Camanducaia

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Camanducaia
Municipality
Municipality of Camanducaia
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Nicknames: 
Campos Queimados
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Location in Minas Gerais
Coordinates: 14°25′03″S44°22′13″W / 14.41750°S 44.37028°W / -14.41750; -44.37028
Country Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Region Southeast
State Bandeira de Minas Gerais.svg  Minas Gerais
FoundedJuly 20, 1868
Government
 •  Mayor Edmar Cassalho Moreira Dias (PMDB)
Area
 • Total527.572 km2 (203.697 sq mi)
Elevation
1,015 m (3,330 ft)
Population
 (2020 [1] )
 • Total21,801
 • Density40.0/km2 (104/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-3 (UTC-3)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-2 (UTC-2)
HDI (2010)0.689 – medium [2]

Camanducaia is the southernmost municipality in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Inhabited by 21,801 in 2020.

The municipality contains part of the 180,373 hectares (445,710 acres) Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area, created in 1997. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ IBGE 2020
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ APA Fernão Dias (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-02


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