Patos

Patos belongs to the river country feeding the great lagoon of that name in southern Brazil. The Taquari joins the Jacuí, whose waters continue through the Guaíba towards the lagoon. Portuguese authorities organised a settlement of Azorean families on the Taquari in the 1760s. Known as São José de Tebiquary, it stood on a water route connecting the interior with the coastal basin and the Portuguese settlements farther east.