Lagoa Dourada

Lagoa Dourada
Municipality
Municipality of Lagoa Dourada
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Location in Minas Gerais
Country	Brazil
State	Minas Gerais
Region	Southeast
Intermediate Region	Barbacena
Immediate Region	São João del-Rei
Founded	6 June 1912
Government
•  Mayor	Ronald Pereira Dutra (PSDB)
Area
• Total	476.693 km2 (184.052 sq mi)
Elevation	1,080 m (3,540 ft)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	13,115
• Density	28/km2 (71/sq mi)
Demonym	lagoense
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Postal Code	36345-000 to 36349-999
HDI (2010)	0.676 – medium [2]
Website	lagoadourada.mg.gov.br

Lagoa Dourada is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais.

It is the national capital of the Swiss roll, locally called rocambole. ^[3]

Geography

According to IBGE (2017), the municipality belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei, in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena. ^[4]

Ecclesiastical circumscription

The municipality is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del-Rei. ^[5]

Demography

Population

In 2020, the estimated population was 13,063. ^[6]

See also

• List of municipalities in Minas Gerais

References

1. "IBGE Lagoa Dourada". IBGE . Retrieved 11 October 2022.
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
3. "CCJ aprova título de capital do rocambole para Lagoa Dourada, em Minas Gerais - Notícias". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-09-06.
4. "Divisões Regionais do Brasil | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
5. Silveira, Lucas. "Diocese ganha novo mapa territorial após criação de novas foranias". Diocese de São João del Rei. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
6. IBGE 2020

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