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Foz do Iguaçu

municipality of Paraná state, Brazil
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Summary

Foz do Iguaçu is a municipality of Brazil[1]. It ranks in the top 0.66% of municipality of brazil entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,548 views/month, #32 of 4,882).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Paraná[3]
  • Country: Brazil[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Paraná River[5], Iguazu River[6]
  • Instance of: border city[7], big city[8]
  • Shares border with: Santa Terezinha de Itaipu[9], Itaipulândia[10], São Miguel do Iguaçu[11]
  • Twinned administrative body: Jerez de la Frontera[12], Yichang[13]
  • Legislative body: municipal Chamber of Foz do Iguaçu[14]
  • Commons category: Foz do Iguaçu[15]
  • Located in time zone: UTC−03:00[16]
  • Local dialing code: 45[17]
  • Inception: June 10, 1910[18], June 10, 1914[19]
  • Official website: http://www2.fozdoiguacu.pr.gov.br/site/[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Foz do Iguaçu[21]
  • Commons gallery: Foz do Iguaçu[22]
  • Human Development Index: 0.751[23]
  • Population: 256,088[24], 258,248[25], 257,971[26], 285,415[27], 258,543[28], 255,718[29], 255,900[30], 258,532[31], 258,823[32], 263,508[33], 263,647[34], 263,782[35], 263,915[36], 264,044[37]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Foz do Iguaçu[38]
  • Category for people born here: Category:People from Foz do Iguaçu[39]
  • Demonym: iguaçuense[40]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Foz do Iguaçu[41]
  • Electorate: 189,992[42]
  • Elevation above sea level: 164 m[43]
  • Area: 617.701 km²[44]

Body

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Foz do Iguaçu include Foz do Iguaçu International Airport[45], an international airport[46], in Brazil[47].

Why It Matters

Foz do Iguaçu has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Entities named for it include Foz do Iguaçu International Airport[45], an international airport[46], in Brazil[47].

Related Entities

Brazil Iguazu River Jerez de la Frontera Law No. 2885 of September 25, 1956 Law No. 3103 of February 24, 1957 Law No. 3136 of May 13, 1957 Law No. 3809 of September 6, 1960 RPC Foz do Iguaçu Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [9] ↑ . OpenStreetMap. wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 2010 census of Brazil. Retrieved . sidra.ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  28. [30] ↑ . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  32. [34] ↑ . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved . ftp.ibge.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Open Data Portal of TSE. wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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