Divinópolis
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Divinópolis is a municipality in the centre-west of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The estimated population in 2020 was 240,408 inhabitants. The total area of the municipality is 709 km2 and the elevation is 712 metres. It is 120 km from state capital Belo Horizonte. Divinópolis is the seat of the Regional Administration of the Upper São Francisco River.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Divinópolis
- Settlement.official_name
- Municipality of Divinópolis
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.nickname
- Princesa do Oeste (The West Princess)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Divinopolis.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira de divinópolis.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Brasão de divinopolis.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Minas Gerais
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southeast
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Gleidson Azevedo (NOVO)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 708.909
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020 est.
- Settlement.population_total
- 240,408
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Demonym
- divinopolitano
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Minas Gerais
- Population
- 151462
- Area
- 708.909
- Elevation
- 747
- Shares border with
- Itapecerica
- Official website
- www.divinopolis.mg.gov.br
- Image
- Divinopolis.jpg
- Dialing code
- 37
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- Commons category
- Divinópolis
- inception
- 1767-01-01
- postal code
- 35500-000 a 35516-999
- Human Development Index
- 0.764
- electorate
- 167322
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Statistical micro-region
- Driving distances
- Climate
- History
- Economy
- Transport
- Health and education
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Divinópolis is a municipality in the centre-west of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The estimated population in 2020 was 240,408 inhabitants. The total area of the municipality is 709 km2 and the elevation is 712 metres. It is 120 km from state capital Belo Horizonte. Divinópolis is the seat of the Regional Administration of the Upper São Francisco River.
==Geography== The city centre of Divinópolis is at an elevation of 712 meters approximately 120 km southwest of Belo Horizonte. Neighbouring municipalities are Nova Serrana (N), São Gonçalo do Pará and Carmo do Cajuru (E), Cláudio and São Sebastião do Oeste (S), Santo Antônio do Monte and Perdigão (W).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Divinópolis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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