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Estrada De Ferro Oeste De Minas
The Estrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas (EFOM) was a narrow-gauge railway located in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. At its peak the railway's route totalled . A portion of the railway still operates as a heritage railway, and one of the major stations ( São João del Rei) is now Brazil's largest railway museum. History railways entered Minas Gerais in the 1870s, pushing towards the city of Belo Horizonte. Almost immediately attention turned to the construction of narrow-gauge feeder lines. In 1872 Provincial President Dr. Joaquim Floriano de Godoy signed into law approval for a narrow-gauge railway from the broad-gauge line heading west towards a navigable point on the Rio Grande. A subsequent law in 1877 limited the railway to initially building only as far as São João del Rei. A company, the Companhia Estrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas, was established in 1878, and a decision was made to make the junction with the broad gauge at Sítio ( Antônio Carlos). Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limestone
Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms when these minerals precipitate out of water containing dissolved calcium. This can take place through both biological and nonbiological processes, though biological processes, such as the accumulation of corals and shells in the sea, have likely been more important for the last 540 million years. Limestone often contains fossils which provide scientists with information on ancient environments and on the evolution of life. About 20% to 25% of sedimentary rock is carbonate rock, and most of this is limestone. The remaining carbonate rock is mostly dolomite, a closely related rock, which contains a high percentage of the mineral dolomite, . ''Magnesian limestone'' is an obsolete and poorly-defined term used variously for dolomite, for limes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Águas Santas
Águas Santas is a Portuguese town and parish located in the municipality of Maia. The population in 2011 was 27,470, in an area of 8.23 km2, making it one of the most densely populated towns in the Porto District. It is located about 3.5 kilometers north of the city of Porto, near river Leça. History The first references to Águas Santas are found in a document dating from the year 1120, where Pope Callixtus II mentions the monastery of ''Aquis Sanctis''. See also * Associação Atlética de Águas Santas - the local professional handball team *Cerealis Cerealis is a Portuguese food producer and the biggest milling company in Portugal, headquartered in Maia, and founded in 1919 as a cereal processing company. Cerealis Group has two divisions, food producer Cerealis Produtos Alimentares and mil ... - a Portuguese food producer headquartered in Águas Santas References Towns in Portugal Freguesias of Maia, Portugal {{Porto-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pompéu
Pompéu is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020 the population was 32,035 in a total area of 2,557 km2. It became a municipality in 1938. Location Pompéu belongs to the statistical micro-region of Três Marias. The municipal seat is located at an elevation of 657 meters between the Pará River and the São Francisco River. Neighboring municipalities are Felixlândia (N), Abaeté (W), Martinho Campos, Papagaios, and Pitangui (S), and Curvelo (E). Distances * Angueretá on BR-040: 44 km * Martinho Campos: 20 km *Belo Horizonte: 181 km *Brasília: 650 km Connections to the north and south are made on MG-415. Climate The average yearly temperature is 22.1 °C; the average yearly maximum is 29.2 °C; and the average yearly minimum is 16,4 °C. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martinho Campos
Martinho Campos is a Brazilian municipality located in the center of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 13,443 people living in a total area of 1,060 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Central Mineira and to the micro-region of Bom Despacho. It became a municipality in 1938.IBGE Location The city center of Martinho Campos is located at an elevation of 699 meters on federal highway BR-357, in the upper valley of the . Neighboring municipalities are: Abaté (N), Pompeu (E),[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Gonçalo Do Pará
São Gonçalo do Pará is a municipality in the center-west of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The estimated population in 2020 was 12,597 inhabitants. The total area of the municipality is and the elevation is . It is located at from state capital Belo Horizonte. São Gonçalo do Pará is the seat of the Regional Administration of the Upper São Francisco River. History The creation of the town of São Gonçalo of Pará is closely linked to the revolutionary revolts carried out by miners of the Captainship of Minas Gerais, in 1717. Filipe de Freitas Mourão, was a Portuguese gold prospector who worked in the Pitangui mines in the colonial time. He was involved in revolutionary movements against the collection of taxes on gold, which led him to run away together with its wife, Estefânia de Mourão Bravo. They escaped to the region of the spring of the River Pará where they found other Portuguese who had escaped from Vila Rica (Pero Gonçalves de Amaranto and Estácio Campos d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliveira, Minas Gerais
Oliveira is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. It is located at latitude 20º41'47" south and longitude 44º49'38" west, at an altitude of 982 metres. It is located 165 kilometres at southwest from Belo Horizonte. Its estimated population was 41,181 according to the latest IBGE census. Oliveira is the birthplace of Brazilian scientist Carlos Chagas. A person from Oliveira can be called "Oliveirense". History Oliveira's history begins around the middle of the 16th century. Portuguese travellers used to stop in Oliveira's region, when travelling towards Goiás, through the "Picada de Goiás" or "Caminho de Goiás" (Path of Goiás). From this small village emerged the city. It used to have considerable political importance and regional hegemony during the Brazilian Empire. Some stories say that a disease outbreak in the region of Mariana was also responsible for a great migration to Oliveira. The village of Oliveira used to belong to the village of São José ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aureliano Mourão
Aureliano, equivalent to Aurelian and Aurelianus, is both a given name and a surname which can refer to: ; Given name * Aureliano Blanquet (1849-1919), general of the Federal Army during the Mexican Civil War *Aureliano Bolognesi (1930–2018), Italian boxer *Aureliano Brandolini (1927–2008), Italian agronomist and development cooperation scholar * Aureliano Cândido Tavares Bastos (1839-1875), Brazilian politician, writer and journalist *Aureliano Chaves (1929–2003), Brazilian politician * Aureliano de Sousa e Oliveira Coutinho (1800-1855), Brazilian politician, judge and monarchist * Aureliano de Beruete (1845-1912), Spanish landscape painter, art critic and social activist * Aureliano Fernández-Guerra (1816–1894), Spanish historian, epigrapher and antiquarian * Aureliano Lessa (1828–1861), Brazilian poet * Aureliano Maestre de San Juan (1828-1890), Spanish scientist, histologist, physician and anatomist * Aureliano Milani (1675–1749), Italian painter of the late-Baroq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiradentes
Joaquim José da Silva Xavier (; 12 November 1746 – 21 April 1792), known as Tiradentes (), was a leading member of the colonial Brazilian revolutionary movement known as Inconfidência Mineira, whose aim was full independence from Portuguese colonial rule and creation of a republic. When the separatists' plot was uncovered by authorities, Tiradentes was arrested, tried and publicly hanged. Since the advent of the Brazilian Republic, Tiradentes has been considered a national hero of Brazil and patron of the Military Police. Early life Tiradentes was born on the Fazenda do Pombal, near the village of Santa Rita do Rio Abaixo, at the time disputed territory between the towns of São João del-Rei and Tiradentes, in the Captaincy of Minas Gerais. Joaquim José da Silva Xavier was the fourth of seven children of Portuguese-born Domingos da Silva Santos and of Brazilian-born Antônia da Encarnação Xavier. According to his mother's 1757 inventory, there were 35 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barroso, Minas Gerais
Barroso is a Brazilian municipality located in the south of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 20,897 people living in an area of . The elevation is . The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Barbacena. An important regional center, Barbacena, is located to the east and is connected by MG-265. See also * 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. ... References Municipalities in Minas Gerais {{MinasGerais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
