Marau

Marau is a municipality in the state of , . It was initially populated by Italian immigrants that were escaping from the war. The city name is based on the brave native chief "cacique Marau" which fought against the white people to keep the land.
  • Type: Town with 45,100 residents
  • Description: municipality of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil
  • Neighbors:

Marau

Latitude
-28.4493° or 28° 26′ 58″ south
Longitude
-52.2002° or 52° 12′ 1″ west
Population
45,100
Elevation
520 metres (1,706 feet)
Open location code
5839HQ2X+7W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415523925
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6323507
Wiki­data ID
Q1784401
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Marau” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Marau
  • Basque: Marau
  • Bishnupriya: মারাউ
  • Catalan: Marau
  • Cebuano: Marau
  • Chechen: Марау
  • Chinese: Marau
  • Chinese: 马劳
  • Dutch: Marau
  • Esperanto: Marau
  • French: Marau
  • German: Marau
  • Hungarian: Marau
  • Irish: Marau
  • Italian: Marau
  • Japanese: マラウ
  • Kazakh: Maraw
  • Kazakh: Марау
  • Kazakh: ماراۋ
  • Malagasy: Marau
  • Mazanderani: ماراو
  • Min Nan Chinese: Marau
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Marau
  • Norwegian: Marau
  • Polish: Marau
  • Portuguese: Marau
  • Romanian: Marau
  • Russian: Марау
  • Spanish: Marau
  • Swedish: Marau
  • Tatar: Марау
  • Turkish: Marau
  • Vietnamese: Marau
  • Volapük: Marau
  • Waray (Philippines): Marau
  • Welsh: Marau

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