Conselheiro Lafaiete is a city of 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 (literally ...
,
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. It was known as Queluz until 1934, when it was renamed by decree, as a tribute to Counselor
Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira
It is situated 96 km south from
Belo Horizonte, capital of Minas Gerais, in one of the most important economic areas of Brazil. The population was 129,606 inhabitants, in 2020.
It is one of the most populated cities of MG.
Geography
According to the
modern (2017) geographic classification by Brazil's National Institute of Geography and Statistics (
IBGE
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e EstatÃstica; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information ...
), the municipality belongs to the
Immediate Geographic Region of Conselheiro Lafaiete, in the
Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena
The Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena (code 3107) 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) ...
.
See also
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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.
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References
Municipalities in Minas Gerais
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