Places / South America / Brazil
Foz do Iguaçu
Visited in January 2016
At a glance
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- Paraná
- Population
- 285,415
- Type
- Municipality of Paraná state, Brazil
- Coordinates
- 25.52°S, 54.56°W
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Overview
Foz do Iguaçu, colloquially referred to as Foz, is the Brazilian city on the border of Iguaçu Falls. Foz in Portuguese means the mouth or end of a river and Iguaçu in Guarani or Tupi comes from the words y [ɨ], meaning "river", and guasu [waˈsu], meaning "big". The city is the 7th largest in the state of Paraná with a population of approximately 258,000 inhabitants.
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