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Cacequi
Cacequi is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Its altitude is 103 meters.
Emancipation date: 23 December 1944.
The Patron Saint is Our Lady of Victory.
Its approximate resident population is 15,599 (2004 est.)
Its area is 2,441 km².
The distance from the city of Porto Alegre is 407 km.
The name of the city derives from the Tupi language: Cacequi, (bean's water) from cumandá, bean; í, water.
Other definition say the name of the city means: indigenous chief water or indigenous chief River.
The mayor of the city is Renê Mendonça Fernandes.