Entre Rios de Minas

Place in Southeast, Brazil
Flag of Entre Rios de Minas
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Official seal of Entre Rios de Minas
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Nickname: 
Portuguese: Mesopotâmia Mineira (Mesopotamia of Minas Gerais)
Motto: 
Latin: Duco in Altum (Led to the height)
Location in Minas Gerais
Location in Minas Gerais
20°40′15″S 44°03′57″W / 20.67083°S 44.06583°W / -20.67083; -44.06583Country BrazilRegionSoutheastStateMinas GeraisMesoregionBelo HorizonteMicroregionConselheiro LafaieteSettledDecember 20, 1714Incorporated (municipality)January 3, 1880Government
 • MayorMaria Cristina Mansur Teixeira ResendeArea • Total456.796 km2 (176.370 sq mi)Elevation
950 m (3,120 ft)Population
 (2020 [2])
 • Total15,380Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)CEP postal code
35490-000
Area code31HDI (2010) [3]0,672WebsiteMunicipality website

Entre Rios de Minas is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Conselheiro Lafaiete.

The Campolina horse breed originated in the Entre Rios de Minas. Cassiano Campolina of the Fazenda Tanque farm developed the Campolina in 1870 from a mare named "Medéia" and a stallion belonging to Mariano Procópio, who received the stallion from Dom Pedro II.[4][5]

See also

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Barbacena
Conselheiro Lafaiete
São João del-Rei
Belo Horizonte
Sete Lagoas
Santa Bárbara-Ouro Preto
Curvelo
Itabira
Divinópolis
Formiga
Dores do Indaiá
Pará de Minas
Oliveira
Abaeté
Governador Valadares
Guanhães
Mantena
Aimorés-Resplendor
Ipatinga
Caratinga
João Monlevade
Juiz de Fora
Manhuaçu
Ubá
Ponte Nova
Muriaé
Cataguases
Viçosa
Carangola
São João Nepomuceno-Bicas
Além Paraíba
Montes Claros
Janaúba
Salinas
Januária
Pirapora
São Francisco
Espinosa
Patos de Minas
Unaí
Patrocínio
Pouso Alegre
Poços de Caldas
Itajubá
São Lourenço
Caxambu-Baependi
Capelinha
Teófilo Otoni
Almenara
Diamantina
Araçuaí
Pedra Azul
Águas Formosas
Uberaba
Araxá
Frutal
Iturama
Uberlândia
Ituiutaba
Monte Carmelo
Varginha
Passos
Alfenas
Lavras
Guaxupé
Três Corações
Três Pontas-Boa Esperança
São Sebastião do Paraíso
Campo Belo
Piumhi

References

  1. ^ "Área territorial oficial" [Official Territorial Area] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2002-10-10. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  2. ^ IBGE 2020
  3. ^ "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 2015-04-20.
  4. ^ L.S. de Andrade,(2000)Campolina O Grande Marchador, Um Seculo de selecao, Historic Album, Revista Brasileira do Cavalo de Marcha
  5. ^ "Campolina". Breeds of Livestock. Oklahoma State University. August 31, 1998. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
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