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Zona Da Mata (Minas Gerais)
: ''For other forest zones, see Zona da Mata (coastal) for Brazil, or the African forest zone.'' Zona baiacu da Mata is a mesoregion of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, situated in the southeastern part of the state, along the border of the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo. The region has a lot of hills, and the heights varies from 100 to 1,900 meters. The most important river is the Paraíba do Sul. Because of its geography it produces one of the best coffees of the region; coming first in 2007 in the annual Brazilian Quality Coffee for Espresso Awards (run by the Italian coffee company Illy). Zona da Mata was the richest region of Minas Gerais from the 1850s to the 1930s due to coffee and milk production. Today - along with farming - textile, furniture, siderurgy and automotive industries are important to the economy of the region. Some important roads cross the region, like the BR-116, BR-040 and BR-267. The mesoregion is composed of the fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zona Da Mata (coastal)
The Zona da Mata (, "Forest Belt") is the narrow coastal plain between the Atlantic Ocean and the dry '' agreste'' and ''sertão'' regions in the northeastern Brazilian states of Maranhão, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe and Bahia. The ''zona da mata'' consists of a narrow plain, generally about wide and very flat and low (below in elevation), below the northeastern edge of the Brazilian Highlands. The climate is tropical hot and wet (humid), with most rain coming from the southeasterly winds between April and July. Annual rainfall generally totals , with averages in June as high as . Because the climate and soil of the ''zona da mata'' are excellent for the production of sugar cane, very little of the original Atlantic Rainforest vegetation remains. Most of the major cities of northeastern Brazil, including Recife, Salvador, Maceió, Aracaju Aracaju () is the capital of the state of Sergipe, Brazil, located in the northeastern part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Textile
Textile is an Hyponymy and hypernymy, umbrella term that includes various Fiber, fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, Staple (textiles)#Filament fiber, filaments, Thread (yarn), threads, and different types of #Fabric, fabric. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not the only manufacturing method, and many other methods were later developed to form textile structures based on their intended use. Knitting and Nonwoven, non-woven are other popular types of fabric manufacturing. In the contemporary world, textiles satisfy the material needs for versatile applications, from simple daily clothing to Bulletproof vest, bulletproof jackets, spacesuits, and Medical gown, doctor's gowns. Textiles are divided into two groups: consumer textiles for domestic purposes and technical textiles. In consumer textiles, Aesthetics (textile), aesthetics and Textile performance#Comfort, comfort are the most important factors, while in techn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carangola
Carangola is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Zona da Mata. It is a university town, a main urban hub, and a commercial and industrial region. See also * List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in the States of Brazil, state of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast Region of Brazil. Minas Gerais is divided into 853 Municipalities of Brazil, municipalities, ... References Municipalities in Minas Gerais {{MinasGerais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Além Paraíba
Além Paraíba is a city in the southeastern Zona da Mata region of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The name indicates its position on the far bank (from Rio de Janeiro) of the Rio Paraíba do Sul. It was known as ''São José d'Além Parahyba'' until 1923. Railways Além Paraíba was at the junction of the Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil (1871) and the Estrada de Ferro Leopoldina (1873). The grand but somewhat ruinous main station (Porto Novo) now houses a small railway museum dedicated to the EF Leopoldina. The Empreza Ferro Carril Além Parahyba followed in 1895 with a 4 km mule railway to Saúde which ran along the main streets and was electrified in 1925 but closed following a fatal accident in 1939. The tracks are still in existence. Districts The city comprises the following districts: * Banqueta * Bela Vista * Boiadeiro * Esplanada * Goiabal * Granja * Ilha Gama Cerqueira * Ilha do Lazareto * Ilha Recreio * Jaqueira * Jardim Paraíso * Morro dos Cabritos * Morro d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viçosa, Minas Gerais
Viçosa is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was estimated at 79,910 inhabitants. It is a city essentially oriented to education, with emphasis on the Federal University of Viçosa, founded in 1926 by the president of the Republic Artur da Silva Bernardes, who was born in Viçosa. It also possesses other private higher education institutions, emphasizing the educational character of the city. It is a city that attracts many people from Brazil and other countries due to scientific and academic events that take place around the university, totaling approximately 500 annual events. History Foundation Before colonization, the Piranga River basin region was inhabited by the indigenous Aimoré and Purí people, who with the Tamoios belonged to the Tupi group. Although traversed by some ''bandeirantes'' in the seventeenth century, it remained occupied by natives until then. The white European settlement of the region began in the ei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubá
Ubá is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the Zona da Mata (Minas Gerais), Zona da Mata Mesoregion (Brazil), mesoregion of Minas Gerais, Brazil, southeast of Belo Horizonte, and north of Rio de Janeiro. The estimated population of the city of Ubá was 116,797 in 2020. The current mayor of Ubá is Edson Teixeira Filho. Once a great tobacco producer, Ubá has one of the main furniture industry parks in Brazil. The city is the economic and cultural center of Ubá Microregion (Brazil), microregion. It is also home of the famous Ubá mango (Manga Ubá). History Settlement The Pomba River basin settlement took place, initially, due to the decline of mining activities. In the late 18th and early 19th century, several families left Mariana, Minas Gerais, Mariana, Ouro Preto, and other mining centers in search of fertile land where they could undertake activities that would result in a more stable and secure incoming. The regions bathed by the Itajaí River, Chopotó ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponte Nova
Ponte Nova is a municipality in central-eastern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Geography Ponte Nova is located a few kilometers south of the Doce River on a tributary called the Piranga. As of 2020, the population is estimated at 59,875 inhabitants and the area of the municipality is 470.6 km. The elevation is 402 meters above sea level. It has railroad connections to Ouro Preto and is linked by state highways to the capital of Belo Horizonte and to Ouro Preto. The beginnings of the city go back to 1755 when the first farms were established in the region. Agriculture and commerce were the occupations of the first inhabitants. The town saw the cycles of first sugar cane and then coffee. From 1770 to 1832, the town was officially denominated an Arraial and was called Capela Filial do Furquim. In 1862 it was raised to a Vila and Ponte Nova became the seat of a municipality in 1866. Distances to major cities: *Belo Horizonte - (MG) 180 km *São Paulo - (SP) 781 km ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muriaé
Muriaé is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in southeast Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It is located in the Zona da Mata (Minas Gerais), Zona da Mata region and its population in 2022 (IBGE) was approximately 104,108 inhabitants. Important Facts *Municipal Limits Ervália, Santana de Cataguases, Laranjal, Palma, Miraí, São Sebastião da Vargem Alegre, Rosário da Limeira, Miradouro, Vieiras, Eugenópolis, Patrocínio do Muriaé and Barão de Monte Alto. *Economy Industry, agriculture (coconut and coffee), services, and cattle raising *Average annual temperature – 26 °C *Elevation – 209 m *Area – 843,9 km² *Distance from Belo Horizonte – 363 km It is located at the junction of two major highways, BR-116 (Rio-Bahia) and BR-393. Its name means "to have the taste of sweet sugarcane" in the indigenous language. Muriaé River The Muriaé River passes through the city. It is a river whose source is in the Serra das Perobas in Minas Gerais near the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhuaçu
Manhuaçu is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in Eastern Minas Gerais state, in Brazil. Its population was 91,169 (2020) and its area is 628 km2. Geography Located 260 km from the state capital of Belo Horizonte, it is near the important road junction of BR 262 (Belo Horizonte-Vitória) and BR 116 (Rio-Bahia). The total area of the municipality is 629 km2 and it lies at an elevation of 635 m in the foothills of the Serra do Caparaó, Serra da Chabata or Caparaó, which form the boundary between the states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo. The main rivers are the Ribeirão do Manhuaçuzinho and the Manhuaçu River, which are tributaries of the Doce River. Altitudes range from at Foz do Rio São Mateu to at Serra Pedra Dourada. Temperatures range from to , with an average of . Annual rainfall averages . The municipality holds part of the Sossego Forest Biological Station. Caparaó National Park The Caparaó National Park is a national park administered b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juiz De Fora
Juiz de Fora (; ), also known as J.F., is a city in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, approximately from the state border with Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro. According to the 2022 census the current population is 540,756 inhabitants. The geographical area of the municipality is . The city's location was a key factor in its economic and demographic development since it is situated between the three most important financial and economic metropolises of Southeast Region, Brazil, southeast Brazil (and also the three largest urban sprawls of the country): Rio de Janeiro (), Belo Horizonte () and São Paulo (). Major highways connect Juiz de Fora with these three metropolitan areas, the most important being the BR 040 which connects Brasília with Rio de Janeiro via Belo Horizonte. The city is built on the Paraibuna River (Minas Gerais), Paraibuna, a major tributary of the Paraíba do Sul river. History The origins of Juiz de Fora can be traced back t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cataguases
Cataguases is a municipality located in the southeastern part of the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. The estimated population in 2020 was 75,540. It is mainly an industrial centre (textile, metallurgy, clothes) with a strong influence of coffee plantation in its early history (19th century). History In the 1920s, the city was associated with the Brazilian cinema pioneer Humberto Mauro and a generation of writers for the short-lived Revista Verde. Humberto Mauro shot there some films that earned him a good reputation nationwide. He later made ''Braza Dormida'' (''Sleeping Fire'') and ''O Descobrimento do Brasil'' (''The Finding of Brazil'') and was a reputed Tupian languages, Tupi language scholar. Industrialisation changed the town significantly and caused some of its citizens to become very rich in the 1920s and 1930s. As a result, the city centre was remodeled accordingly to the ultimate architecture styles. The architect Oscar Niemeyer and painters Cândido Portinari, Dja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microregion (Brazil)
A microregion () was a legally defined area in Brazil consisting of a group of municipalities. They were abolished in 2017 and replaced by Intermediate and Immediate Geographic Regions. Microregions were grouped together into mesoregions. In theory, Brazilian law provided for member municipalities to cooperate on matters of common interest, but in practice, the divisions were used primarily for statistical purposes by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. List of microregions In 2014, there were 5,570 municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ..., divided among 558 microregions and 137 mesoregions: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
