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Sobralia

Sobrália

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Official seal of Sobrália
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Location in Brazil
Location in Brazil
Sobrália is located in Brazil
Sobrália
Sobrália
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 19°14′16″S 42°05′52″W / 19.23778°S 42.09778°W / -19.23778; -42.09778Coordinates: 19°14′16″S 42°05′52″W / 19.23778°S 42.09778°W / -19.23778; -42.09778
Country  Brazil
Region Southeast
State Minas Gerais
Settled 1900s
Incorporated (district) 1943
Incorporated (municipality) 1962
Government
 • Mayor Wilson Ferreira Neto
Area
 • Total 206,970 km2 (79,910 sq mi)
Elevation 270 m (890 ft)
Population (2006)
 • Total 5,828
Time zone BRT (UTC-3)
 • Summer (DST) BRST (UTC-2)
HDI (2000) 0.685

Sobrália is a municipality in Brazil in the state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2004 was estimated to be 6,000 inhabitants. The name Sobrália came from a local Native American tribe referring to the flowers called sobralia.

This city is where MMA fighter Glover Teixeira was born.

The first settlers arrived in the beginning of the 20th century. The city was incorporated as a district of Tarumirim on December 31, 1943, by state law no. 1058. It became a municipality on December 30, 1962, by the signing of state law no. 2764.


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