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Juiz de Fora
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Juiz de Fora is a municipality located in Minas Gerais state in Brazil. It is an important city in the region, serving as a significant urban and economic center in the state.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- Juiz de Fora
- Demonym
- juiz-forano
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Minas Gerais
- Population
- 385996
- Area
- 1436.850
- Elevation
- 678
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Shares border with
- Santa Bárbara do Monte Verde
- Official website
- www.pjf.mg.gov.br
- Image
- Vista do centro de Juiz de Fora-MG.JPG
- Dialing code
- 32
- Patron saint
- Anthony of Padua
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- topic's main category
- Category:Juiz de Fora
- Commons category
- Juiz de Fora
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Juiz de Fora
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Juiz de Fora
- Commons gallery
- Juiz de Fora
- Human Development Index
- 0.778
- postal code
- 36000-000
- native label
- Juiz de Fora
- inception
- 1850-00-00
- electorate
- 348669
- P12749
- Masfjorden Municipality
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Encyclopedic overview
Juiz de Fora ( Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒwiz dʒi ˈfɔɾɐ]; lit. 'Outsider Judge'), also known as J.F., is a city in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the state border with Rio de Janeiro. As of the 2022 census the population was 540,756. The geographical area of the municipality is 1,437 km (555 sq mi).
The city's location was a key factor in its economic and demographic development since it is situated between the three most important financial and economic metropolises of southeast Brazil (and also the three largest urban sprawls of the country): Rio de Janeiro (189 km (117 mi)), Belo Horizonte (260 km (160 mi)) and São Paulo (486 km (302 mi)). Major highways connect Juiz de Fora with these three metropolitan areas. The most important is the BR 040 which connects Brasília with Rio de Janeiro via Belo Horizonte. The city is built on the Paraibuna, a major tributary of the Paraíba do Sul river.
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