Foz do Iguazçu

Foz do (Falls of) Iguazçu, a city of 264 thousand,¹ is located where the Iguazçu flows into and extends along the Iguazçu as far as the national park that contains the famous falls in Paraná state, South Region, Brasil (Brazil). The park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and tourist attraction. Besides the spectacular falls, the parks features plant life, the urutu viper, birds and mammals. The falls are shared by a park of the same name in Argentine, also a World Heritage Site.³

The tallest building is las Hadas (282 feet).⁴

The area is served by the Foz do Iguazçu International Airport, one of the nation's busiest.⁵

External references

Iguaçu Falls, Iguaçu Falls National Park, Paraná state, South Region,Brasil (Brazil)

Footnotes

1. 2013 per the side banner of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foz_do_Igua%C3%A7u, accessed August 31, 2015.
2. http://www.touropia.com/tourist-attractions-in-brazil/, accessed August 31, 2015.
3. UNESCO, World Heritage Sites (Firefly Books, 2010).
4. Emporis.com, accessed May 19, 2016.
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_Brazil, accessed August 31, 2015. Selection criterion: those with over one million passengers in 2015.