Vale do Rio Doce | |
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Coordinates: 18°51′03″S41°56′56″W / 18.85083°S 41.94889°W | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | Southeast |
State | Minas Gerais |
Area | |
• Total | 41,809.873 km2 (16,142.882 sq mi) |
Population (2006/IBGE) | |
• Total | 1,588,122 |
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.
Rank | Microregion | Pop. | Rank | Microregion | Pop. | ||||
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Governador Valadares Ipatinga | 1 | Governador Valadares | Governador Valadares | 263594 | 11 | Inhapim | Caratinga | 24294 | Coronel Fabriciano Caratinga |
2 | Ipatinga | Ipatinga | 239177 | 12 | Belo Oriente | Ipatinga | 23397 | ||
3 | Coronel Fabriciano | Ipatinga | 103797 | 13 | Itambacuri | Governador Valadares | 22797 | ||
4 | Caratinga | Caratinga | 85322 | 14 | Conselheiro Pena | Aimorés | 22232 | ||
5 | Timóteo | Ipatinga | 81119 | 15 | Ipanema | Aimorés | 18169 | ||
6 | Guanhães | Guanhães | 31266 | 16 | Peçanha | Peçanha | 17270 | ||
7 | Santana do Paraíso | Ipatinga | 27258 | 17 | Resplendor | Aimorés | 17099 | ||
8 | Mantena | Mantena | 27115 | 18 | Ipaba | Caratinga | 16692 | ||
9 | Mutum | Aimorés | 26672 | 19 | Sabinópolis | Guanhães | 15707 | ||
10 | Aimorés | Aimorés | 24969 | 20 | São João Evangelista | Guanhães | 15538 |
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Mariana is the oldest city in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is a tourist city, founded on July 16, 1696, and retains the characteristics of a baroque city, with its churches, buildings and museums. It was the first capital of Minas Gerais.
Almenara, is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Situated on the Jequitinhonha River it is the largest city in that river valley. Its 2020 population was estimated at 42,143 and the municipal area was 2,301 km².
Governador Valadares is a Brazilian municipality in the countryside of Minas Gerais. In 2020, its population was 281,046 inhabitants, thus being the ninth most populated city in the state. It is an economical axis of the middle valley of the Doce River, having a significant influence on the east and northeast portion of Minas Gerais and local authorities of the state of Espírito Santo. Governador Valadares sits on the bank of the Doce River, 324 km from Belo Horizonte, the state's capital. Governador Valadares has an area of about 2 342 km2, being only 58 km2 of urban area.
Teófilo Otoni is a municipality in northeast Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The population of the municipality was 140,937 in 2020 and the area is 3,242.818 km2.
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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.
Santa Vitória is a municipality in the west of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020, the population was estimated at 19,872. It became a municipality in 1948.
Dionísio is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Itabira. As of 2020, the estimated population was 7,609.
Itaúna is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil.
Ipaba is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil.It is located in the Vale do Rio Doce and belongs to the metropolitan collar of the Steel Valley. Its estimated population in 2018 was 18,438 inhabitants.
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