Santo Antônio do Monte ( Portuguese, ''St. Antony of the Hill'') is a

municipality 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' ...

in the central part of 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 ...

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. The population is 28,427 (2020 est.) in an area of 1125.78 km².Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
/ref> The city is located 194 km west of state capital

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 ...

. The city is also known as Samonte. Santo Antonio do Monte was founded in the 18th century and it became a municipality on November 16, 1875. The main economic activity of the city is the production of fireworks. Nowadays there are in the city about 70 firework factories.

Neighboring municipalities

Divinópolis Divinópolis is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the centre-west of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The estimated population in 2020 was 240,408 inhabitants. The total area of the municipality is 709 km2 and the elevation is 712 metres ...

Lagoa da Prata Lagoa da Prata is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. In 2020, its population was estimated to be 52,711. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Central Mineira and to the microregion of Bom Despacho. History In the 18th cen ...

* Formiga *

Pedra do Indaiá Pedra do Indaiá is a Brazil, Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality. It is located in the center of the Federative units of Brazil, state of Minas Gerais. Pedra do Indaiá has a total area of 349 km2. As of 2020, it had a popula ...

* São Sebastião do Oeste * Arcos * Luz * Bom Despacho

References

External links

* http://www.citybrazil.com.br/mg/stoantoniomonte/
Prefeitura de Santo Antônio do Monte (government site)
Municipalities in Minas Gerais {{MinasGerais-geo-stub