Alto Jequitibá

Municipality in Southeast, Brazil
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Location in Minas Gerais state
Location in Minas Gerais state
20°25′15″S 41°57′31″W / 20.42083°S 41.95861°W / -20.42083; -41.95861CountryBrazilRegionSoutheastStateMinas GeraisArea
 • Total152 km2 (59 sq mi)Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total8,301 • Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Alto Jequitibá is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. It belongs to the mesoregion of Zona da Mata and to the microregion of Manhuaçu. The municipality has a population of 8,301 (2020) and its area is 152 km².[2]

Geography

Settled in the highplanes among offshoots from the Pico da Bandeira, the third highest mountain of Brazil nearing 3,000 meters, in the Ocidental side of the Caparaó range of mountains. It is in the Brazil's Southeast in the bush's zone.

Demographics

Alto Jequitibá is one of the few mainly Protestant cities of Minas Gerais, mainly Presbyterian.

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ IBGE - [1]

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  • (in Portuguese) Information and pictures about the city
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Capital: Belo Horizonte
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
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