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6 unusual facts about Passo Fundo


Esporte Clube Passo Fundo

Esporte Clube Passo Fundo, commonly known as Passo Fundo, is a Brazilian football club from Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul state.

Jacuí River

The Jacuí River, known as 'Rio Jacuí' in Portuguese, has its origins in the highlands east of Passo Fundo.

Passo Fundo

Passo Fundo is the home town of the football coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, and also of the philosopher, opera singer, poet and germanic philologist Henrique García, and the adopted place of Teixeirinha, a Gaúcho folkloric performer, the modern gaúcho band Pala Velho, as well as it is known for being Pipe's birthplace.

Rio Sul Serviços Aéreos Regionais

Rio Sul Serviços Aéreos Regionais operated services to the following scheduled domestic destinations (at January 2005): Caxias do Sul, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Londrina, Maringá, Passo Fundo, São Paulo and Vitória.

Sport Club Gaúcho

Gaúcho's principal rivalry is with Esporte Clube Passo Fundo, against whom they play in the "Planalto Médio Derby".

Sport Club Gaúcho , also known as Gaúcho, is a Brazilian soccer club based in Passo Fundo, Brazil.


Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul

The municipality is known to have given rise to a large number of other municipalities as Ijuí, Santa Maria, Passo Fundo, Santo Angelo and their initial territory led to more other, became known by the northwestern mother.

Esther Scliar

Esther spent the first years of her life in Rivera, Uruguay, but her parents separated and Scliar moved with her father to Passo Fundo where she and her sister were raised by their aunt, Jayme Scliar Kruter.


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