The Immediate Geographic Region of

São João del-Rei São João del-Rei is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. Founded in 1713 in homage to king John V of Portugal, the city is famed for its historic Portuguese colonial architecture. The current population is estimated at 90,225 i ...

is one of the 10 immediate geographic regions in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena, one of the 70 immediate geographic regions in the Brazilian state of

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 ...

and one of the 509 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.

Municipalities

It comprises 14 municipalities: * Conceição da Barra de Minas *

Coronel Xavier Chaves Coronel Xavier Chaves is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of São João del-Rei. In 2021, the estimated population was 3,488. The mu ...

* Lagoa Dourada * Madre de Deus de Minas * Nazareno * Piedade do Rio Grande * Prados * Resende Costa *

Ritápolis Ritápolis is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Sao Joao del Rei. In 2020, the estimated population was 4,562. The municipality co ...

* Santa Cruz de Minas *

São Tiago São Tiago is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020 its population is estimated to be 10,960. Geography The municipality belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei, in ...

São Vicente de Minas São Vicente de Minas is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. Geography According to IBGE (2017), the municipality belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei, in the Intermediate ...

Tiradentes Joaquim José da Silva Xavier (; 12 November 1746 – 21 April 1792), known as Tiradentes (), was a leading member of the Colonial Brazil, colonial Brazilian revolutionary movement known as the Inconfidência Mineira, whose aim was full i ...

Statistics

Population: 188 356 (July 1, 2017 estimation). Area: 5 838,734 km². Population density: 32,3/km².

Trivia

The region was a major

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producing zone in the 1700s.

Ecclesiastical circunscription

Of the 14 municipalities, 13 municipalities are part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del-Rei, in the

ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian churches, including those of both Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity, that have traditional hierarchical structures. An ecclesiastical province consist ...

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 54 ...

. Only

is part of a different diocese: the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oliveira, in the ecclesiastical province of

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 Sout ...

References

{{Reflist Geography of Minas Gerais