Municipality in Southeast, Brazil
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Nickname: "Cidade do Cimento" (Cement City)
Location in the state of Minas Gerais
21°11′13″S 43°58′33″W / 21.18694°S 43.97583°W / -21.18694; -43.97583 Country Region Southeast State Founded 17th Century Incorporated (as city) December 12, 1953 Government
• Mayor Eika Oka de Melo (Progressive Party (2013–2016)) Area
• Total 81.726 km2 (31.554 sq mi) Elevation
929 m (3,047 ft) Population • Total 20,897 Demonym Barrosense Time zone UTC−3 (BRT) • Summer (DST) UTC−2 (BRST ) Postal Code 36212-000
Area code (+55) 32 Website www.barroso.mg.gov.br Barroso is a Brazilian municipality located in the south of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020[update] was 20,897 people living in an area of 83 km2 (32 sq mi). The elevation is 920 meters (3,020 ft). The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Barbacena. An important regional center, Barbacena, is located 27 km (17 mi) to the east and is connected by MG-265.
Geography According to IBGE (2017), the municipality is in the Immediate Geographic Region of Barbacena , in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena .[2]
Ecclesiastical circumscription The municipality is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del-Rei .[3]
Heteragrion cyane is an endemic species of dragonfly in Barroso Barroso, 1839 Statue of Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco in Santana Square (2016) See also List of municipalities in Minas Gerais References ^ IBGE 2020 ^ "Divisões Regionais do Brasil | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br . Retrieved 2023-02-19 . ^ Silveira, Lucas. "Diocese ganha novo mapa territorial após criação de novas foranias". Diocese de São João del Rei . Retrieved 2023-02-19 .
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