Gastão Vidigal is a
municipality in the state of São Paulo in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. The population is 4,860 (2020 est.) in an area of 181 km². The town was settled in the first part of the 20th century, at first under the name ''Brioso''. The municipality was established in 1955 by separating it from
Nhandeara, and at the same time it was renamed ''Gastão Vidigal'' after a banker who opened a branch of the
Banco Mercantil de São Paulo in the town.
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history The small town produces milk, corn, cotton, and coffee.
References
Municipalities in São Paulo (state)
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