Carmópolis de Minas is a municipality in the
Brazilian
state of
Minas Gerais. As of 2020, the estimated population was 19,559.
IBGE 2020
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History
The municipality is named "Carmópolis" (City of Carmel) after its patron Our Lady of Carmel.
The indigenous inhabitants
Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...
of the region were the Carijós, Goianazes and Cataguás. Around 1700, the region was first visited by white, ''bandeirantes
The ''Bandeirantes'' (), literally "flag-carriers", were slavers, explorers, adventurers, and fortune hunters in early Colonial Brazil. They are largely responsible for Brazil's great expansion westward, far beyond the Tordesillas Line of 1494 ...
paulistas'' and Portuguese. They moved through the area, leaving some white settlers in charge of farming, to ensure food supply on their return. In 1807, construction began of the Church, by Father Dominic da Costa Guimarães. The town slowly developed, and in 1862 became the village of Oliveira, which it remained until 1948, when it was named Carmópolis de Minas.
References
Municipalities in Minas Gerais
1862 establishments in Brazil
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