South
Paraná
Cascavel region

Foz do Iguaçu

Foz do Iguaçu is a major city in the , . It is a gateway to and , and home of the famous . Together with the cities of and Puerto Iguazu, it forms part of one of the largest cultural tourism areas in South America.
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  • Type: City with 285,000 residents
  • Description: municipality of Paraná state, Brazil
  • Also known as: “Foz de Iguassu”, “Foz do Iguassú”, and “Iguassú”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Friendship Bridge and Lago de la República.

Bridge
Photo: Liam King, CC BY 2.0.
The is an arch bridge connecting the city of Foz do Iguaçu and the city of .

Reservoir
Photo: Flaviohmg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a reservoir.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ciudad del Este and Presidente Franco District.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is the most eastern and second largest city of at the border with . Its main attraction for visitors is shopping. This place is one of the access points to a great natural wonder of the world, the , a few kilometers away in the neighboring cities of Foz do Iguaçu and Puerto Iguazu.

Town
Presidente Franco is a district and city of the Alto Paraná Department, . Aside from being the oldest city in Alto Paraná Department, it is a place of rich exports of fruits and vegetables.

Foz do Iguaçu

Latitude
-25.5304° or 25° 31′ 49″ south
Longitude
-54.5831° or 54° 34′ 59″ west
Population
285,000
Elevation
179 metres (587 feet)
IATA airport code
IGU
United Nations Location Code
BR IGU
Open location code
5867FC98+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2431191386
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3463030
Wiki­data ID
Q202316
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Foz do Iguaçu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فوز دو إغواسو”
  • Arabic: “فوز دو إيغواسو”
  • Armenian: “Ֆոս դո Իգաչու”
  • Armenian: “Ֆոս դու Իգուասու”
  • Basque: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Belarusian: “Фос-ду-Ігуасу”
  • Bengali: “ফজ দো ইগুয়াচ”
  • Bishnupriya: “ফোজ ডো ইগুৱাকু”
  • Bulgarian: “Фоз до Игуасу”
  • Bulgarian: “Фос до Игуасу”
  • Bulgarian: “Фос ду Игуасу”
  • Bulgarian: “Фош до Игуасу”
  • Catalan: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Cebuano: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Chinese: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Chinese: “伊瓜苏”
  • Chinese: “伊瓜苏市”
  • Chinese: “伊瓜蘇”
  • Chinese: “福斯-杜伊瓜苏”
  • Danish: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Dutch: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Esperanto: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Estonian: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Fijian: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Finnish: “Foz do Iguacu”
  • Finnish: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • French: “Foz de Iguaçu”
  • French: “Foz do Iguacu”
  • French: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • French: “Foz do Iguaçú”
  • Galician: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • German: “Foz do Iguacu”
  • German: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • German: “Foz do Iguassu”
  • German: “Foz do Iguazu”
  • German: “Foz do Iguazú”
  • Greek: “Φοζ ντο Ιγκουάτσου”
  • Guarani: “Fos do Yguasu”
  • Guarani: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Gujarati: “ફોઝ ડો ઈગુઆકુ”
  • Hebrew: “פוז דו איגואסו”
  • Hindi: “फोज डो इगुआसु”
  • Hungarian: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Ido: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Indonesian: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Irish: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Italian: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Italian: “Foz do Iguaçú”
  • Japanese: “フォス ド イグアス”
  • Japanese: “フォス・ド・イグアス”
  • Japanese: “フォスドイグアス”
  • Kannada: “ಫೊಜ್ ಡೊ ಇಗುವಾಕ್ಯು”
  • Korean: “포스 두 이구아수”
  • Korean: “포스두이구아수”
  • Latin: “Ostium Iguassu”
  • Latvian: “Fosa du Igvasu”
  • Latvian: “Fosa du Igvasū”
  • Lithuanian: “Fos do Iguasu”
  • Lithuanian: “Fos do Igvasu”
  • Lithuanian: “Fos du Igvasu”
  • Lithuanian: “Foz do Iguasu”
  • Lithuanian: “Foz do Igvasu”
  • Malagasy: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Malay: “Foz do Iguacu”
  • Marathi: “फोज डो इगुआकू”
  • Mazanderani: “فوز دو لوآچو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Mongolian: “Фос до Игуасу”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Norwegian: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Ossetian: “Фос-ду-Игуасу”
  • Persian: “فوز دو لوآچو”
  • Polish: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Portuguese: “Foz de Iguaçu”
  • Portuguese: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Portuguese: “Foz do iguassu”
  • Portuguese: “Terra das Cataratas”
  • Romanian: “Foz do Iguacu”
  • Romanian: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Russian: “Фос-ду-Игуасу”
  • Russian: “Фош-ду-Игуасу”
  • Serbian: “Fos do Iguasu”
  • Serbian: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Serbian: “Фос до Игуасу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Silesian: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Sinhala: “ෆොස් ඩො ඉගුඅකු”
  • Slovenian: “Foz do Iguacu”
  • Slovenian: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Slovenian: “Foz do Iguassu”
  • Spanish: “Foz de Iguacu”
  • Spanish: “Foz de Iguaçu”
  • Spanish: “Foz de Iguazu”
  • Spanish: “Foz de Iguazú”
  • Spanish: “Foz do Iguacu”
  • Spanish: “Foz do Iguacú”
  • Spanish: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Spanish: “Foz do Iguaçú”
  • Spanish: “Foz do Iguassu”
  • Spanish: “Foz do Iguazu”
  • Spanish: “Foz do Iguazú”
  • Swedish: “Foz de Iguazú”
  • Swedish: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Tamil: “போஸ் டூ இகுவாகு”
  • Tatar: “Фос-ду-Игвасу”
  • Telugu: “ఫోజు ఇగ్వాకు”
  • Thai: “โฟซ โด อีกัวสุ”
  • Turkish: “Foz do Igacu”
  • Turkish: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Ukrainian: “Фоз-ду-Іґуасу”
  • Ukrainian: “Фос-ду-Ігуасу”
  • Ukrainian: “Фос-ду-Іґуасу”
  • Urdu: “فوز دو یجواکو”
  • Venetian: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Vietnamese: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Volapük: “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Foz do Iguaçu”
  • Yiddish: “פאז דא איגואסו”
  • Yiddish: “פאס דו איגוואסו”

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