São Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul
São Gabriel | |
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 Location within Rio Grande do Sul | |
  São Gabriel Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 30°20′9″S 54°19′12″W / 30.33583°S 54.32000°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
| • Total | 62,147 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
São Gabriel is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Notable people[edit]
- Sepe Tiaraju (-1756), Indigenous chief and military leader, killed in São Gabriel at the hands of Portuguese and Spanish colonial soldiers.[2]
- Baron of Candiota (c. 1815–1894), landowner and military officer
- Hermes da Fonseca (1855-1923), 8th president of Brazil
- Joaquim Francisco de Assis Brasil (1857-1938), politician
- José Plácido de Castro (1873–1908), revolutionary and military leader in the Acre War[3]
- Mascarenhas de Morais (1883-1968), commander of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in World War II
Paleontology[edit]
In the vicinity of the city of São Gabriel fossils of ancient amphibians and reptiles whose ages range from the Permian to the Triassic have been found . [4][5]
Three vertebrate-bearing geological formations and localities are as follows:
- Irati Formation (Passo São Borja). Age: Early Permian.
- Rio do Rasto Formation (Posto Queimado). Age: Late Permian and/or Early Triassic.
- Sanga do Cabral Formation (Abandoned railroad between Dilermando de Aguiar and São Gabriel). Age: Late Triassic.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "Google Translate".
- ^ Herói Brasileiro: Plácido de Castro (in Portuguese), Folha de S. Paulo: Enciclopédia Mirador Internacional, retrieved 2016-07-04
- ^ Stereospondyls
- ^ Mesosaurs
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