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History of Uberaba


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The town was founded in 1820 by the seargeant ("sargento-mor") Antônio Eustáquio da Silva e Oliveira. The name was taken from the brazilian native language, Tupi and means "bright water". It was classified as indigenous territory on February 1811 and then as a freguesia on March 2, 1820 with the name of Santo Antônio e São Sebastião do Uberaba. Uberaba became a city on February 22, 1836.

The region known as Triângulo Mineiro, where Uberaba is located, was part of Goiás until 1816, when it became part of Minas Gerais.

The district of Peirópolis,

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