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PELOTAS , a See also:city of the See also:state of Rio Grande do Sul, See also:Brazil, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Sao Gongalo See also:river near its entrance into the Lag&a dos Patos, about 30 M. N.W. of the city of Rio Grande. Pop. (1g0o), city, about 24.000; municipio (See also:commune, 1037 sq. m.),43,o91. The Rio Grsnde Bage railway communicates with the city of Rio Grande, and with the See also:railways extending to Bage, Cacequy, See also:Santa Maria, Passo Fundo and See also:Porto Alegre. The Sao Goncalo river is the outlet of Lag&a Mirim, and Pelotas is therefore connected with the inland See also:water routes. The city is built on an open grassy See also:plain (campo) little above the level of the See also:lake (28 ft. above See also:sea-level). The public buildings include the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of Sao Francisco, dating from the See also:early See also:part of the loth See also:century, the municipal See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, a See also:fine See also:theatre, the Misericordia See also:hospital, a public library containing about 25,000 volumes and a See also:great central See also:market. Pelotas is the centre of the xarque or carne secca (jerked See also:beef) See also:industry of Rio Grande do Sul. In its outskirts and the surrounding See also:country are an immense number of xarqueadas (slaughter-houses), with large open yards where the dressed beef, lightly salted, is exposed to the See also:sun and See also:air. There are many factories or packing houses where the by-products are prepared for market. Pelotas was only a small See also:settlement at the beginning of the 19th century and had no parochial organization until 1812. It became a See also:villa in 183o and a city in 1835.
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