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.
Mariana Pimentel | |
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 Location within Rio Grande do Sul | |
  Mariana Pimentel Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 30°20′S 51°35′W / 30.333°S 51.583°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Population (2020[1]) | |
• Total | 3,888 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Website | www.marianapimentel.rs.gov.br |
Geography
editMariana 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.
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
editReferences
edit- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ 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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