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Foz do Iguacu

Brazil · Paraná

Foz do Iguacu, colloquially referred to as Foz, is the Brazilian city on the border of Iguacu Falls. Foz in Portuguese means the mouth or end of a river and Iguacu in Guarani or Tupi comes from the words y, meaning "river", and guasu, meaning "big".

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Local time: UTC-3 · 3 h ahead of Costa Rica
Region: Paraná
Main language: Portuguese
On the map: 25.52° S, 54.59° W

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