Caxambu

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Caxambu
Municipality
Municipality of Caxambu
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Nickname: 
Cidade das Águas
Motto(s): 
Medicina entre flores  
"Medicine among flowers"
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Location in Minas Gerais
Coordinates: 21°58′37″S44°55′58″W / 21.97694°S 44.93278°W / -21.97694; -44.93278
CountryFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
State Bandeira de Minas Gerais.svg  Minas Gerais
Region Southeast
Intermediate Region Pouso Alegre
Immediate Region Caxambu-Baependi
Founded16 September 1901
Government
 •  Mayor Diogo Curi Hauegen (PSDB)
Area
[1]
 • Total100.203 km2 (38.689 sq mi)
Elevation
895 m (2,936 ft)
Population
 (2021) [2]
 • Total21,566
 • Density220/km2 (560/sq mi)
Demonym caxambuense
Time zone UTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2010)0.743 – high [3]
Website caxambu.mg.gov.br

Caxambu is a Brazilian municipality in Minas Gerais. Its population in 2021 was estimated at 21,566.

Caxambu is renowned for its spa which has twelve sources of mineral sparkling water flowing 24 hours a day and a cold-water geyser. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Área territorial oficial". Resolução da Presidência do IBGE de n° 5 (R.PR-5/02). 10 October 2002. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "IBGE Caxambu". IBGE . Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "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)
  4. ↑ Bonotto, Daniel Marcos (2016). "Hydrogeochemical study of spas groundwaters from southeast Brazil". Journal of Geochemical Exploration. Elsevier BV. 169: 60–72. doi:10.1016/j.gexplo.2016.07.016. hdl: 11449/173240 .

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