Lago da Pedra

Federal State

Lago da Pedra is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Maranhão. The population in 2008 was 46 083 inhabitants, with 59.52 % in urban and 40.48 % in rural areas.

Location

Lago da Pedra is located approximately 310 km from the capital of the Brazilian state of São Luís Maranhão.

Neighboring communities

Paulo Ramos, Marajá do Sena, Lagoa Grande do Maranhão, São Roberto, Esperantinópolis, Poção de Pedras, igarapé Grande, Lago do Junco, Bom Lugar and Vitorino Freire.

History

Lago da Pedra is mentioned with the arrival of the first settlers in the area for the first time in historical documents of the city in 1929. 1931 was followed by other farmers who were in search of grazing land and erected the first building. Its main activity was the animal breeding and agriculture favored by the climate and water resources in the geographical landscape near a large lake.

The settlement was first administrative district of Vitória do Mearim assigned as a records with the number 248 on December 31, 1948 is.

In the course of the Territorial Structure of 1 July 1950, the place for the first time was there called Lago Pedra (Lake for the lake and Pedra by a large rock of the lake ).

By Act No. 776 of the Brazilian state of Maranhão on 2 October 1952, the assignment of the former district is hereby repealed to Mearim and Lago de Pedra explained to the community. On January 1, 1953 Lago da Pedra da Silva was elected as an independent municipality Coelho and Antonio on the preliminary first manager of Lago Pedra for two years.

Since its inception, this place was by numerous German investments, such as building schools and local community organizations supported by priests and missionaries of German origin.