Sobrália
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Sobrália | |
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"Eu Amo Sobrália" ("I love Sobrália") in the Ivo Teodoro de Sousa Square | |
Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 19°14′16″S 42°05′52″W / 19.23778°S 42.09778°W / -19.23778; -42.09778 | |
| Country | |
| Region | Southeast |
| State | Minas Gerais |
| Settled | 1900s |
| Incorporated (district) | 1943 |
| Incorporated (municipality) | 1962 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Maria das Neves Beltrame Andrade |
| Area | |
• Total | 206,970 km2 (79,910 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 270 m (890 ft) |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 5,514 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| HDI (2000) | 0.685 |
| Website | sobralia.mg.gov.br |
Sobrália is a municipality in Brazil in the state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2020 was estimated to be 5,514 inhabitants. The name Sobrália came from a local Native American tribe referring to the flowers called sobralia.
This city is where former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Glover Teixeira was born.
It is also the ancestral home of Danbury, Connecticut City Councilman Farley Santos whose maternal Grandfather, Miguel Pereira Santiago was the first Mayor of Sobralia. His paternal Grandfather, Geraldo Jose “Duquinha” Viana was also a 2 term Mayor of Sobralia.
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