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Uberlândia
Uberlândia () is a city and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. It is the second largest city in the state of Minas Gerais after the state capital Belo Horizonte. Its population in 2020 was 699,097, making it the sixth largest city of the interior region of Brazil. The city is located on the Brazilian Highlands above sea level. It is an important logistic hub between São Paulo and Brasília. The city sits within the Brazilian cerrado and has eight protected zones of tropical savanna vegetation. Uberlândia is served by Uberlândia–Ten. Cel. Av. César Bombonato Airport. History The first man of European origin to set foot in the region of the current municipality of Uberlândia, a territory until then inhabited by Caiapó and Bororo Indians, was the bandeirante Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva, in 1632. The region, then belonging to the Captaincy of São Vicente, came to belong to the Captaincy of Minas Gerais and São Paulo by Royal Charter o ...
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Uberlândia (MG)
Uberlândia () is a city and Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the States of Brazil, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. It is the second largest city in the state of Minas Gerais after the state capital Belo Horizonte. Its population in 2020 was 699,097, making it the sixth largest city of the interior region of Brazil. The city is located on the Brazilian Highlands above sea level. It is an important logistic hub between São Paulo and Brasília. The city sits within the Brazilian cerrado and has eight protected zones of tropical savanna vegetation. Uberlândia is served by Uberlândia Airport, Uberlândia–Ten. Cel. Av. César Bombonato Airport. History The first man of European peoples, European origin to set foot in the region of the current municipality of Uberlândia, a territory until then inhabited by Kayapo, Caiapó and Bororo Indians, was the Bandeirantes, bandeirante Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva, in 1632. The region, then belonging to the Captaincy ...
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Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in the Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast Region of the country, it is bordered to south and southwest by São Paulo (state), São Paulo; Mato Grosso do Sul to the west; Goiás and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District to the northwest; Bahia to the north and northeast; Espírito Santo to the east; and Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro to the southeast. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte, is a major urban and finance center in Brazil, being the List of largest cities in Brazil#Top 115 most populous cities and state capitals, sixth most populous municipality in the country while its Greater Belo Horizonte, metropolitan area ranks as the List of metropolitan areas in Brazil, third largest in Brazil with just ov ...
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Uberlândia Airport
Uberlândia–Tenente Coronel Aviador César Bombonato Airport is the airport serving Uberlândia, Brazil. Since June 7, 2001 the airport has been named after the Uberlândia-born pilot of the Brazilian Air Force César Bombonato (1955–1998), who died in an air crash. It is operated by AENA. History The first flight to the site of the airport was operated on May 10, 1935 but the area was officially designated only on July 21, 1953. In 1980, the administration of the airport was taken over by Infraero and on June 8, 2001 the name was officially changed to include a tribute to the aviator César Bombonato. In 2005, the airport terminal was extensively renewed and enlarged. In 2007, the runway was extended. Previously operated by Infraero, on August 18, 2022 the consortium AENA won a 30-year concession to operate the airport. Airlines and destinations Accidents and incidents *28 February 1952: a Panair do Brasil Douglas DC-3A-393 registration PP-PCN flying from Rio de Ja ...
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Immediate Geographic Region Of Uberlândia
The Immediate Geographic Region of Uberlândia is one of the 3 immediate Intermediate and Immediate Geographic Regions, geographic regions in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Uberlândia, one of the 70 immediate geographic regions in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and one of the 509 of Brazil, created by the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE) in 2017. Municipalities It comprises 11 municipalities. * Araguari     * Araporã   * Campina Verde   * Canápolis     * Cascalho Rico   * Centralina   * Indianópolis     * Monte Alegre de Minas   * Prata     * Tupaciguara   * Uberlândia See also * List of Intermediate and Immediate Geographic Regions of Minas Gerais References {{coord missing, Brazil Geography of Minas Gerais ...
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Intermediate Geographic Region Of Uberlândia
The Intermediate Geographic Region of Uberlândia (code 3111) is one of the 13 intermediate geographic regions in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and one of the 134 of Brazil, created by the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil. IBGE performs a decennial national cen ...) in 2017. It comprises 24 municipalities, distributed in 3 immediate geographic region: * Immediate Geographic Region of Uberlândia. * Immediate Geographic Region of Ituiutaba. * Immediate Geographic Region of Monte Carmelo. References {{Reflist Geography of Minas Gerais ...
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Indianópolis
Indianópolis is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 6,951 living in a total area of 834 km². The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro and Alto Paranaíba and to the statistical microregion of Uberlândia. It became a municipality in 1938.IBGE


Geography

Indianópolis is located at an elevation of 809 meters in the rich region known as the . It is east of . Federal highway BR-365, which links the state boundary of

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Regions Of Brazil
Brazil is geopolitics, geopolitically divided into five regions (also called macroregions), by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, which are formed by the federative units of Brazil. Although officially recognized, the division is merely academic, considering geographic, social and economic factors, among others, and has no political effects other than orientating Federal-level government programs. Under the state level, they are further divided into Intermediate and Immediate Geographic Regions, intermediate regions and even further into microregions of Brazil, immediate regions. The five regions Central-West Region *Area: 1,612,007.2 km2 (18.86%) *Population: 16,289,538 (7.2 people/km2; 6.4%) *GDP: Brazilian real, R$279 billion / United States dollar, US$174,3 billion (2008; 8.3%) (Economy of Brazil, 4th) *Climate: Savanna climate (hot, with little precipitation during winter in the northeast and the east; Tropical in the east and in the west; Equ ...
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Southeast Region, Brazil
The Southeast Region of Brazil ( ) is composed of the states of Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. It is the richest region of the country, responsible for approximately 53% of the Brazilian GDP (2022) , as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais are the three richest states of Brazil, the top three Brazilian states in terms of GDP. The Southeast of Brazil also has the highest GDP per capita among all Brazilian regions. The Southeast region accounts for about 44% of Brazil's total population, leading the country in population, urban population, population density, vehicles, industries, universities, airports, ports, highways, hospitals, schools, houses and many other areas. Geography São Paulo Heart of the largest continued remnant of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, the Ribeira Valley is a Natural Heritage of Humanity, granted heritage as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. One of the biggest attractions is the biologic and ecosystems diversit ...
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Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the List of largest cities in Brazil, sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.3 million, and the third largest metropolitan area, containing a population of 6 million. It is the List of cities in South America, 13th-largest city in South America and the Largest cities in the Americas, 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropolis is anchor to the Greater Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte metropolitan area, ranked as the List of metropolitan areas in Brazil, third most populous metropolitan area in Brazil and the List of metropolitan areas in the Americas, 17th most populous in the Americas. Belo Horizonte is the capital of States of Brazil, the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil's List of Brazilian states by population, second-most populous state. It is the first planned modern city in Brazil. The region was first settled in the early 18th century, but the city as it is known today was planned and constructed in the 1890s to replace Ouro Preto ...
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Municipalities Of Brazil
The municipalities of Brazil () are administrative divisions of the states of Brazil, Brazilian states. Brazil currently has 5,571 municipalities, which, given the 2019 population estimate of 210,147,125, makes an average municipality population of 37,728 inhabitants. The average state in Brazil has 214 municipalities. Roraima is the least subdivided state, with 15 municipalities, while Minas Gerais is the most, with 853. Northern states are divided into small numbers of large municipalities (e.g. Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas is divided into only 62 municipalities), and therefore they cover large areas incorporating several separated towns or villages that do not necessarily conform to one single conurbation. Southern and eastern states on the other hand, are divided into many small municipalities (e.g. Minas Gerais), and therefore large urban areas usually extend over several municipalities which form one single conurbation. The Federal District (Brazil), Federal Distr ...
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Kayapo
The Kayapo (Portuguese language, Portuguese: Caiapó ) people are an indigenous people in Brazil, living over a vast area across the states of Pará and Mato Grosso, south of the Amazon River and along the Xingu River and its tributaries. This location has given rise to the tribe's nickname of "the Xingu". They are one of the various subgroups of the great Mebêngôkre nation (meaning "people from the water's source"). The name ''Kayapo'' is used by neighboring groups rather than referring by the Kayapo to themselves; they refer to outsiders as ''Poanjos''. A type of sweet potato/tuber forms an important part of the Kayapó diet, and is sometimes named "caiapo", after the tribe. It is cultivated under that name in Japan, and has been found to decrease insulin resistance in type 2 diabetic patients. History In the 18th century, in the northeastern region of the present state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, the Kayapó tribe first encountered Portuguese Brazilians, Portuguese- ...
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Bororo
The Bororo are indigenous people of Brazil, living in the state of Mato Grosso. They also extended into Bolivia and the Brazilian state of Goiás. The Western Bororo live around the Jauru and Cabaçal rivers. The Eastern Bororo (Orarimogodoge) live in the region of the São Lourenço River (Mato Grosso), São Lourenço, Garças, and Vermelho River (Mato Grosso), Vermelho Rivers. The Bororo live in eight villages. The Bororo (or even Coroados, Boe, Orarimogodo) are an ethnic group in Brazil that has an estimated population of just under two thousand. They speak the Borôro language (code ISO 639 : BOR) and are mainly of animism, animistic belief. They live in eight villages in the central areas of Mato Grosso. A famous exponent of this group is Cândido Rondon, a Brazilian army official and founder of Fundação Nacional do Índio (or FUNAI). Bororo's culture was closely studied by French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss during his expedition to Amazonia and Mato Grosso (1935– ...
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