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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] |
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] |
Biquinhas
Biquinhas is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. , the population was 2,498 in a total area of 457 square kilometers. It became a municipality in 1962. Location Biquinhas belongs to the statistical micro-region of Três Marias. It is located at an elevation of 629 meters between the Indaiá River and the reservoir of Três Marias. Neighboring municipalities are: *North and East: Morada Nova de Minas *West: Tiros *South: Paineiras Distances *Três Marias: 92 km *Abaeté: 44 km *Belo Horizonte: 268 Connections to the north are made on MG-415 to Morada Nova de Minas; to the south on MG-060 to Abaeté. Economic activities The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$ R$17 million of which most came from services and agriculture. Biquinhas is in the middle tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development. there were no banking agencies in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
Tiros
TIROS, or Television InfraRed Observation Satellite, is a series of early weather satellites launched by the United States, beginning with TIROS-1 in 1960. TIROS was the first satellite that was capable of remote sensing of the Earth, enabling scientists to view the Earth from a new perspective: space. The program, promoted by Harry Wexler, proved the usefulness of satellite weather observation, at a time when military reconnaissance satellites were secretly in development or use. TIROS demonstrated at that time that "the key to genius is often simplicity". TIROS is an acronym of "Television InfraRed Observation Satellite" and is also the plural of "tiro" which means "a young soldier, a beginner". Participants in the TIROS project included the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States Army Signal Research and Development Laboratory, Radio Corporation of America (RCA), the United States Weather Bureau Service, the United States Naval Photographic In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felixlândia
Felixlândia is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 15,433 living in 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 1948.IBGE Location Felixlândia is located at an elevation of 608 metres on highway BR-040 (Rio-BrasÃlia) between Tres Marias and . It forms a boundary on the west with the Tres Marias Reservoir. The nearest major population centre is |
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] |
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] |
