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General Information
Regions:
North
Northeast
Southeast
Central-West
South
Links:
Tourist Office Brochure
Brazilian Tourism
Portal
Community of Portuguese-Speaking Nations
Virtually Brazil
Brazilian Institute of Geography
and Statistics
Brazilink – Travel
www.brazil.org.uk
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Most of the population of the South is formed by descendants
of immigrants from Europe – particularly Germany, Italy, Switzerland and
Poland. The region produces more than 80% of Brazil's wine and most of its
superb-quality beef. The South's main tourist attraction is found at Foz do
Iguaçu (state of Paraná), with more than 275 waterfalls, some more than 100
meters (330 feet) high. The Iguaçu Falls are nearly six times larger then
the Niagara Falls. The “Lagoa dos Patos”, in the Rio Grande do Sul state,
is the largest lagoon in the world and the largest city of that state,
Porto Alegre, is the capital of the “Mercosul” (the Common Market of the
South).
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The Iguaçu Falls in Foz-do-Iguaçu and the Botanical Garden in Curitiba,
Paraná state

The Itaimbezinho Canyon and snow in Várzea Grande, on the mountains of
Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre and the
São João Batista Cathedral in Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul

The Oktoberfest, in Santa
Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul

The Caracol water fall in Canela and the Molhes da Barra (Cassino
Beach), Rio
Grande do Sul
Sources of information: Brazilian Embassy in London, Brazilian Office
of Tourism, Office of Tourism of the State of Rio Grande do Sul and Brazilian
Institute of Geography and Statistics
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