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The School of Engineering of Juiz de Fora (Portuguese: Escola de Engenharia de Juiz de Fora) was an engineering college in the city of Juiz de Fora, Brazil. It is now the engineering faculty of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF). The former president of Brazil Itamar Franco was an alumnus.
It was set up in 1914 in the city of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, and taught a five-year course of Civil and Eletrotechnic Engineering. In 1960, the school joined the Medicine, Pharmacy and Law schools of that city to found the UFJF.
Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco was a Brazilian politician who served as the 33rd president of Brazil from 29 December 1992 to 31 December 1994. Previously, he was the 21st vice president of Brazil from 1990 until the resignation of President Fernando Collor de Mello. During his long political career Franco also served as Senator, Mayor, Ambassador and Governor. At the time of his death he was a senator from Minas Gerais, having won the seat in the 2010 election.
Juiz de Fora, also known as J.F., is a city in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the state border with Rio de Janeiro. According to 2020 estimates the current population is about 573,285 inhabitants. The geographical area of the municipality is 1,437 km2 (555 sq mi).
Campeonato Mineiro is the state football league of the state of Minas Gerais and is controlled by the Minas Gerais Football Federation FMF.
The Federal University of Juiz de Fora is a public research university in Brazil. Throughout its over 50 years of existence, the university has undergone significant growth, strengthening the quality of undergraduate and graduate education while maintaining its role as an agent of community development.
Barbacena is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. As of 2020, the municipality had 138,204 inhabitants. The total area of the municipality is 788 km2 (304 sq mi).
Estádio Municipal Radialista Mário Helênio, also known as Estádio Mário Helênio, and as Estádio Municipal de Juiz de Fora, is a multi-use stadium in Juiz de Fora, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 31,863 people. It was built in 1988.
Aracitaba is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 is estimated to be 2,059 people living in a total area of 105,885 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Zona da Mata and to the microregion of Juiz de Fora.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora is an archdiocese located in the city of Juiz de Fora in Brazil.
Ewbank da Câmara is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Belonging to the mesoregion of the Zona da Mata and the microregion of Juiz de Fora, the municipality is located some 241 km to the southeast of the state capital, Belo Horizonte. In 2020, its population was 3,923, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. It occupies an area of 103.834 km2. The urban area of the municipality constitutes a small part of the total. The rural area, predominantly in the municipality, has Atlantic rainforest vegetation.
Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport, popularly called Serrinha Airport, is an airport in Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
BR-040 is a federal highway of Brazil. The 1,139.3 kilometres (707.9 mi) road connects Brasilia to Rio de Janeiro.
Juiz de Fora Vôlei is a Brazilian men's volleyball team from Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais. It started as a sports project at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora. It currently plays Brazilian Volleyball Superleague.
Hipólito Boaventura Caron (1862–1892) was a Brazilian painter and designer associated with the "Grupo Grimm".
Messias Pereira Donato was a Brazilian lawyer, teacher, writer, philosopher, magistrate and jurist. Born in Bahia, graduated in law at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), having held the judiciary work in Minas Gerais (MG) over 20 years, teaching for 22 years, as Professor of Labour Law Holder UFMG, having been Director of the Law School. In 1934, at age 13, was taken by his father, the farmer Henrique Pereira Donato, of Guanambi until Malhada- BA on the banks of the São Francisco River. Covered about 110 km mounted "by mule" a journey that took three days. From Malhada followed alone steam to Pirapora - MG and this came from railroad train to the end of twelve days of travel to get to Belo Horizonte, where he continued his studies.
Jesuit College is a private Catholic primary and secondary school in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1956 and occupies 20 acres (8.1 ha) of forested land in the center of the city. In 2015 the college was rated 51st nationally in Brazil among those schools that took the National Secondary Education Examination (Enem).
Leda Maria Linhares Nagle is a Brazilian journalist, writer, actress and television presenter. She hosted the program Sem Censura at TV Brasil for over 20 years.
Edmundo Villani-Côrtes is a Brazilian pianist, conductor, arranger, music professor and composer.
The Immediate Geographic Region of Juiz de Fora is one of the 10 immediate geographic regions in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Juiz de Fora, one of the 70 immediate geographic regions in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and one of the 509 of Brazil, created by the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in 2017.
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