Varginha
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Varginha is a municipality in southwest Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Varginha stands out as one of the major centers of commerce and coffee production in Brazil and the world. The city is a center for export of coffee draining most of the production of the south of Minas Gerais, making the grain trade with several countries. The city is equidistant from the three largest metropolitan areas in Brazil (Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo). The city is close to Rodovia Fernão Dias. The city is served by Maj. Brig. Trompowsky Airport .
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Varginha
- Settlement.official_name
- Municipality of Varginha
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Via Café Garden Shopping-Varginha-MG.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira de Varginha.png
- Settlement.image_seal
- Brasão de Varginha.png
- Settlement.image_map
- MinasGerais Municip Varginha.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Brazil
- Settlement.map_caption
- City location in Minas Gerais
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southeast
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Leonardo Ciacci (PSD)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 395.647
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- varginhense
- Population
- 88022
- Area
- 395.396
- Elevation
- 980
- Official website
- www.varginha.mg.gov.br
- Image
- Vista de Varginha - panoramio.jpg
- Dialing code
- 35
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- Commons category
- Varginha
- Human Development Index
- 0.778
- postal code
- 37000-000 a 37109-999
- inception
- 1882-00-00
- electorate
- 100904
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Varginha is a municipality in southwest Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Varginha stands out as one of the major centers of commerce and coffee production in Brazil and the world. The city is a center for export of coffee draining most of the production of the south of Minas Gerais, making the grain trade with several countries. The city is equidistant from the three largest metropolitan areas in Brazil (Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo). The city is close to Rodovia Fernão Dias. The city is served by Maj. Brig. Trompowsky Airport .
Varginha achieved moderate fame in UFO circles due to the so-called Varginha UFO incident in 1996, in which two extraterrestrial beings were allegedly spotted by locals and later captured by the Brazilian Army, along with the local police and fire department. After this episode, the city began to invest in "UFO tourism". Today there are bus stops with the shape of spaceships and a water tower downtown also in the shape of a spaceship. In August 2004, UFO researchers from all over Brazil came together at the UFO Congress of Varginha, organized with the support of the City Hall.
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