Brasilândia de Minas (also known as ''Brazilian Dubai'') is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the

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Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...

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History

The first documents begin in the early nineteenth century telling of settlement in this region refer to lands belonging to Joaquina do Pompeu, whose complete name was Joaquina Maria Bernarda da Silva de Abreu Castello Branco Souto Maior de Oliveira Campos. With the death of this rich cattle baroness in 1824 lands were divided among heirs but a large area was acquired by an English company, Brazil Land Cattle and Packing Company. These lands were abandoned during the Second World War and later expropriated by President

Getúlio Vargas Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (; ; 19 April 1882 – 24 August 1954) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who served as the 14th and 17th president of Brazil, from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 until his suicide in 1954. Due to his long and contr ...

. In 1952 a caravan of settlers arrived from

Pirapora Pirapora is a municipality in northcentral Minas Gerais in Brazil. The population is 56,640 (2020 est.) in an area of 550 km². The name Pirapora comes from the Tupi words for "fish" + "jump", referring to the piracema season when a mass migratio ...

and began to occupy the lands. The lands were divided into lots of 100 hectares that were given to the settlers along with 20 heifers, one bull, and some oxen. They had 20 years to pay it off, when they would receive the final deed of ownership. By 1980 the population had reached 7,000 inhabitants. In 1991 the district of Brasilândia was created inside the municipality of

João Pinheiro João Pinheiro da Silva (16 December 1860 – 25 October 1908) was a Brazilian lawyer, industrialist and politician who served as president of Minas Gerais. A defender of republicanism during Brazil's Imperial era, Pinheiro became the main re ...

. In 1995 a vote was taken for emancipation and Yes got 3,305 votes and the No got 69 votes In 1995 the municipality was created and in 1996 the first elections took place for mayor. As of 2020, the estimated population was 16,748.

Geography

The climate is tropical with altitude characterized by a rainy season from October to April and a dry season from May to September. The vegetation is transitional between

cerrado The Cerrado () is a vast ecoregion of Tropics, tropical savanna in central Brazil, being present in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Paraná ...

and

caatinga Caatinga () is a type of semi-arid tropical vegetation, and an ecoregion characterized by this vegetation in interior northeastern Brazil. The name "Caatinga" comes from the Tupi word '' ka'atinga'', meaning "white forest" or "white vegetat ...

. The maximum temperature is 38 °C, the average is 23 °C and the minimum is 15 °C. Annual rainfall averages 1,400mm.City government
/ref> Brasilàndia de Minas belongs to the statistical micro-region of Paracatu. The region has ten municipalities and an area of 35,111.00 km². It lies just north of the Paracatu River, a major tributary of the

São Francisco River The São Francisco River (, ) is a large Rivers of Brazil, 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 R ...

, southeast of where it receives the Preto River. A paved road, MG-181, crosses the river and heads south to join the important national highway BR-040 near João Pinheiro. The distance to João Pinheiro is 84 km. Brasília is 300 km away while the state capital of Belo Horizonte is 496 km.

Economy

The main economic activities are cattle raising (50,340 head in 2006) and the cultivation of soybeans (2,800 ha.), corn (2,100 ha.), manioc, beans, and rice. There is also a small area of coffee. There were 341 farms in 2006 with a total area of 141,357 ha. Of the total 15,000 hectares were planted in crops and the rest was natural pasture and forest land. Around 1,300 workers were involved in agriculture. There were 134 tractors.IBGE
/ref> In the urban area there were 1,900 workers in industries (2005), 500 in commerce and 302 in public administration.

Health and education

In 2005 there were four health clinics, three public and one private. There were no hospitals; the nearest hospitals were in

. In the school system there were 794 students enrolled in two primary schools and 247 students enrolled in one middle school.

Municipal Human Development Index

*MHDI: .745 *Ranking in the state: 326 out of 853 municipalities in 2000 *Ranking in the country: 2,020 out of 5,138 municipalities in 2000 *Life expectancy: 70 years *Literacy rate: 84% Frigoletto

References

External links

City Hall website
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