Conselheiro Lafaiete is a city of the state of
Minas Gerais,
Brazil. It was known as Queluz until 1934, when it was renamed by decree, as a tribute to Counselor
Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira
Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira (28 March 1834 – 29 January 1917), was a Brazilian landowner, lawyer, journalist, diplomat and politician. He was governor of the provinces of Ceará (1864–65) and Maranhão (1865-66) and served as Prime Minister ...
It is situated 96 km south from
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 metropol ...
, capital of Minas Gerais, in one of the most important economic areas of Brazil. The population was 129,606 inhabitants, in 2020.
It is one of the most populated cities of MG.
Geography
According to the
modern (2017) geographic classification by Brazil's National Institute of Geography and Statistics (
IBGE), the municipality belongs to the
Immediate Geographic Region of Conselheiro Lafaiete, in the
Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena.
See also
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List of municipalities in Minas Gerais
References
Municipalities in Minas Gerais
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