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Abaeté
Abaeté is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. In 2020, the population was 23,250 in a total area of 1,816 square kilometers. It became a municipality in 1870. Location Abaeté belongs to the statistical micro-region of Três Marias. It is located at an elevation of 641 meters between the São Francisco River and the Indaiá River. Neighboring municipalities are: *North: Paineiras and Morada Nova de Minas. *West: Cedro do Abaeté. *South: Quartel Geral . *Southeast: Pompéu and Martinho Campos. Distances * Pompeu: 53 kilometers away. * São Gotardo: 75 kilometers away. * Belo Horizonte: 213 kilometers away. Etymology ''Abaeté'', of Tupi-Guarani origin, means ''strong man'' or ''brave man'' and was the word by which the local natives called themselves. The first name of the settlement was Nossa Senhora das Dores do Marmelada. Economy The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$162 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cedro Do Abaeté
Cedro do Abaeté is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. In 2020, the population was 1,157 in a total area of 280 km². It became a municipality in 1962. Location Cedro do Abaeté belongs to the statistical micro-region of Três Marias. It is located at an elevation of 931 meters between the Indaiá River and the São Francisco River. Neighboring municipalities are: *North: Paineiras *West: Tiros *South: Quartel Geral *East: Abaeté Distances *Três Marias: 176 km *Abaeté: 34 km *Belo Horizonte: 249 Connections to the east and west are made on MG-352. Economic activities The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$ R$6 million of which 4 million came from services. Cedro do Abaeté is in the middle tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development. In 2007, there were no banking agencies in the town. There was a small retail infrastructu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities In Minas Gerais ...
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast Region of Brazil. Minas Gerais is divided into 853 municipalities, which are grouped into 66 microregions, which are grouped into 12 mesoregions. See also *Geography of Brazil *List of cities in Brazil {{South America topic, List of cities in 01 Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quartel Geral
Quartel Geral is a Brazilian municipality located in the center of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 3,584 people living in a total area of 556 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Central Mineira and to the micro-region of Bom Despacho. It became a municipality in 1953.IBGE Location The city center of Quartel Geral is located at an elevation of 691 meters on state highway MG-170, 8 km south of its junction with federal highway BR-262. Neighboring municipalities are: Cedro do Abaeté and (N), |
Três Marias
Três Marias is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality΄ in northwestern Minas Gerais. In 2020 the population was 32,716 in a total area of 2,763 km2. Climate The climate is tropical semi-humid, with an annual average temperature of , and an average annual maximum of ; average annual minimum: ; average annual rainfall: . The altitude varies between .Prefeitura municipal Location Três Marias is located at the north end of one of the largest reservoir (water), reservoirs in Brazil—the Represa Três Marias—and is close to the dam which controls water entering the São Francisco (river), São Francisco river. The city lies on the important federal highway BR-040, which links Belo Horizonte to BrasÃlia. Neighboring municipalities are: Buritizeiro, Lassance, (N), Felixlândia (S), Corint ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paineiras
Paineiras is a municipality in the midwest of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020, the population was 4,462 in a total area of 638 km². It became a municipality in 1962. Location Paineiras belongs to the statistical micro-region of Três Marias. It is located at an elevation of 637 meters between the Indaiá River and the southern reaches of the Três Marias reservoir, which dams up the São Francisco River. Neighboring municipalities are: *North: Biquinhas *West: Tiros *South: Abaeté, Cedro do Abaeté *East: Felixlândia Distances *Morada Nova de Minas: 42 kilometres away *Biquinhas: 17 kilometres away *Belo Horizonte: 242 kilometres away *BrasÃlia: 513 kilometres away Connections to the north and south are made on road MG-415. Economic activities The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was 27 million Brazilian Real, of which, 14 million came from services and 10 million came from agricultur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morada Nova De Minas
Morada Nova de Minas is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020 the population was 8,910 in a total area of 2,085 km2. It became a municipality in 1943. Location Morada Nova de Minas belongs to the statistical micro-region of Três Marias. It is located at an elevation of 594 meters on the banks of the Três Marias Dam, which dams up the São Francisco River. Neighboring municipalities are: *Northeast: Três Marias *Northwest: São Gonçalo do Abaeté *West: Tiros *South: Abaeté, Biquinhas, and Pompeu *East: Felixlândia When the Três Marias reservoir was filled it formed an island in Morada Nova de Minas that became the Pirapitinga Ecological Station, with an area of about . Distances *Três Marias: 67 km * Biquinhas: 25 km * Belo Horizonte: 292 km *BrasÃlia: 570 km Connections to the north and south are made on MG-415, with vehicles crossing the reservoir on a ferry. Economic activities The most important ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Francisco River
The São Francisco River (, ) is a large river in Brazil. With a length of , it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil (after the Amazon, the Paraná and the Madeira). It used to be known as the by the indigenous people before colonisation, and is today also known as . The São Francisco originates in the Canastra mountain range in the central-western part of the state of Minas Gerais. It runs generally north in the states of Minas Gerais and Bahia, behind the coastal range, draining an area of over , before turning east to form the border between Bahia on the right bank and the states of Pernambuco and Alagoas on the left one. After that, it forms the boundary between the states of Alagoas and Sergipe and washes into the Atlantic Ocean. In addition to the five states which the São Francisco directly traverses or borders, its drainage basin also includes tributaries from the state of Goià ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Gotardo
São Gotardo is a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 35,782 people and its land area is 854 km2. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaiba and to the microregion of Patos de Minas. It became a municipality in 1915. Location The urban center is located at an elevation of 1,100 meters southeast of Patos de Minas in the upper Abaeté River valley. The region is made up of a plateau called Mata da Corda. The climate is mild and frost can occur in the dry season (from May to September). Neighboring municipalities are: Matutina and Tiros to the North, Rio ParanaÃba to the east, Campos Altos and Santa Rosa da Serra to the south, and Quartel Geral to the west. Distances *Patos de Minas: 101 km * Araxá: 163 km * Estalagem: 55 km (BR-262) * Rio ParanaÃba: 20 km * Matutina: 22 km *Tiros: 43 km * Arapua:50 km * Belo Horizonte: 295 km ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martinho Campos
Martinho Campos is a Brazilian municipality located in the center of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 13,443 people living in a total area of 1,060 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Central Mineira and to the micro-region of Bom Despacho. It became a municipality in 1938.IBGE Location The city center of Martinho Campos is located at an elevation of 699 meters on federal highway BR-357, in the upper valley of the . Neighboring municipalities are: Abaté (N), Pompeu (E),[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pompéu
Pompéu is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020 the population was 32,035 in a total area of 2,557 km2. It became a municipality in 1938. Location Pompéu belongs to the statistical micro-region of Três Marias. The municipal seat is located at an elevation of 657 meters between the Pará River and the São Francisco River. Neighboring municipalities are Felixlândia (N), Abaeté (W), Martinho Campos, Papagaios, and Pitangui (S), and Curvelo (E). Distances * Angueretá on BR-040: 44 km *Martinho Campos: 20 km *Belo Horizonte: 181 km *BrasÃlia: 650 km Connections to the north and south are made on MG-415. Climate The average yearly temperature is 22.1 °C; the average yearly maximum is 29.2 °C; and the average yearly minimum is 16,4 °C. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities In Minas Gerais
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district. The term is derived from French and Latin . The English word ''municipality'' derives from the Latin social contract (derived from a word meaning "duty holders"), referring to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction, from a sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco, to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New York. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropolis is anchor to the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area, ranked as the third-most populous metropolitan area in Brazil and the 17th-most populous in the Americas. Belo Horizonte is the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil's second-most populous state. It is the first planned modern city in Brazil. The region was first settled in the early 18th century, but the city as it is known today was planned and constructed in the 1890s, to replace Ouro Preto as the capital of Minas Gerais. The city features a mixture of contemporary and classical buildings, and is home to several modern Brazilian architectural icons, most notably the Pampulha Complex. In planning the city, Aarão Reis and Francisco Bicalho sought inspiration in the urban p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
