São Borja | |
Official Name: | Municipality of São Borja |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Motto: | Terra dos Presidentes |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | South |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | March 11, 1833 |
Area Total Km2: | 3,616.6 |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Total: | 60,019 |
Population Density Km2: | 17.05 |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Coordinates: | -28.6602°N -56.0038°W |
Elevation M: | 123 |
Postal Code: | 97670-000 |
Blank Name: | HDI (2010) |
Blank Info: | 0.736 – high[2] |
São Borja is a city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. 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 Points of the Missions, and named São Francisco de Borja, in honor of Saint Francis Borgia.
It is situated on the Western Frontier of Rio Grande do Sul on the border with Argentina which is defined by the Uruguay River (Portuguese spelling of the river: Uruguai).
Served also by São Borja Airport, the city is linked to the Argentine city of Santo Tomé through the Integration Bridge.
São Borja is known as the Land of the Presidents as is the birthplace of two Brazilian Presidents: Getúlio Vargas (1882–1954) and João Goulart (1919–1976).