Misiones Orientales
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The Misiones Orientales (lit. 'Eastern Missions') (or Siete Pueblos de las Misiones (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈsjones oɾjenˈtales], Sete Povos das Missões (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɛtʃi ˈpɔvuz dɐz miˈsõjs], lit. 'Seven Towns of the Missions') was a region in South America where a group of seven indigenous villages were founded by Spanish Jesuits in present-day Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost State of Brazil.
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The seven "missions" were:
- San Miguel
- Santos Ángeles
- San Lorenzo Mártir
- San Nicolás
- San Juan Bautista
- San Luis Gonzaga
- San Francisco de Borja