Official Name: | Sobrália |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Southeast |
Subdivision Name2: | Minas Gerais |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Maria das Neves Beltrame Andrade |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1900s |
Established Title1: | Incorporated (district) |
Established Date1: | 1943 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (municipality) |
Established Date2: | 1962 |
Area Total Km2: | 206970 |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Total: | 5,514 |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Coordinates: | -19.2378°N -42.0978°W |
Elevation M: | 270 |
Blank Name: | HDI (2000) |
Blank Info: | 0.685 |
Website: | sobralia.mg.gov.br |
Sobrália is a municipality in Brazil in the state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2020 was estimated to be 5,514 inhabitants. The name Sobrália came from a local Native American tribe referring to the flowers called sobralia.
This city is where former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Glover Teixeira was born.
It is also the ancestral home of Danbury, Connecticut City Councilman Farley Santos whose maternal Grandfather, Miguel Pereira Santiago was the first Mayor of Sobralia. His paternal Grandfather, Geraldo Jose “Duquinha” Viana was also a 2 term Mayor of Sobralia.
The first settlers arrived in the beginning of the 20th century. The city was incorporated as a district of Tarumirim on December 31, 1943, by state law no. 1058. It became a municipality on December 30, 1962, by the signing of state law no. 2764.