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Araçuaí
Araçuaí is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais in the Jequitinhonha River valley. The Araçuaí River, a tributary of the Jequitinhonha, flows through it. Its population was estimated to be 36,712 people living in a total area of 2,235 km2. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Araçuaí. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Araçuaí. The elevation of the municipal seat is 307 meters. It became a municipality in 1870. Araçuaí Micro-region Araçuaí is a statistical micro-region with 08 municipalities: Araçuaí, Caraí, Coronel Murta, Itinga, Novo Cruzeiro, Padre Paraíso, Ponto dos Volantes and Virgem da Lapa. In 2000 the population was 145,679 inhabitants in an area of 10,299.30 km2. The population density was 14.14 inhabitants/km2 (2000). The economy is based on cattle raising (31,000 head), services, and subsistence agriculture, with the main crops being mangoes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araçuaí River
The Araçuaí River ( pt, Rio Araçuaí, links=no) is a river of Minas Gerais state in southeastern Brazil. The Araçuaí River flows through the Jequitinhonha Valley in the northeast of Minas Gerais, through the town of Araçuaí, which the river takes its name from. It is a tributary of the Jequitinhonha River, flowing south from its right bank. The confluence of the river is located at . Tributaries include the Gravatá River (Minas Gerais), Gravatá River, Setúbal River, Capivara River (Araçuaí River), Capivara River, Fanado River and the Itamarandiba River. River valley According to the Fundação João Pinheiro (FJP) (João Pinheiro Foundation), an agency of the government of the state of Minas Gerais, which has the responsibility to provide technical support services to the State Secretariat for Planning and Management and other state operational systems, the Araçuaí River raises in the Senador Modestino Gonçalves district and joins the Jequitinhonha River in the Araçu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Araçuaí
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Araçuaí ( la, Dioecesis Arassuahyensis) is a diocese located in the city of Araçuaí in the Ecclesiastical province of Diamantina in Brazil. According to biographical information contained in the Vatican Press Office's News.va and Vatican Information Service's (VIS) daily bulletins (in the section regarding episcopal appointments) for Wednesday, June 13, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed the Reverend Father Marcello Romano, a member of the clergy of, and at the time the Diocesan Administrator of, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Guanhaes, as the ninth Bishop of Araçuaí. For more information on the then Bishop-elect of this Diocese, please see the two news releases. History * August 25, 1913: Established as Diocese of Araçuaí from the Diocese of Diamantina Bishops * Bishops of Araçuaí (Latin Rite) ** Serafim Gomes Jardim da Silva (1914.03.12 – 1934.05.26), appointed Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais ** José de Haas, O.F.M. (1937.03.2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caraí
Caraí is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was estimated to be 23,780 people living in a total area of 1,240 km2. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Araçuaí. The elevation of the municipal seat is 750 meters. It became a municipality in 1948. The economy is based on cattle raising, services, and subsistence agriculture, with the main crops being coffee (2,600 ha.), rice, beans, sugarcane, and corn. The cattle herd had 17,000 head in 2006. In 2005 there were 2633 rural producers but only 20 tractors. 8,700 persons were dependent on agriculture. there were 8 public health clinics, with none carrying out diagnosis and complete therapy. There was one hospital with 35 beds. Educational needs were met by 29 primary schools, 3 middle schools and 7 nursery schools. There were 231 automobiles in 2006, giving a ratio of 90 inhabitants per automobile (there were 525 motor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgem Da Lapa
Virgem da Lapa () is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was estimated to be 13,740 people living in a total area of . The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Araçuaí. It became a municipality in 1948. Virgem da Lapa is located just on the left bank (north) of the Jequitinhonha River at an elevation of 385 meters (center of the town). The climate is semi-arid and the region suffers from periodic drought. The economy is based on cattle raising, services, and subsistence agriculture, with the main crops being rice, beans, manioc, sugarcane, and corn. The cattle herd had 14,000 head in 2006. In 2005 there were 1858 rural producers but only 14 tractors among them. 6,200 persons were dependent on agriculture—almost half of the population. As of 2005 there were 5 health clinics and 1 public hospital with 42 beds. Educational needs were met by 24 primary schools, 2 middl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronel Murta
Coronel Murta is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was estimated to be 9,215 people living in a total area of 813 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Araçuaí. It became a municipality in 1953. Coronel Murta is located on the left bank of the Jequitinhonha River at an elevation of 322 meters. The climate is semi-arid. The region is one of the most impoverished in the country. The economy is based on cattle raising, services, and subsistence agriculture, with the main crops being beans, sugarcane, and corn. The cattle herd had 11,000 head in 2006. In 2005 there were 770 rural producers but only 14 tractors. 2,500 persons were dependent on agriculture. there were 5 public health clinics. Educational needs were met by 10 primary schools, 1 middle school and 1 nursery school. There were 191 automobiles in 2006, giving a ratio of 47 inhabitants per automobile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padre Paraíso
Padre Paraíso is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was estimated to be 20,252 people living in a total area of 543 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Araçuaí. It became a municipality in 1962. Padre Paraíso is located on the Rio-Bahia highway (BR-116) at an elevation of 664 meters (center of the town). The climate is semi-arid and the region is mountainous. The economy is based on cattle raising, services, and subsistence agriculture, with the main crops being coffee, beans, manioc, sugarcane, and corn. The cattle herd had 8,000 head in 2006. In 2005 there were 639 rural producers but only 7 tractors. 2,100 persons were dependent on agriculture. As of 2005 there were 17 health clinics and 1 private hospital with 42 beds. Educational needs were met by 23 primary schools, 3 middle schools and 4 nursery schools. There were 959 automobiles in 2006, giving a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novo Cruzeiro
Novo Cruzeiro is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was estimated to be 31,335 people living in a total area of 1,701 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Araçuaí. The elevation of the municipal seat is 980 meters. It became a municipality in 1943. Most of the population lives in the rural area, with over 10,000 people still engaged in agriculture, which is mainly subsistence. Novo Cruzeiro was founded by Anastácio Roque Esteves, who settled here in 1917 along the banks of the Ribeirão São Bento, a tributary of the Rio Gravatá. The first name was Fazenda Santa Maria do Ribeirão da Pedra, then Vila Gravatá, São Bento, and finally Novo Cruzeiro, the name coming from the change of the currency of the country from mil réis to the Cruzeiro. The town was once connected with the south by a railroad line, E. F. Bahia a Minas, which was extinguished in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itinga
Itinga is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. the population was 15,022 in a total area of 1,641 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Araçuaí. The elevation of the municipal seat is 269 meters. It became a municipality in 1943. This municipality is located 33 kilometers to the west of the important BR-116 highway. It is connected by paved road. The Jequitinhonha River flows through the town. Most of the town is on the left bank of the river, but the two sides are connected by a bridge. The closest population center with a hospital and banking facilities is Araçuaí, a distance of about 47 km. The main economic activities are cattle raising and farming. The GDP was R$36,999,000 (2005). There were no banking agencies in 2006. In the rural area there were 1,403 farms with around 3,800 people involved in the agricultural sector. There were 23 tractors, a ratio of one tractor for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponto Dos Volantes
Ponto dos Volantes is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Araçuaí. As of 2020 the population was 12,179 in an area of 1,215 km². The elevation is 400 meters. It became a municipality in 1997. The postal code (CEP) is 39615-000. This is one of the poorest municipalities in the state and in the country. The main economic activities are cattle raising (14,000 head in 2006) and farming with modest production of bananas, coffee, mangoes, guava, rice, sugarcane, and corn. In 2006 there were 976 rural producers on a total area of 47,734 hectares. Cropland made up 8,200 hectares. There were 18 tractors. In the urban area there were no financial institutions as of 2006. There were 167 automobiles, giving a ratio of about one automobile for every 65 inhabitants. Health care was provided by 5 public health clinics. There were no hospitals. Municipal Human Develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jequitinhonha River
The Jequitinhonha River () flows mainly through the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its source lies near Diamantina in the Espinhaço Mountains at an elevation of , after which it flows northward and then east-northeastward across the uplands. At Salto da Divisa, it is interrupted by the Cachoeira (falls) do Salto Grande, high. The river descends to the coastal plain at the city of Jequitinhonha, beyond which it is also called Rio Grande do Belmonte, and empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Belmonte in Bahia state after a course of approximately . The main tributaries are the Araçuaí River, Piauí, São Miguel, Itacambiruçu, Salinas, São Pedro, and São Francisco. The valley of the Jequitinhonha is one of the poorest regions of Brazil and is still prone to endemic yellow fever. It covers , twice the size of Switzerland, and has an approximate population of one million people, distributed in about 80 municipalities. The most populous of these is Almenara (36,254 in 2004) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Caetano Do Sul
São Caetano do Sul (or São Caetano) ('' Saint Cajetan of the South''. ) is a city in São Paulo state in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 161,957 (2020 est.) in an area of 15.33 km2. It is the city with the highest per capita income in Brazil (US$31,322.00 in 2010) and it also has the highest Human Development Index. It is intensely conurbated with São Paulo, Santo André and São Bernardo do Campo, causing the physical limits between cities to be lost. São Caetano do Sul, together with Ferraz de Vasconcelos, is one of two cities in the state of São Paulo that are not crossed by any state or federal highway. History The region in which the municipality of São Caetano do Sul is today is occupied since the 16th century when it was known as Tijucuçu. It was an area of estates of residents of the former settlement, later villa (1553), of Santo André da Borda do Campo, extinguished by order of the governor-general Mem de Sá. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poços De Caldas
Poços de Caldas is a municipality in the south of Minas Gerais state, Brazil, in the microregion of the same name. Its estimated population in 2020 was 168,641 inhabitants. The city is known for its hot springs. History Poços was founded in 1872. The region had been inhabited by the Cataguases Indians, who were expelled from their lands by the '' Bandeiras Unidas Paulistas'' during their quest for gold. The place was first called ''Freguesia de Nossa Senhora da Saúde das Águas de Caldas'' ("Parish of Our Lady of Health of Caldas Waters"). In 1874 it became a district, then, in 1875, it was elevated to the category of city. It became famous after the discovery of the hot springs, and many important people began to visit the spa in search of cures provided by the water. The name comes from Caldas da Rainha, a spa town in central Portugal. Geography It lies on the boundary of the state of São Paulo at 1186 meters elevation and is the main socio-economic nucleus of its regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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