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image by Ivan Sache,
13
July 2020
The municipal of Candel�ria (31,541 inhabitants in 2016; 93,493 ha) is
located 180 km north of Porto Alegre.
Candel�ria was established in 1862
by Jo�o 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
Candel�ria was established on 9 May 1876; in the beginning of the 20th century,
the town counted c. 150 inhabitants. The municipality of Candel�ria was
established on 7 July 1925.
https://candelaria.atende.net
Municipal website
Candel�ria 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 Candel�ria 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