Santo Antônio Do Grama
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Santo Antônio do Grama is a municipality in the 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 ...
in
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. The population is 3,886 (2020 est.) in an area of 130.21 km². The city became prominent due to the
mining accident A mining accident is an accident that occurs during the process of mining minerals or metals. Thousands of miners die from mining accidents each year, especially from underground mining (hard rock), underground coal mining, although accidents al ...
in March 2018 where a mine piping from
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leaked more than 300 tons of ore pulp to the local river, halting the water supply to the population.


See also

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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


External links


Santo Antônio do Grama on citybrazil.com.br


Municipalities in Minas Gerais {{MinasGerais-geo-stub