Jacinto, Minas Gerais
| Jacinto | |||
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| Municipality | |||
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Aerial View of Jacinto | |||
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| Nickname(s): Jaça | |||
 Location in Minas Gerais | |||
  Jacinto Location in Brazil | |||
| Coordinates: 16°08′38″S 40°17′34″W / 16.14389°S 40.29278°WCoordinates: 16°08′38″S 40°17′34″W / 16.14389°S 40.29278°W | |||
| Country |
 Brazil | ||
| Region | Southeast | ||
| State | Minas Gerais | ||
| Mesoregion | Jequitinhonha | ||
| Microregion | Almenara | ||
| Incorporated (municipality) | December 31, 1943 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Carlos Dantez Ferraz de Mello | ||
| Area[1] | |||
| • Total | 1,393.609 km2 (538.075 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 180 m (590 ft) | ||
| Population (2014)[2] | |||
| • Total | 12,524 | ||
| • Density | 8.71/km2 (22.6/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Jacintense[3] | ||
| Time zone | BRT (UTC-3) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | BRST (UTC-2) | ||
| CEP postal code | 39930-000 | ||
| Area code | 33 | ||
| HDI (2010) [4] | 0,620 | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Jacinto is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Jacinto is located on the right bank of the Jequitinhonha River. It is 44 kilometers east of Almenara.
The legend tells that the city name is a homage to an old settler named Jacinto, which lived in the city around the 1910s.
See also
References
- ↑ "Área territorial oficial" [Official Territorial Area] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2002-10-10. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- ↑ "Estimativas de população para 1º de julho de 2014" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- ↑ "IBGE - Cidades@". O Brasil Município por Município. Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Retrieved 2015-05-27.
- ↑ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" [Ranking of HDI-M of Brazilian Municipalities] (PDF) (in Portuguese). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 2010. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
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