Porto Xavier

{{Short description|Municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil}} {{Infobox settlement | name = | settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Brazil|Municipality]] | official_name = | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = Porto Xavier - Paisagem.JPG | image_caption = | image_shield = Brasao.PNG | image_flag = Bandeiramunicipioportoxavier.PNG | image_map = | image_map1 = | map_caption = Location | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_type1 = [[States of Brazil|State]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Regions of Brazil|Region]] | subdivision_type3 = [[List of Intermediate and Immediate Geographic Regions|Intermediate Region]] | subdivision_type4 = Immediate Region | subdivision_name = {{flag|Brazil}} | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_name4 = | established_title = | established_date = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_party = | leader_title1 = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_m = | elevation_footnotes = | population_as_of = | population_total = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_metro = | population_footnotes = | population_demonym = | timezone = [[Time in Brazil|BRT]] | utc_offset = −3 | postal_code_type = Postal Code | postal_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Porto Xavier''' is a [[municipality]] in the [[Federative units of Brazil|state]] of [[Rio Grande do Sul]], [[Brazil]], situated on the [[Uruguay River]], bordering San Javier, [[Argentina]].

The municipality would be partially flooded by the proposed [[Garabí Dam]].<ref>{{citation |title=Eletrobras apresenta Garabi-Panambi a prefeitos |date=7 April 2014 |url=https://www.eletrobras.com/elb/data/Pages/LUMISA45EAE8AITEMID80DA80DD9B7B424E962A39096E158BD1PTBRIE.htm |access-date=2016-11-11 |publisher=Eletrobras CGTEE |language=pt |ref={{harvid|Eletrobras apresenta Garabi-Panambi a prefeitos}}}}</ref>

== The origin of the name == The name "Porto Xavier" originated from the combination of the term "porto" ("port"), due to its location as a river port on the Uruguay River, with the name of the [[Jesuits|Jesuit]] reduction of San Javier, which once stood on the opposite bank of the river, in what is now Argentine territory. The settlement developed from these roots, eventually becoming a municipality with its current name in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prefeitura Municipal de Porto Xavier |url=https://www.portoxavier.rs.gov.br/site/conteudos/198-historia-do-municipio |access-date=2025-06-23 |website=www.portoxavier.rs.gov.br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rs/porto-xavier/panorama |access-date=2025-06-23 |website=cidades.ibge.gov.br}}</ref> == Geography == Porto Xavier covers an area of 281.497 km². It has a population of 9,938 (2022), with a density of 35.3 hab/km².<ref>{{Cite web |title=Porto Xavier (RS) {{!}} Cidades e Estados {{!}} IBGE |url=https://www.ibge.gov.br/cidades-e-estados/rs/porto-xavier.html |access-date=2025-06-23 |website=www.ibge.gov.br}}</ref>

==See also== *[[List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul]]

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