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Gravata

State Of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil
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About Gravata

Gravata is a metropolis inside the kingdom of Pernambuco, Brazil, located about 75 km from the nation's capital Recife, the space by means of avenue is 85 km or 53 mi. The population of Gravata in 2009 become 75.229 inhabitants, in accordance with IBGE. The municipal district of Gravataahad its origins in a farm, which in 1808, belonging to Jose Justino Carreiro de Miranda, served as a lodging area for guests and sold specially sugar and red meat. Travelling along the river Ipojuca from Recife in the direction of the inner of the united states turned into difficult in those times.

The traders have been forced to make strategic stops to avoid the livestock losing weight. One of those resting-locations changed into referred to as "Crauata", derived from the Tupi call "Karawata" for the vicinity, due to the predominance of a plant belonging to the own family of the bromelias, also referred to as Caraguata, Caroata, Caroa and Gravata. It turned into at the quit of the 18th century, that Jose Justino Carreio de Miranda took possession of the Fazenda Gravata, which for a long time served as accommodations for travelers.

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