Além Paraíba is a city in the southeastern
Zona da Mata region of
Minas Gerais
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,
Brazil
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. The name indicates its position on the far bank (from
Rio de Janeiro
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) of the
Rio Paraíba do Sul. It was known as ''São José d'Além Parahyba'' until 1923.
Railways
Além Paraíba was at the junction of the
Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil
The Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil was one of the principal railways of Brazil, uniting the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais.
Origins
On 9 February 1855, The imperial government of Brazil signed a contract with Edwar ...
(1871) and the
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(1873). The grand but somewhat ruinous main station (Porto Novo) now houses a small railway museum dedicated to the EF Leopoldina.
The Empreza Ferro Carril Além Parahyba followed in 1895 with a 4 km mule railway to Saúde which ran along the main streets and was electrified in 1925 but closed following a fatal accident in 1939. The tracks are still in existence.
Districts
The city comprises the following districts:
* Banqueta
* Bela Vista
* Boiadeiro
* Esplanada
* Goiabal
* Granja
* Ilha Gama Cerqueira
* Ilha do Lazareto
* Ilha Recreio
* Jaqueira
* Jardim Paraíso
* Morro dos Cabritos
* Morro da Conceição
* Morro do Cipó
* Parada Breves
* Porto Novo
* Porto Velho
* Praça da Bandeira
* Santa Marta
* Santa Rita
* Santa Rosa
* São Geraldo
* São José
* São Sebastião
* Sítio Branco
* Terra do Santo
* Terreirão
* Timbira
* Vila Caxias
* Vila Laroca
See also
*
Angustura, a town north of the city, a seat of a district belonging to the city of Além Paraíba.
*
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.
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References
Municipalities in Minas Gerais
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