Brazil
South
Rio Grande do Sul

São Borja

São Borja is a city in the state of . São Borja is the oldest municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and was founded in 1682 by the Jesuits as the first of the Seven Places of the Missions, and named São Francisco de Borja, in honor of Saint Francis Borgia.
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  • Type: City with 59,700 residents
  • Description: municipality of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil
  • Also known as: “Sao Borja”

Places of Interest

Highlights include João Goulart’s House and São Borja João Manoel Airport.

Museum
Photo: Ulises Icardi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
João Goulart's House is a big house built in 1927, where former Brazilian President João Goulart lived during his childhood and youth. It is located in the city of São Borja, in the state of .

Aerodrome
Photo: Parzeus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
São Borja Airport, also known as João Manoel Airport, is the airport serving São Borja, located in the state of .

Museum
Photo: Cibelenagy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a museum.

São Borja

Latitude
-28.6592° or 28° 39′ 33″ south
Longitude
-56.0044° or 56° 0′ 16″ west
Population
59,700
Elevation
97 metres (318 feet)
IATA airport code
QOJ
Open location code
58358XRW+86
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415523672
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
6323615
Wiki­data ID
Q385327
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“São Borja” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ساو بورجا”
  • Arabic: “ساو بورخا، ريو غراندي دو سول”
  • Arabic: “ساو بورخا”
  • Armenian: “Սան Բորժա”
  • Asturian: “São Borja”
  • Basque: “São Borja”
  • Bavarian: “São Borja”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Боржа”
  • Bishnupriya: “সাও বোর্জা”
  • Catalan: “São Borja”
  • Cebuano: “São Borja (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “São Borja”
  • Chechen: “Сан-Боржа”
  • Chinese: “São Borja”
  • Chinese: “圣博尔雅”
  • Chinese: “聖博爾雅”
  • Czech: “São Borja”
  • Danish: “São Borja”
  • Dutch: “São Borja”
  • Esperanto: “São Borja”
  • French: “São Borja”
  • German: “Município de São Borja”
  • German: “São Borja”
  • German: “Vila de São Francisco de Borja por Alvará”
  • Guarani: “São Borja”
  • Hebrew: “סאו בורז’ה”
  • Hungarian: “São Borja”
  • Ido: “São Borja”
  • Irish: “São Borja”
  • Italian: “São Borja”
  • Japanese: “サン・ボルジャ”
  • Japanese: “サンボルハ”
  • Kazakh: “Сан-Боржа”
  • Malagasy: “São Borja”
  • Mazanderani: “سائو بورژا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “São Borja”
  • Moksha: “Сан Боржа”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “São Borja”
  • Norwegian: “São Borja”
  • Polish: “São Borja”
  • Portuguese: “São Borja”
  • Romanian: “São Borja”
  • Russian: “Сан-Боржа”
  • Slovenian: “São Borja”
  • Spanish: “São Borja”
  • Swedish: “São Borja”
  • Tatar: “Сан-Боржа”
  • Turkish: “São Borja”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Боржа”
  • Uzbek: “São Borja”
  • Vietnamese: “São Borja”
  • Volapük: “São Borja”
  • Waray (Philippines): “São Borja”

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