Vale do Rio Doce (mesoregion)

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Vale do Rio Doce
Mesoregion
MinasGerais Meso ValedoRioDoce.svg
Location within Minas Gerais
Coordinates: 18°51′03″S41°56′56″W / 18.85083°S 41.94889°W / -18.85083; -41.94889
Country Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Region Southeast
State Bandeira de Minas Gerais.svg  Minas Gerais
Area
 • Total41,809.873 km2 (16,142.882 sq mi)
Population
 (2006/IBGE)
 • Total1,588,122
Time zone UTC-3 (BRT)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-2 (BRST)
Area code +55 38

Vale do Rio Doce (English: Doce River valley) is one of the twelve mesoregions of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is composed of 102 municipalities, [1] distributed across 7 microregions.

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Demography

 
 
Largest cities in Vale do Rio Doce (mesoregion)|the Vale do Rio Doce mesoregion
(IBGE 2010 census) [2]
Rank Microregion Pop.Rank Microregion Pop.
Rio Doce e Governador Valadares MG.JPG
Governador Valadares
Avenida Pedro Linhares Gomes e Usiminas ao fundo, Ipatinga MG.JPG
Ipatinga 		1 Governador Valadares Governador Valadares 26359411 Inhapim Caratinga 24294 Vista da regiao central a partir do alto do B. Santa Terezinha, Coronel Fabriciano MG.JPG
Coronel Fabriciano
Vista parcial Caratinga MG.jpg
Caratinga
2 Ipatinga Ipatinga 23917712 Belo Oriente Ipatinga 23397
3 Coronel Fabriciano Ipatinga 10379713 Itambacuri Governador Valadares 22797
4 Caratinga Caratinga 8532214 Conselheiro Pena Aimorés 22232
5 Timóteo Ipatinga 8111915 Ipanema Aimorés 18169
6 Guanhães Guanhães 3126616 Peçanha Peçanha 17270
7 Santana do Paraíso Ipatinga 2725817 Resplendor Aimorés 17099
8 Mantena Mantena 2711518 Ipaba Caratinga 16692
9 Mutum Aimorés 2667219 Sabinópolis Guanhães 15707
10 Aimorés Aimorés 2496920 São João Evangelista Guanhães 15538

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References

  1. ↑ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios" [GDP of the Brazilian Municipalities](PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2010-11-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
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