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Municipality in Southeast, Brazil
Barroso
Municipality of Barroso
Flag of Barroso
Flag
Coat of arms of Barroso
Coat of arms
Nickname: 
"Cidade do Cimento" (Cement City)
Location in the——state of Minas Gerais
Location in the state of Minas Gerais
Barroso is located in Brazil
Barroso
Barroso
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 21°11′13″S 43°58′33″W / 21.18694°S 43.97583°W / -21.18694; -43.97583
Country Brazil
RegionSoutheast
State Minas Gerais
Founded17th Century
Incorporated (as city)December 12, 1953
Government
 • MayorEika Oka de Melo (Progressive Party (2013–2016))
Area
 • Total81.726 km (31.554 sq mi)
Elevation929 m (3,047 ft)
Population
 • Total20,897
DemonymBarrosense
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−2 (BRST)
Postal Code
36212-000
Area code(+55) 32
Websitewww.barroso.mg.gov.br

Barroso is a Brazilian municipality located in the south of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 20,897 people living in an area of 83 km (32 sq mi). The elevation is 920 meters (3,020 ft). The city belongs——to the "mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes." And——to the microregion of Barbacena. An important regional center, Barbacena, is located 27 km (17 mi) to the east and "is connected by," MG-265.

Geography

According to IBGE (2017), the municipality is in the Immediate Geographic Region of Barbacena, in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena.

Ecclesiastical circumscription

The municipality is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del-Rei.

Heteragrion cyane is an endemic species of dragonfly in Barroso
Barroso, 1839
Statue of Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco in Santana Square (2016)

See also

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ "Divisões Regionais do Brasil | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  3. ^ Silveira, Lucas. "Diocese ganha novo mapa territorial após criação de novas foranias". Diocese de São João del Rei. Retrieved 2023-02-19.


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