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image by Ivan Sache,
13
July 2020
The municipal of Candelária (31,541 inhabitants in 2016; 93,493 ha) is
located 180 km north of Porto Alegre.
Candelária was established in 1862
by Joăo Kochenborger and Jacob Welsh, the sons of German immigrants established
in Rio Pardo. They built an aqueduct to supply water from stream Grande, used to
power a sawmill and a maize and wheat mill.
The parish of Nossa Senhora de
Candelária was established on 9 May 1876; in the beginning of the 20th century,
the town counted c. 150 inhabitants. The municipality of Candelária was
established on 7 July 1925.
https://candelaria.atende.net
Municipal website
Candelária is the namesake of the saurischian dinosaur Guaibasaurus
candelariensis, identified in 1999.
J.F. Bonaparte, J. Ferigolo, A.M.
Ribeiro. 1999. A new early Late Triassic saurischian dinosaur from Rio Grande do
Sul state, Brazil. National Science Museum Monographs. 15: 89–109
Ivan Sache,
13
July 2020
The flag of Candelária is vertically divided blue-white-blue, charged in the
center with the municipal emblem (different from the municipal coat of arms).
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/imprensa.candelaria/
https://www.facebook.com/imprensa.candelaria/
https://www.facebook.com/imprensa.candelaria/
https://www.facebook.com/imprensa.candelaria/
https://www.facebook.com/imprensa.candelaria/
https://www.facebook.com/imprensa.candelaria/
https://www.folhadecandelaria.com.br/ler-noticia/pzvitf/prefeitura-de-candelaria-anuncia-medidas-para-conter-a-propagacao-do-coronavirus.html
http://www.gaz.com.br/conteudos/regional/2020/03/28/163743-candelaria_permite_reabertura_de_lojas_e_retomada_da_industria.html.php
Ivan Sache, 13 July 2020