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Manhuaçu

Manhuaçu is a municipality in Eastern Minas Gerais state, in Brazil. Its population was 91,169 (2020) and its area is 628 km2.

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Settlement.official_name: Manhuaçu
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_shield: Brasaomahuacu.JPG
Settlement.image_flag: Bandeira de manhuacu.jpg
Settlement.image_skyline: Matrizmanhuaçu.JPG
Settlement.image_map: MinasGerais Municip Manhuacu.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Minas Gerais 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: Minas Gerais
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Mesoregion
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Microregion
Settlement.subdivision_type5: Metrop. region

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Geography
Caparaó National Park
Economy
Transportation
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Manhuaçu is a municipality in Eastern Minas Gerais state, in Brazil. Its population was 91,169 (2020) and its area is 628 km2.

==Geography== Located 260 km from the state capital of Belo Horizonte, it is near the important road junction of BR 262 (Belo Horizonte-Vitória) and BR 116 (Rio-Bahia). The total area of the municipality is 629 km2 and it lies at an elevation of 635 m in the foothills of the Serra da Chabata or Caparaó, which form the boundary between the states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo.