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ID: 1022419 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1022419			Record Type: administrative

Pelotas (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 31 45 00 S degrees minutes			Lat: -31.7500 decimal degrees
Long: 052 20 00 W degrees minutes			Long: -52.3333 decimal degrees

Note: Located on left bank of Canal de S409ao Gonçalo in cattle-ranching region; is transfer point for ocean vessels unable to cross shallow Lagoa dos Patos; industries include flour, rice & hide processing; Universidade Federal de Pelotas founded in 1883.

Names:

Pelotas (preferred,C,V,O)
São Francisco de Paula (H,V)	............	from 1780-1835

Hierarchical Position:

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South America (continent) (P)

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Brazil (nation) (P)

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Rio Grande do Sul (state) (P)

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Pelotas (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)	............	founded in 1780
city (C)	............	given city status in 1835
agricultural center (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:

Pelotas..........	[VP Preferred]
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 250-251
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -661075
.................	Times Atlas of the World (1992) 151

São Francisco de Paula..........	[VP]
.........................................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 250-251
.........................................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -661075

Subject: .....	[VP]
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 250-251; VIII, 250-251
..................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -661075
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1992) 151


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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