Agudo, Rio Grande do Sul

Agudo
Municipality
Location athin Rio Grande do Sul
Agudo Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 29°38′43″S 53°14′24″W
Kintra	Brazil
State	Rio Grande do Sul
Area
• Total	553.1 km2 (213.6 sq mi)
Elevation	83 m (272 ft)
Population  (2004 est.)
• Total	17,833
• Density	32/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (UTC-2)

Agudo is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, the soothmaist state o Brazil. Its elevation is 83 meters abuin sealevel. The total aurie is 553,1 km² and the population was estimated at 17,833 in 2004.

Aircheological evidence indicates that this aurie wis settled bi humankind as far back as 8.000 years ago.

The first Europeans tae come intae the aurie wur Jesuit priests who in the 16t century began establishin the socried Reductions or Missions as they wur namit in the wider region an aw (i.e. Brazil, Argentinae an Paraguay).

At a later date wi the expulsion o the Jesuit order bi the baith the Spaingie an Portuguese crouns frae Sooth Americae left the aurie inactive as far as European activities wur concerned.

The local indigenous population suffered attacks bi Paulistas frae the north who, amangst ither things, made it their business tae captur Indians tae be put up for sale in the slave mercats o São Paulo, etc...

In 1857 a new wave o immigration stairtit tae affect the region, this time attractin Germanic settlers an subsequently fowks o ither European oreegins. The German leid is still spoken bi some o residents o the Municipality o Agudo an in auries aroond it.

In 2001 a fossil o a dinosaur wis foond in Agudos an efter the analysis o its skelet, it wis reportit tae be a new species o ornithischian dinosaur, namit sacisaur (Sacisaurus agudoensis) efter the evidence that the skelet missed the bones o ane o its leg.

Freemit airtins

• The Municipality o Agudo. Offeecial wabsteid, accessed on 25 Apryle 2006.

Genealogical research

• Colônia Santo Ângelo/Santo Angelo Settlement( Archived 2009-10-22 at the Wayback Machine 2009-10-24). Site in English and Portuguese, accessed on April 25, 2006.
• Altmann Family. Steid in Inglis an in Portuguese, accessed on April 25, 2006.
• Projeto Imigração Alemã/German Immigration Project. Steid in Portuguese, accessed on April 25, 2006.
• The Beskow Family in Santo Ângelo, in the Municipality of Agudo( Archived 2009-10-26 at the Wayback Machine 2009-10-24). Steid in Inglis an Portuguese, accessed on 25 Apryle 2006.