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The municipality of Lindolfo Collor (5,719 inhabitants in 2016; 3,299 ha,
therefore the 3rd smallest municipality in the state by its area) is located 50
km of Porto Alegre.
Lidolfo Collor is considered as the world's leading
producer of leather carpets.
Lindolfo Collor was originally established
as Picada Capivara, part of Sant'Anna do Rio (today, Capela de Santana), then
the 3rd district of Leopoldo. On 4 November 1867, it was transferred to the
newly established 4th district of Bom Jardin (today, Ivoti). The place was named
for a path established during the forest ("picada") and capybaras probably very
common in the area.
The municipality of Lindolfo Collor was established by
State Law No. 9,630 promulgated on 20 March 1992.
http://www.lindolfocollor.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 19 July 2020
The new municipality was named for Lindolfo Collor (1890-1942),
Minister of Labor, Industry and Commerce under President Getúlio Vargas
(1930-1932), whom he had supported in the coup against President Washington Luís.
Collor pushed significant social reforms, such as the recognition of workers'
unions, the set up of arbitration courts for work conflicts and regulation of
women and children's work. After the failed Constitutionalist Revolution, he
exiled in 1932 to Argentina. Pardoned, he came back to Brazil in 1934, serving
in 1936 as Finance Secretary of Rio Grande do Sul. An opponent to Estado Novo,
he was jailed in 1938 and 1941. His grandson, Fernando Collor de Mello, was an
ephemerous President of Brazil (1990-1992).
http://cpdoc.fgv.br/producao/dossies/AEraVargas1/biografias/lindolfo_collor
Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil
Photos
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Image from the municipal website
http://www.lindolfocollor.rs.gov.br/Simbolos-Municipais/15/Bandeira-do-Municipio-em-Lindolfo-Collor
Ivan Sache, 19 July 2020
