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Caxias do Sul

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Caxias do Sul (kəshē`əsh d sl), city (1991 pop. 290,925), Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil. It is an important metallurgical center and has the most extensive vineyards in Brazil. There is little agriculture because of the rough terrain. The city was founded in 1875. It is a rail terminus and the site of the Universidad de Caxias do Sul.
Caxias do Sul 

a city in southern Brazil, in the state of RioGrande do Sul. Population, 144, 300 (1970). Railroad station andhighway junction. Caxias do Sul is a principal center of viticulture in the state. It also has metallurgical, textile, and food(meat-canning) enterprises.



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Authors: Valéria Castro Cardoso Guerra and Cleber Rabelo da Roza *Valeria Castro Cardoso Guerra **Cleber Rabelo da Roza *Hygiene and Food Processing UERGS/UCS Rua Francisco Getulio Vargas, 1130 Bairro Petropolis CEP 95070-560 Caxias do Sul Brasil e-mail: valeriaccg@ibest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors thank the Universidade de Caxias do Sul and Instituto de Macromoleculas Professora Eloisa Mano of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro for helping to obtain the experimental data.
Adjustments include the transfer of frequencies to Brasilia, Goiania, Caxias do Sul and Maringa from CGH to Guarulhos and new service from the latter to Joinville, Uberlandia, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Salvador and Recife.
 
 
 
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