Congonhal

Congonhal
Municipality
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Location of Congonhal in Minas Gerais
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	Minas Gerais
Mesoregion	Sud/Sudoeste de Minas
Government
• Mayor	Rubens Vilela dos Santos Junior (Republicans)
Area
• Total	79.199 sq mi (205.125 km2)
Elevation	2,828 ft (862 m)
Population  (2020 [1] )
• Total	12,082
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)

Congonhal is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} Its population in 2017 was of 11.706 inhabitants according to estimated data from IBGE.

History

The beginning of historic occupation of the region where today is Congonhal and neighbor municipalities, goes back to the mid-eighteenth century, strongly driven by the discovery of gold in the mines of Alto Sapucaí. The city's settlement began in 1756 by paulistas and portugueses, when a bridge was constructed across a river. In 1880 the parish of San Jose was canonically instituted.^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• List of municipalities in Minas Gerais

References

1. IBGE 2020
2. "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
3. "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
4. "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
5. "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.

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