Pouso Alegre
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Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- Southeast
- State
- Minas Gerais
- Founded
- October 19, 1848
- Mayor
- Rafael Simões (DEM)
- Municipality
- 542.797 km (209.575 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 832 m (2,730 ft)
- Density
- 298.699/km (773.627/sq mi)
- Urban
- 139,608
- City settlement
- 148,700
- Time zone
- UTC−3 ( BRT )
- Hdi 2010
- 0.774 – high
- Website
- pousoalegre .mg .gov .br
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Encyclopedic overview
Pouso Alegre is a municipality in southern region of Minas Gerais state, Brazil, with a population of 162,133 in 2020. The area of the municipality is 543 km. It lies in the valley of the Sapucaí River.
Cities that form boundaries with Pouso Alegre are: Cachoeira de Minas, Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Careaçu, São Sebastião da Bela Vista, Estiva, Congonhal, São João da Mata and Silvianópolis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pouso Alegre” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.