Alfredo Wagner is a
municipality
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in the
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of
Santa Catarina in the
South region of
Brazil
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The municipality contains the
Rio das Furnas Private Natural Heritage Reserve
The Rio das Furnas Private Natural Heritage Reserve ( pt, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Reserva Rio das Furnas) is a private natural heritage reserve in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Location
The Rio das Furnas Private Natura ...
, created in 2002.
The first attempts of colonizing Alfredo Wagner were made at nineteen military in the Morro do Trombudo. The expedition was unsuccessful because snow was abundant and the rain in the three years ravaged the region. Augusto Lima, in 1893, settled in Rivers Adaga and Caeté, accompanied by some settlers. The local passed the name "Barracão", the first name of "Alfredo Wagner". The name is a homage to the men of more worked for emancipation political-administrative the municipality, dismembering of Bom Retiro.
Prehistory
In the start of the 1990s, teachers of University Federal of Santa Catarina found the fossil of a dinosaur, who lived 220 million years ago.
Colonization
The colonization the Alfredo Wagner mainly is the German and Italian, with the presence of Tyrolean of Italian language.
See also
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List of municipalities in Santa Catarina
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Santa Catarina (SC), located in the South Region of Brazil. Santa Catarina is divided into 295 municipalities, which are grouped into 20 microregions, which are grouped into 6 mesoregions.
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References
Municipalities in Santa Catarina (state)
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