Jacinto, Minas Gerais

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Jacinto
Municipality
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Nickname(s): 
Jaça
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Jacinto
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 16°08′38″S40°17′34″W / 16.14389°S 40.29278°W / -16.14389; -40.29278 Coordinates: 16°08′38″S40°17′34″W / 16.14389°S 40.29278°W / -16.14389; -40.29278
Country Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Region Southeast
State Minas Gerais
Mesoregion Jequitinhonha
Microregion Almenara
Incorporated (municipality)December 31, 1943
Government
 •  Mayor Carlos Dantez Ferraz de Mello
Area
[1]
 • Total1,393.609 km2 (538.075 sq mi)
Elevation
180 m (590 ft)
Population
 (2020 [2] )
 • Total12,323
 • Density8.71/km2 (22.6/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Jacintense [3]
Time zone UTC−3 (BRT)
CEP postal code
39930-000
Area code 33
HDI (2010) [4] 0,620
Website Official website

Jacinto is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Jacinto is located on the right bank of the Jequitinhonha River. It is 44 kilometers east of Almenara.

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The legend tells that the city name is a homage to an old settler named Jacinto who lived in the city around the 1910s.

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References

  1. ↑ "Área territorial oficial" [Official Territorial Area] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2002-10-10. Archived from the original on 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  2. ↑ IBGE 2020
  3. ↑ "IBGE - Cidades@". O Brasil Município por Município. Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  4. ↑ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" [Ranking of HDI-M of Brazilian Municipalities](PDF) (in Portuguese). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
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