Flag Seal Region Southeast Settled 1900s Area 206,970 km² Population 5,828 (2006) | Country Brazil State Minas Gerais Incorporated (district) 1943 Elevation 270 m Local time Saturday 3:59 AM | |
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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.
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Map of Sobr%C3%A1lia, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
This city is where MMA fighter Glover Teixeira was born.
History
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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Sobrália Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA