Torres

Torres is a Brazilian municipality located at the northernmost point of the Atlantic coast in the state of . The city's landscape is distinguished as the only beach in Rio Grande do Sul featuring prominent rocky cliffs along the shoreline, and it is home to the state's sole maritime island, .
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  • Type: Town with 41,800 residents
  • Description: municipality of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil
  • Also known as: “Torres, Rio Grande do Sul”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ilha dos Lobos and Torres Lighthouse.

Islet
Photo: Andrea Hilgert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small island and wildlife refuge on the Atlantic coast of Torres, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Lighthouse
Photo: Loco085, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Passo de Torres and Praia Grande.

Town
Photo: Eugenio Hansen, OFS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the state of in the of .

Suburb
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is the southernmost municipality in the Brazilian state of . Despite its name, the city is landlocked. The nearby canyons, which include Serra Geral National Park and , make it a destination for hot air ballooning activities.

Torres

Latitude
-29.3374° or 29° 20′ 15″ south
Longitude
-49.73° or 49° 43′ 48″ west
Population
41,800
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
582GM77C+32
Open­Street­Map ID
node 283403961
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6323673
Wiki­data ID
Q952674
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Torres” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “توريس”
  • Asturian: “Torres”
  • Basque: “Torres (Rio Grande do Sul)”
  • Basque: “Torres”
  • Bishnupriya: “টোর্রেস”
  • Catalan: “Torres”
  • Cebuano: “Torres”
  • Chechen: “Торрис (Риу-Гранди-ду-Сул)”
  • Chechen: “Торрис”
  • Chinese: “Torres”
  • Chinese: “托里斯”
  • Dutch: “Torres”
  • Esperanto: “Torres”
  • French: “Torres”
  • German: “Torres”
  • Hungarian: “Torres”
  • Irish: “Torres”
  • Italian: “Torres”
  • Japanese: “トーレス (ブラジル)”
  • Kazakh: “Торрис”
  • Malagasy: “Torres (Brazila)”
  • Malagasy: “Torres”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Torres”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Torres”
  • Norwegian: “Torres”
  • Polish: “Torres”
  • Portuguese: “Torres”
  • Romanian: “Torres”
  • Russian: “Торрис”
  • Spanish: “Torres”
  • Swedish: “Torres”
  • Tatar: “Торрис (Риу-Гранди-ду-Сул)”
  • Tatar: “Торрис”
  • Turkish: “Torres, Rio Grande do Sul”
  • Urdu: “توریس، ریو گرانڈے دو سول”
  • Volapük: “Torres”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Torres, Rio Grande do Sul”

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