Cacequi

Cacequi is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Latitude 29°53'01" South, and longitude 54°49'30" West. Its altitude is 103 meters.

Emancipation date: 23 Dec 1944.

The Patron Saint is Our Lady of Victory.

Its approximate resident population is 15,599 (2004 est.)

It´s area is 2,441 km².

The distance from the city of Porto Alegre is 407 km.

It´s name of the city derives from the language Tupi-Guaraní: Cacequi, (bean's water) from cumandá, bean; í, water.

Other definition say the name of the city means: indigenous chief water or indigenous chief River.

The mayor of the city is Renê Mendonça Fernandes.

External Links

[Cacequi at the map]
[Cacequi, Brazil Page]
[Erico Santos, famous painter from Cacequi - his paintings...]

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