Negro, which flows through the Brazil–
Colombia–Venezuela
tripoint
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and forms the border between Colombia and Venezuela. The district serves as a checkpoint and crossing point for the Brazil–Venezuela and for the Brazil–Colombia borders.
References
Populated places in Amazonas (Brazilian state)
Populated places on the Rio Negro (Amazon)
Brazil–Venezuela border crossings
Brazil–Colombia border crossings
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