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Municipality in Southeast, Brazil
Barroso
Municipality
Municipality of Barroso
Flag of BarrosoFlagCoat of arms of BarrosoCoat of arms
Nickname: "Cidade do Cimento" (Cement City)
Location in the state of Minas GeraisLocation in the state of Minas Gerais
Barroso is located in BrazilBarrosoBarrosoLocation 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 Code36212-000
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.
Municipalities of Minas Gerais
Capital: Belo Horizonte
Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena
Barbacena
Conselheiro Lafaiete
São João del-Rei
Intermediate Geographic Region of Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte
Sete Lagoas
Santa Bárbara-Ouro Preto
Curvelo
Itabira
Intermediate Geographic Region of Divinópolis
Divinópolis
Formiga
Dores do Indaiá
Pará de Minas
Oliveira
Abaeté
Intermediate Geographic Region of Governador Valadares
Governador Valadares
Guanhães
Mantena
Aimorés-Resplendor
Intermediate Geographic Region of Ipatinga
Ipatinga
Caratinga
João Monlevade
Intermediate Geographic Region of Juiz de Fora
Juiz de Fora
Manhuaçu
Ubá
Ponte Nova
Muriaé
Cataguases
Viçosa
Carangola
São João Nepomuceno-Bicas
Além Paraíba
Intermediate Geographic Region of Montes Claros
Montes Claros
Janaúba
Salinas
Januária
Pirapora
São Francisco
Espinosa
Intermediate Geographic Region of Patos de Minas
Patos de Minas
Unaí
Patrocínio
Intermediate Geographic Region of Pouso Alegre
Pouso Alegre
Poços de Caldas
Itajubá
São Lourenço
Caxambu-Baependi
Intermediate Geographic Region of Teófilo Otoni
Capelinha
Teófilo Otoni
Almenara
Diamantina
Araçuaí
Pedra Azul
Águas Formosas
Intermediate Geographic Region of Uberaba
Uberaba
Araxá
Frutal
Iturama
Intermediate Geographic Region of Uberlândia
Uberlândia
Ituiutaba
Monte Carmelo
Intermediate Geographic Region of Varginha
Varginha
Passos
Alfenas
Lavras
Guaxupé
Três Corações
Três Pontas-Boa Esperança
São Sebastião do Paraíso
Campo Belo
Piumhi


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