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Grão Mogol
Grão Mogol is a Brazilian municipality located in the north of the state of Minas Gerais. In 2020 the population was 15,890 in a total area of 3,890 km². The elevation is 829 meters. It became a municipality in 1840. Location and Distances Grão Mogol is located in an isolated area between Montes Claros and the Jequitinhonha River. The distance to the state capital, Belo Horizonte, is 551 km. Other distances are: Brasília, 930; Montes Claros, 157; Rio de Janeiro, 1,080; Salvador, 894; and São Paulo, 1,215. Grão Mogol is also an IBGE statistical microregion including the following municipalities: Botumirim, Cristália, Grão Mogol, Itacambira, Josenópolis, and Padre Carvalho. The population of this region was 39,406 in 2000 and the area was 9,108.00 km². History The settlement of Serra de Santo Antônio do Itacambiraçu, present-day Grão Mogol, had it origins in the discovery of diamonds at the end of the eighteenth century. In 1839 the place w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Brazil
The municipalities of Brazil ( pt, municípios do Brasil) are administrative divisions of the states of Brazil, Brazilian states. Brazil currently has 5,570 municipalities, which, given the 2019 population estimate of 210,147,125, makes an average municipality population of 37,728 inhabitants. The average state in Brazil has 214 municipalities. Roraima is the least subdivided state, with 15 municipalities, while Minas Gerais is the most subdivided state, with 853. The Federal District (Brazil), Federal District cannot be divided into Municipality, municipalities, which is why its territory is composed of several Administrative regions of the Federal District (Brazil), administrative regions. These regions are directly managed by the government of the Federal District, which exercises constitutional and legal powers that are equivalent to those of the Federated state, states, as well as those of the Municipality, municipalities, thus simultaneously assuming all the obligations a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 "Beautiful Horizon"), is a major urban and finance center in Latin America, and the sixth largest municipality in Brazil, after the cities of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Brasília and Fortaleza, but its metropolitan area is the third largest in Brazil with just over 5.8 million inhabitants, after those of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Nine Brazilian presidents were born in Minas Gerais, the most of any state. The state has 10.1% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 8.7% of the Brazilian GDP. With an area of —larger than Metropolitan France—it is the fourth most extensive state in Brazil. The main producer of coffee and milk in the country, Minas Gerais is known for its heritage of architecture and colonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grão Mogol State Park
The Grão Mogol State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual de Grão Mogol) is a state park in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It protects an area of high, mountainous terrain with cerrado vegetation, important as a source of water in a region with a dry climate. Location The Grão Mogol State Park is in the municipality of Grão Mogol, Minas Gerais. It has an area of . The park is mostly within the Serra Geral, in the region known as the Serra da Bocaína. It contains the valley of the Bosque River and other smaller streams within the Jequitinhonha River basin. The rivers are perennial, although the climate is very dry. The terrain is mostly mountainous, with large plateaus such as the Chapada do Bosque, the Chapada do Bosquinho and the Chapada do Cardoso. History The Grão Mogol State Park was created by decree 39.906 of 22 September 1998. Its area was redefined by decree 45.243 of 2009. It is classed as IUCN protected area category II (national park). The purpose is to protect region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padre Carvalho
Padre Carvalho is a Brazilian municipality located in the north of the state of Minas Gerais. In 2020 the population was 6,423 in a total area of 450 km². It became a municipality in 1997. Location and Distances Padre Carvalho is located in the foothills of the Serra do Espinhaço mountains southwest of Salinas at an elevation of 750 meters. It is north of the Rio Jequitinhonha and just east of the Rio Vacaria, a tributary of the Jequitinhonha. Neighboring municipalities are: Grão Mogol, Josenópolis, Rubelita, Fruta de Leite e Rio Pardo de Minas. Padre Carvalho is part of the statistical microregion of Grão Mogol. Economic activities The most important economic activities are cattle raising on a modest scale (2,400 head in 2006) and subsistence agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$ 11,849,000. The most important agricultural crops are bananas, coffee, peanuts, sugarcane, and corn. In the rural area, there were 281 producers. The total area of agricultural land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josenópolis
Josenópolis is a Brazilian municipality located in the north of the state of Minas Gerais. In 2020 the population was 4,889 in a total area of 536 km2. It became a municipality in 1997.IBGE Location and Distances Josenópolis is located in the foothills of the Serra do Espinhaço mountains southeast of at an elevation of 692 meters. It is north of the Rio Jequitinhonha and is connected by dirt road to other population centers. The Rio Vacaria, a tributary of the Rio Jequitinhonha, flows into the Jequitinhonha. Neighboring municipalities are: Grão Mogol,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itacambira
Itacambira is a Brazilian municipality located in the north of the state of Minas Gerais. In 2020 the population was 5,417 in a total area of 1,788 km². It became a municipality in 1962.IBGE Location and Distances Itacambira is located in the Serra do Espinhaço mountains southeast of at an elevation of 1,048 meters. It is north of the Rio Jequitinhonha and is connected by dirt road to other population centers. The Rio Congonhas, a tributary of the Rio Jequitinhonha, flows to the north. Neighboring municipalities are: Grão Mogol, |
Cristália
Cristália is a Brazilian municipality located in the north of the state of Minas Gerais. In 2020 the population was 5,982 in a total area of 841 km2. The elevation is 728 meters. It became a municipality in 1962. Location and Distances Cristália is located in the Serra do Espinhaço mountains east of Montes Claros. It is 18 km south of Grão Mogol and is connected by dirt road. The Rio Congonhas, a tributary of the Rio Jequitinhonha, flows to the north. Cristálila is part of the statistical microregion of Grão Mogol. The distance to Belo Horizonte is 354 km. Economic activities The most important economic activities are cattle raising (5,000 head in 2006) and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$16,261,000. The most important agricultural crops are bananas, coffee, tropical and citrus fruits, peanuts, sugarcane, and corn. There was also production of charcoal from eucalyptus plantations and lumber. In the rural area there were 503 producers. The to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botumirim
Botumirim is a Brazilian municipality located in the north of the state of Minas Gerais. In 2020 the population was 6,288 in a total area of 1,572 km2. The elevation is 948 meters. It became a municipality in 1962. Location and distances Botumirim is located in the Serra do Espinhaço mountains east of Montes Claros. It is 60 km south of the BR-251 highway and is connected to Grão Mogol, which is 42 km. to the northeast, by dirt roads. The distance to Belo Horizonte is . Botumirim is part of the statistical microregion of Grão Mogol. Neighboring municipalities are: Grão Mogol, Itacambira, Bocaiúva, Turmalina, Leme do Prado, José Gonçalves de Minas, and Cristália. Geography The climate is semi-arid, meaning it has slightly more rain than an arid climate. The average annual temperature is 22.4 C. The average annual maximum temperature is 29.3 C and the average annual minimum temperature is 16.7 C. More than half of the area is considered mo ... [...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] |
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] |
Montes Claros
Montes Claros is a city located in northern Minas Gerais state, in Brazil. The population is 413,487 (2020 est.) in an area of . It was made a seat of a municipality in 1831 and attained city status in 1857. History The region was originally inhabited by the and Amerindians. The first Portuguese settlers arrived in this region during the eighteenth century. In 1707 they formed three great ranches: Jaiba, Olhos d'Água and Montes Claros. The latter was created by Antônio Gonçalves Figueira. In order to get his cattle to market Figueira opened up roads to Tranqueiras in Bahia and to the São Francisco River Soon the Fazenda de Montes Claros became the greatest producer of cattle in the north of Minas Gerais, and a small village was formed. In 1554 the Espinosa-Navarro expedition, composed of twelve Bandeirantes. The settlers moved north from the coast in search of diamonds and gold in the streams, and to conquer the region from the native Amerindians. It was officially found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)french: Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development. Headquartered in New York City, it is the largest UN development aid agency, with offices in 170 countries. The UNDP emphasizes developing local capacity towards long-term self-sufficiency and prosperity. It administers projects to attract investment, technical training, and technological development, and provides experts to help build legal and political institutions and expand the private sector. The UNDP operates in 177 countries and is funded entirely by voluntary contributions from UN member states. Also, UNDP is governed by a 36-member executive board overseen by an administrator, who is third-highest ranking UN official after the Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General. Founding The UNDP was founded on 22 Nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
