Santana do Paraíso is a Brazilian municipality situated 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 (literall ...
which was founded in 1992. It forms part of the
Vale do Aço
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Vale may also refer to:
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metropolitan area. Its estimated population in 2020 was of 35,369 inhabitants.
Before its foundation, Santana do Paraiso's location was a rest spot for people who travelled the road between the cities of
Ferros
Ferros is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Itabira. As of 2020, the estimated population is 9,696.
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and
Coronel Fabriciano. The region is host to the "Cachoeiras de Taquaraçu" (Taquaraçu Waterfalls), in which horses could drink water and travellers could rest near. As time went by, people began building houses on the location, and a city was eventually established, being named Santana do Paraíso in homage to
Nossa Senhora de Santana, a local
saint
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.
Economy
The municipality is the less important and less populated of the four main cities of Vale do Aço. Even so, Santana do Paraíso has in its territory some of the region's most important services, as
Usiminas Airport and the Queiroz Galvão waste treatment area, that attends the four cities.
Mayors
* Antônio Luiz - 1993
* Helvécio Matias de Oliveira - 1993~1996
* Juarez Antônio da Costa - 1997~2000
* Raimundo Anício Botelho - 2001~2004
* Joaquim Correia de Melo - 2004
* Bruno Morato - 2021
References
External links
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Municipalities in Minas Gerais
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