Dores de Campos 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 ...
. It is about 40 kilometers from
São João del Rey
SAO or Sao may refer to:
Places
* Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD
* Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso
* Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S. ...
at
BR-265
The BR-265 is a Brazilian federal highway. It has a length of and connects the municipalities of Muriaé (MG) and São José do Rio Preto (SP), connecting the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and São Paulo, in addition to approaching the border ...
. About 30% of active people work in its principal factory:
Marluvas.
As its neighbors cities, Dores de Campos is a point of Real Way (translated of
Estrada Real
Estrada Real (, ''Royal Road'') was an epithet applied to the roads built and maintained by the Portuguese Crown both in Portugal itself and in the Portuguese overseas territories.
Presently it is used to designate a set of colonial-era to ...
).
It was founded in about 1720 and became a city on December 17, 1938.
References
Municipalities in Minas Gerais
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