Herval is a Brazilian municipality in the southern part of the state of
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul (, ; ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative units of Brazil#List, fifth-most populous state and the List of Brazilian s ...
. The population is 6,814 (2020 est.) in an area of 1757.84 km².
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
/ref> Its elevation is 287 m. Its main industry is agriculture.
Herval is situated south of the Piratini River, which was defined in 1777 as the border between the Spanish
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and Portuguese possessions. The current border between Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...
and Brazil lies further south, at the Jaguarão River
The Jaguarão or Yaguarón River (, ) is a Brazilian and Uruguayan river.
It forms the border between Uruguay and Rio Grande do Sul state in southernmost Brazil.
The river originates in Serras de Sudeste (Southeastern Mountain Ranges) and flows ...
.
Herval is famous for its international rodeo
Rodeo () is a competitive equestrian sport that arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain and Mexico, expanding throughout the Americas and to other nations. It was originally based on the skills required of the working vaqu ...
festival, organized every January.
Bounding municipalities
*Arroio Grande
Arroio Grande ( Portuguese meaning the big stream) is a Brazilian municipality in the southern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The population is 18,238 (2020 est.) in an area of 2513.60 km². Its second industry is agriculture which ...
*Jaguarão
Jaguarão () is a municipality in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul located on the shores of the Jaguarão River, bordering Uruguay.
It lies a short distance inland from the Mirim Lagoon.
Geographical and historical proximity ...
* Pedras Altas
*Pedro Osório
Pedro Osório is a Brazilian municipality in the southeastern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The population is 7,706 (2020 est.) in an area of 608.79 km2. The municipality was founded on April 3, 1958 from parts of the municipalit ...
*Pinheiro Machado
Pinheiro Machado () is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
History
Pinheiro Machado is one of the oldest towns in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Until 1830, the area was owned by the city of Rio Grande. After it became ...
* Piratini
See also
* List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), located in the South Region of Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul is divided into 497 municipalities, which are grouped into 35 microregions, which are grouped into 7 mesoregio ...
References
External links
*http://www.citybrazil.com.br/rs/herval/
Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
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