|
Monjolos
Monjolos is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2020 was 2,202, with a total area of . The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Central Mineira and to the statistical microregion of Curvelo. It became a municipality in 1962. Monjolos is located at an elevation of east of the Rio das Velhas, an important tributary of the São Francisco River. It is connected to the nearest major population center, Curvelo, by state highway MG-220. In 2001, this highway was not paved. The distance to Curvelo is , and the distance to the state capital, Belo Horizonte, is . Neighboring municipalities are Santo Hipólito, Gouveia, Diamantina, and Augusto de Lima. The main economic activities are services, small industries, and agriculture. The production of charcoal from eucalypt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curvelo
Curvelo is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the geodesic centre of Minas Gerais, 170 km north of the capital, Belo Horizonte, and connected to the capital by highways MG 135 and BR 040. Its estimated population is 80,616 inhabitants (2020) and the total area of the municipality is 3,344 kmª. The city lies at an altitude of 633 metres. Curvelo Statistical Micro-region Curvelo is also a statistical micro-region with 11 municipalities: Augusto de Lima, Buenópolis, Corinto, Curvelo, Felixlândia, Inimutaba, Joaquim FelÃcio, Monjolos, Morro da Garça, Presidente Juscelino, and Santo Hipólito. The population in 2000 was 141,619 inhabitants in a total area of 13,792.20 km2. The population density was 10.27 inhabitants/km2 (2000). Geography Curvelo titles itself the Gateway to the Sertão (Portal do Sertão), due to its geographical location — the area of transition to a drier vegetation and climate. It is located on a large ... [...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] |
Augusto De Lima, Minas Gerais
Augusto de Lima is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 4,851 living in a total area of 1,250 km². The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Central Mineira and to the statistical microregion of Curvelo. It became a municipality in 1963.IBGE Augusto de Lima is located at an elevation of 700 metres on highway BR-135 between and . The nearest major population centre is . The town began with the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamantina, Minas Gerais
Diamantina () is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. Its estimated population in 2020 was 47,825 in a total area of 3,870 km2. ''Arraial do Tijuco'' (as Diamantina was first called) was built during the colonial era in the early 18th century. As its name suggests, Diamantina was a center of diamond mining in the 18th and 19th centuries. A well-preserved example of Brazilian Baroque architecture, Diamantina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Other historical cities in Minas Gerais are Ouro Preto, São João del-Rei, Mariana, Tiradentes, Congonhas and Sabará. Statistical micro-region Diamantina is a statistical micro-region that includes the following municipalities: Diamantina, Datas, FelÃcio dos Santos, Gouveia, Presidente Kubitschek, São Gonçalo do Rio Preto, Senador Modestino Gonçalves, and Couto de Magalhães de Minas. The area of this region is 7,348 km2 and in 2006 the population was 80,063 inhabitants. The population density (2000) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Hipólito
Santo Hipólito is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 3,065 living in a total area of 341 km². The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Central Mineira and to the statistical microregion of Curvelo. It became a municipality in 1962. Santo Hipólito is located at an elevation of 596 meters, 30 km. east of Corinto on the right bank of the Rio das Velhas. The distance to the state capital, Belo Horizonte, is 241 km. Neighboring municipalities are: Monjolos, Presidente Juscelino, Curvelo and Augusto de Lima. The main economic activities are services, small industries, and agriculture. The production of charcoal from eucalyptus plantations is also important. The GDP in 2005 was R$23 million, with 9 million from services, 1 million f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gouveia, Minas Gerais
Gouveia is a Brazilian municipality located in the center of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 11,818 living in a total area of 874 km². The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the statistical microregion of Diamantina. It became a municipality in 1953.IBGE Gouveia is located at an elevation of 1113 meters in the upper valley. It is southwest of Diamantina to which it is connected by federal highway BR-367. The nearest major population center is Diamantina. The distance to is 34 km ... [...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] |
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] |
Microregion (Brazil)
A microregion ( pt, Microrregião) was a legally defined area in Brazil consisting of a group of municipalities. They were abolished in 2017 and replaced by "immediate geographic regions". Microregions were grouped together into mesoregions. In theory, Brazilian law provided for member municipalities to cooperate on matters of common interest, but in practice, the divisions were used primarily for statistical purposes by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e EstatÃstica; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information .... List of microregions In 2014, there were 5,569 municipalities, divided among 557 microregions and 136 mesoregions: [...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, BrasÃlia 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] |
Central Mineira
Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as Middle Africa * Central America, a region in the centre of America continent * Central Asia, a region in the centre of Eurasian continent * Central Australia, a region of the Australian continent * Central Belt, an area in the centre of Scotland * Central Europe, a region of the European continent * Central London, the centre of London * Central Region (other) * Central United States, a region of the United States of America Specific locations Countries * Central African Republic, a country in Africa States and provinces * Blue Nile (state) or Central, a state in Sudan * Central Department, Paraguay * Central Province (Kenya) * Central Province (Papua New Guinea) * Central Province (Solomon Islands) * Central Province, Sri La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesoregion (Brazil)
A mesoregion ( pt, Mesorregião) was a subdivision of the Brazilian states, grouping together various municipalities in proximity and with common characteristics. They were abolished in 2017 and replaced by "intermediary geographic regions". The mesoregions were created by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e EstatÃstica; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information ... for statistical purposes and did not, therefore, constitute political or administrative areas. They were further divided into microregions. List of mesoregions , there were 5,569 municipalities, divided among 557 microregions and 136 mesoregions: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
