Cândido Godói
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Coordinates: 27 ° 57 ′ S , 54 ° 46 ′ W Cândido Godói on the map of Brazil
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| Country | Brazil | |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul | |
| City foundation | September 10, 1963 | |
| Residents | 6,535 (2010 census) | |
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| surface | 246,275 km² | |
| Population density | 26.5 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| height | 322 m | |
| City Presidency | Valdi Luis Goldschmidt ( PMDB ) (2017-2020) | |
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Cândido Godói , officially Município de Cândido Godói , is a small Brazilian town in the state of Rio Grande do Sul near the border with Argentina .
The riograndenser state road RS-165 runs through the city, which was founded in 1963 from Santa Rosa and Giruá , in a north-south direction, which meets the road RS-307 in the north , which passes in an east-west direction. The population was at the 2010 census 6535 inhabitants on an area of 246,275 km², on July 1, 2016 the population was estimated at 6587 inhabitants. Valdi Luis Goldschmidt has the city presidency (city prefect) for the term of office from 2017 to 2020.
history
The community is located in the area where native Indians from the Tapes tribe used to settle. The first European colonizers were Spaniards. The area later passed to Portugal through a treaty negotiated between the colonial powers Portugal and Spain ( Treaty of Tordesillas ). Although originally inhabited by Spaniards, residents of German and Polish descent make up the majority today . The place name is reminiscent of the Brazilian Minister for Public Works José Cândido Godói, who was in office when it was founded.
In 1995 the agricultural machinery construction company Indústria de Máquinas e Implementos Agrícolas KF Ltda, or Industrial KF for short, settled in the village.
"World Capital of Twins"
In Cândido Godói, twins are born more often than the average. The town therefore also describes itself as the “world capital of twins” or “land of twins” (original: Capital Mundial dos Gêmeos or Terra dos Gêmeos ). An exhibition is dedicated to the twin phenomenon in the local museum, the Museu de Resgate Histórico de Cândido Godói , a twins festival has been held every year since 2003, the 10th of its kind in 2016.
See also
Web links
- Website of the City Prefecture of Cândido Godói (Portuguese)
- Cândido Godói City Council website (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b IBGE : Cidades @ Rio Grande do Sul: Cândido Godói. Retrieved July 7, 2017 (Portuguese).
- ↑ Prefeitura de Cândido Godói: Dados de Município. Retrieved July 7, 2017 (Portuguese).
- ↑ Prefeitura de Cândido Godói: Industrial KF. Retrieved July 7, 2017 (Portuguese).
- ↑ 1996 study, PMID 9181177
- ↑ A. Tagliani-Ribeiro, M. Oliveira, A. K. Sassi, M. R. Rodrigues, M. Magonel-Oliveira, G. Steinman, U. Matte, N. J. Fagundes, L. Schuler-Faccini: Twin Town in South Brazil: a Nazi's experiment or a genetic founder effect? In: PLoS One. 6 (2011). doi: 10.1371 / journal.pone.0020328 . PMC 3110757 (free full text)
- ↑ Festa celebra Gêmeos de Cândido Godói . In: Zero Hora , April 18, 2008
- ↑ Prefeitura de Cândido Godói: 10ª Festa dos Gêmeos. Retrieved July 7, 2017 (Portuguese).