Brasópolis
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Brasópolis is a municipality in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Previously called São Caetano da Vargem Grande, it was renamed after its most famous son, Venceslau Brás, ninth President of the Republic, although he was born in neighbouring Itajubá.
Key facts
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.name
- Brasópolis
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.official_name
- Municipality of Brasópolis
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vista da Brasopolis - panoramio.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira-brasópolis.png
- Settlement.image_seal
- Brasao brazopolis.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- MinasGerais Municip Brasopolis.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in the State of Minas Gerais
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southeast
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- September 16, 1901
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 361.160
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 850
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- brasopolense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Minas Gerais
- Population
- 13711
- Area
- 361.160
- Elevation
- 850
- Shares border with
- São Bento do Sapucaí
- Official website
- www.brazopolis.mg.gov.br
- Image
- Brasopolis mg 01.jpg
- Dialing code
- 35
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- Commons category
- Brazópolis
- postal code
- 37530-000
- Human Development Index
- 0.692
- inception
- 1901-09-16
- electorate
- 12696
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Encyclopedic overview
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Brasópolis is a municipality in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Previously called São Caetano da Vargem Grande, it was renamed after its most famous son, Venceslau Brás, ninth President of the Republic, although he was born in neighbouring Itajubá.
The municipality contains part of the Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area, created in 1997.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brasópolis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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