Canela
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Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- South
- State
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Founded
- December 28, 1944
- Mayor
- Constantino Orsolin
- Total
- 254.579 km (98.294 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 837 m (2,746 ft)
- Density
- 157.7/km (408/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−3 ( BRT )
- Hdi 2010
- 0.748 – high
- Website
- www .canela .rs .gov .br
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Canela ( Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐˈnɛlɐ]), meaning Cinnamon in Portuguese, is a town located in the Serra Gaúcha of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Both Canela and neighboring Gramado are important tourist locations and they both draw many visitors each year. Ecotourism is very popular in the area and there are many opportunities for hiking, rock climbing, horseback riding and river rafting.
One of the most important tourist destinations in Rio Grande do Sul, the city of Canela had its first urban center formed in 1903, when Colonel João Ferreira Corrêa da Silva settled there. On December 28, 1944, State Law No. 717 created the municipality, which was officially established four days later on January 1, 1945.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Canela” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.