Mariana Pimentel
Municipality
Flag of Mariana Pimentel
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Official seal of Mariana Pimentel
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Location within Rio Grande do Sul
Location within Rio Grande do Sul
Mariana Pimentel is located in Brazil
Mariana Pimentel
Mariana Pimentel
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 30°20′S 51°35′W / 30.333°S 51.583°W / -30.333; -51.583
Country Brazil
StateRio Grande do Sul
Population
 (2020[1])
 • Total3,888
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Websitewww.marianapimentel.rs.gov.br

Mariana Pimentel is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is located approximately 75 km from the state's capital, Porto Alegre.

Geography

Mariana Pimentel belongs to Porto Alegre Metropolitan Mesoregion and to Porto Alegre Microregion. The municipality can be accessed through RS-711, which is connected to BR-116.

Ecosystem

The outcrop Morro do Papaléo within Mariana Pimentel was the discovery site of two species of the extinct algae Brazilea, dating back to the Sakmarian of the Permian.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ Smaniotto, Larissa P.; Fischer, Tiago V.; Souza, Paulo A.; Iannuzzi, Roberto (September–December 2006). "Palinologia do Morro do Papalléo, Mariana Pimentel (Permiano Inferior, Bacia do Paraná), Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil". Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia. 9 (3): 311–322. doi:10.4072/rbp.2006.3.06.

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