São Tiago is a Brazilian

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

in the state of

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 ...

. As of 2020 its population is estimated to be 10,960.IBGE 2020
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Geography

The municipality belongs to the

Immediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei The Immediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei is one of the 10 immediate geographic regions in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena, one of the 70 immediate geographic regions in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and one of t ...

, in the

Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena The Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena (code 3107) is one of the 13 intermediate geographic regions in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and one of the 134 of Brazil, created by the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) ...

. The municipality is part of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Oliveira The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oliveira ( la, Dioecesis Oliveirensis) is a diocese located in the city of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Oliveira in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte in Brazil. H ...

References

Municipalities in Minas Gerais {{MinasGerais-geo-stub