Chuí

This article is about the Brazilian city. For the homonymous river (Arroio Chuí or Arroyo Chuy), where Brazil's southernmost point is located, see Chuí River. For the twin Uruguayan city, see Chuy. For other uses, see Chui (disambiguation).

Chuí (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʃuˈi]) is a municipality located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It's the southernmost town of Brazil, located at latitude 33°41′0″S. A border town, it shares its name with sister city Chuy, Uruguay. The two towns constitute one contiguous urban area, divided by a border street called Avenida Internacional, called Avenida Uruguai in Brazil, a situation also seen in a few other Brazilian border points, such as between Santana do Livramento (Brazil) and Rivera (Uruguay).

Municipality of Chuí
View of Chuí
Flag Seal
Coordinates: 33°41′28″S 53°27′24″W
Country	Brazil
Region	Sul
State	Rio Grande do Sul
Founded	1997
Government
• Mayor	Marco Barbosa (Brazil Union)
Area
• Total	203 km2 (78 sq mi)
Elevation	22 m (72 ft)
Population  (2022 [1])
• Total	6,262
• Density	32.5/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Website	Prefeitura de Chuí

Formerly a village under the jurisdiction of the municipality of Santa Vitória do Palmar, Chuí became its own municipality in Brazil in 1997, when it seceded. It is very close to Brazil's southernmost point, located on a bend of the homonymous river just before its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean, near the hamlet of Barra do Chuí. Both the hamlet and the extreme point itself remained in the territory of Santa Vitória do Palmar after Chuí seceded. Still, Chuí holds the title of the southernmost urban seat of a municipality in Brazil. Its counterparts in the North, West and East are respectively Uiramutã, state of Roraima; Mâncio Lima, Acre; and João Pessoa, Paraíba.

The name "Chuí" (derived from the Arroio Chuí, a small river that runs through the municipality) is mentioned in the widespread expression "do Oiapoque ao Chuí" ("from the Oiapoque to the Chuí [rivers]"), referring to the fact that the mouths of these rivers are commonly thought to be the country's two extreme points in the North and South. Actually, they are only the extremities of the Brazilian coast. The saying has approximately the same meaning as the American expression "from coast to coast" - i.e., it is used to refer to something that encompasses the whole country.

Chuí has a sizeable community of Palestinian Brazilians.^{[citation needed]}

Geography

Chuí is located at a latitude 33º41'28 "south and a longitude 53º27'24" west, being at an altitude of 22 meters. It has an area of 200.74 km².

Chuí is the Brazilian municipality whose seat is the most distant from the Equator Line. Located at sea level, it has relatively sandy to semi-dark soil, with well-distributed rainfall throughout the year, and consequently frequent clouds throughout the year, with the lowest Brazilian Ultraviolet Index, both in winter and summer (despite the greater latitude that extends the day beyond 8 o'clock in the evening).

The average annual temperature is around 17 °C, the warmest month is February with an average of 23.15 °C and the coldest is July, with a mean of 12.2 °C. the month that least rains is November, with average of 68mm, already the rainiest one is August, with average of 124 mm.

During the winter the temperature ranges from 8 °C to 15 °C but sometimes it falls below 0 °C.

During the summer it's warm and pleasant and mean temperature range from 17 °C to 27 °C but it can exceed the 30 °C sometimes.

Spring is mild ranging from 12 °C to 22 °C

Autumn is also mild ranging from 10 °C to 20 °C

Mayors

List of Chuí mayors

Nº	Name	Party		Election	Start	End	Ref
1	Mohammad Jomaa		PFL	1996	January 1, 1997	January 1, 2001	[2]
				2000	January 1, 2001	January 1, 2005	[3]
2	Hamilton Lima			2004	January 1, 2005	January 1, 2009	[4]
			DEM	2008	January 1, 2009	January 1, 2013	[5]
3	Renato Martins		PP	2012	January 1, 2013	January 1, 2017	[6]
4	Marco Barbosa		Brazil Union	2016	January 1, 2017	January 1, 2021	[7]
				2020	January 1, 2021	Incumbent	[8]

Consular representation

Uruguay has a Consulate in Chuí.^[9]

See also

• Chui Mosque
• Chuy
• Extreme points of Brazil

References

1. IBGE 2022
2. "Eleições Municipais 1996 - 1º Turno Chuí". Tribunal Regional Eleitoral do Rio Grande do Sul. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
3. "Eleições Municipais 2000 - 1º Turno Chuí". Tribunal Regional Eleitoral do Rio Grande do Sul. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
4. "Eleições Municipais 2004 - 1º Turno Chuí". Tribunal Regional Eleitoral do Rio Grande do Sul. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
5. "Eleições Municipais 2008 - 1º Turno Chuí". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
6. "Eleições Municipais 2012 - 1º Turno Chuí". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
7. "Eleições Municipais 2016 - 1º Turno Chuí". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
8. "Resultados consolidados das eleições - Eleições 2020 Chuí". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. Retrieved November 7, 2022.^{[permanent dead link]}
9. "Directorio de oficinas consulares Uruguayas en el mundo". Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2022.

External links

• www.chuibrasil.com.br