Januária
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Januária is a municipality in northern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It is located on the left bank of the São Francisco River. The population was 67,852 inhabitants (IBGE 2020) and the area of the municipality was 6,691 km2 (2007).
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Januária
- Settlement.nickname
- (The Queen of the Beautiful Waters)
- Settlement.image_flag
- File:Bandeira de Januária.jpg
- Settlement.image_seal
- File:Brasão de Januária.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- Image:MinasGerais Municip Januaria.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Brazil
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- Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southeast
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Minas Gerais
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- Mesoregion
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- North of Minas Gerais
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- Microregion
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Januária
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Manoel Jorge de Castro
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- januarense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Minas Gerais
- Population
- 87163
- Area
- 6691.174
- Elevation
- 434
- Shares border with
- Cônego Marinho
- Official website
- www.januaria.mg.gov.br
- Image
- Praia de rio Rio São Francisco-Januaria-MG-2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Januária
- electorate
- 49857
- Human Development Index
- 0.699
- inception
- 1860-10-07
- postal code
- 39480-000 a 39488-999
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Municipal limits
- Microregion
- Districts
- Geography
- Climate
- Communications
- Economic activities
- Health and education (2005)
- Ranking on the Municipal Human Development Index
- History
- Tourism
- Transportation
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Januária is a municipality in northern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It is located on the left bank of the São Francisco River. The population was 67,852 inhabitants (IBGE 2020) and the area of the municipality was 6,691 km2 (2007).
==Municipal limits== Januária is limited in the north by the state of Bahia, Bonito de Minas and Cônego Marinho, in the south with São Francisco, in the east with Pedras de Maria da Cruz and Itacarambi, and in the west with Chapada Gaúcha.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Januária” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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