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Bambuí

Bambuí is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 23,898 people living in a total area of , for a density of . The city belongs to the meso-region of Oeste de Minas and to the micro-region of Piumhi. It became a municipality in 1881.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Bambuí
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_shield: Bambuibrasao.jpg
Settlement.image_flag: Bambuí.jpg
Settlement.image_skyline: Arco íris no IFMG campus Bambuí. Visto do Experimento, Avaliação do Cedro Australiano (Toona ciliata var. australis) consorciado com Guandu (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.) no sistema de aléias. - panoramio.jpg
Settlement.image_map: MinasGerais Municip Bambui.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in São Paulo state
Settlement.pushpin_map: Brazil
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Southeast
Settlement.subdivision_type2: State
Settlement.subdivision_name2: São Paulo
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Mesoregion
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Microregion
Settlement.subdivision_type5: Metrop. region

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Contents

Location
Communications and distances
Origin of the name
Economic activities
Health and education
Climate
See also
References

==Location== The city center of Bambuí is located at an elevation of 706 meters on a plateau and straddles the 20th parallel. Neighboring municipalities are: Tapiraí and Córrego Danta (N), Luz (NE), Iguatama (E), Doresópolis (SE), Piumhi (S), São Roque de Minas and Medeiros (W).