Monte Alto (Portuguese for "High Hill") is a municipality in the state of
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
founded on May 15, 1881. The population is 50,772 (2020 est.) in an area of 347 km².
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
/ref> The elevation is 735 m. Its motto is (from Latin) ''Mons Altus Semper Altius'' (High Hill Always Higher). The sanctuary and mausoleum to the Brazilian popular saint, Menina Izildinha
Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro (1897, Póvoa de Lanhoso – 1911, Guimarães), popularly known as Menina Izildinha, Angel of the Lord or Saint Izildinha, is an unofficial popular child saint to whom Brazilian Catholics have attributed inexplic ...
, is located in the city.
References
Municipalities in São Paulo (state)
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