Agudo is a

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in Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of

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Location

Agudo is 83 meters above sea level. The total area is 553,1 km² and the population was estimated at 16,401 in 2020. The municipality contains part of the Quarta Colônia State Park, created in 2005. The municipality contains part of the hydroelectric Dona Francisca Dam on the upper

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History

Archeological evidence indicates that this area was settled by humankind as far back as 8,000 years ago. The first Europeans to come into the area were Jesuit priests who in the 16th century began establishing the so-called ''Reductions'' or '' Missions'' as they also were named in the wider region (i.e.

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and

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). At a later date with the expulsion of the Jesuit order by both the

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and

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crowns from

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left the area inactive as far as European activities were concerned. The local indigenous population suffered attacks by Paulistas from the north who, amongst other things, made it their business to capture Indians to be put up for sale in the slave markets of

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, etc... In 1857 a new wave of

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started to affect the region, this time attracting Germanic settlers and subsequently peoples of other European origins. The

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is still spoken by some residents of the Municipality of Agudo and in areas around it. In 2001 a

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of a

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was found in Agudos and after the analysis of its skeleton, it was reported to be a new species of

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dinosaur, named sacisaur (''Sacisaurus agudoensis'') after the evidence that the skeleton missed the bones of one of its leg.

References

External links

The Municipality of Agudo
Official website, accessed on April 25, 2006.

Genealogical research

2009-10-24). Site in English and Portuguese, accessed on April 25, 2006.

Site in English and in Portuguese, accessed on April 25, 2006.

Site in Portuguese, accessed on April 25, 2006.
The Beskow Family in Santo Ângelo, in the Municipality of AgudoArchived
2009-10-24). Site in English and Portuguese, accessed on April 25, 2006. Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul {{RioGrandedoSul-geo-stub