Coromandel, Minas Gerais
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Coromandel is a Brazil
ian town, located in the southeast region of the country, in the state of Minas Gerais
. Its population
is over 28,000 people according the 2004 census
. The municipality (município) of Coromandel is located 495 km from the state capital Belo Horizonte
, and 673 km from São Paulo
. Coromandel is one of the municipalities of the Triângulo Mineiro
/Alto Paranaíba micro region and its territorial size is 3,296 km². Its borders are limited in the north by state of Goiás
and Guarda-Mor
municipality, east by the municipalities of Vazante
, Lagamar
, Patos de Minas
and Guimarânia
, west by the municipalities of Abadia dos Dourados
and Monte Carmelo
, and south by Patrocínio municipality. Coromandel has six districts: Alegre, Santa Rosa, Pântano de Santa Cruz, Lagamar dos Coqueiros and Mateiro.
Its economy
is largely promoted by cerrado
coffee agriculture (the legitimate Brazilian coffee for exportation) and plantation
s of soybean
and corn
. Also dairy farms supply several dairy products industries in the city
. Cattle
farms supply with its livestock
meat
to industries. Another important part of the economy is mining
, for example the calcareous
rock
s exploration that is plenty used for agriculture
s to correct soil acidity. Diamond
exploration has its importance as well, explorated for local miners and companies. One of the most important diamonds in the world was discovered in Coromandel in 1938, named as Getúlio Vargas Diamond, it was a pure, rare and precious stone.
The origin of the name Coromandel isn't a consensus among its population, but ancient people figure out the name is connected to the Coromandel Coast
, in India, from where ships loaded with slaves would have departed.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian town, located in the southeast region of the country, in the state of Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
. Its population
Population
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is over 28,000 people according the 2004 census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
. The municipality (município) of Coromandel is located 495 km from the state capital Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...
, and 673 km from São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
. Coromandel is one of the municipalities of the Triângulo Mineiro
Triângulo Mineiro
The Triangle Mineiro Portuguese pronunciation: [tɾiɐɡulu minejru] is an officer in the region west of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The area is 93.500 km ² and is limited by the Serra da Canastra and Marcela, east, south of Sao Paulo, Goias in the north and west of the junction of the rivers...
/Alto Paranaíba micro region and its territorial size is 3,296 km². Its borders are limited in the north by state of Goiás
Goiás
Goiás is a state of Brazil, located in the central part of the country. The name Goiás comes from the name of an indigenous community...
and Guarda-Mor
Guarda-Mor
Guarda-Mor is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 was 6,577 inhabitants in a total area of 2,066 km². It is a large producer of cattle and grains, especially soybeans....
municipality, east by the municipalities of Vazante
Vazante
Vazante is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 was 19,300 inhabitants in a total area of 1,903 km². It is a large producer of cattle and there is mining of zinc.-Location:...
, Lagamar
Lagamar
Lagamar is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 was 7,636 inhabitants in a total area of . It is a large producer of cattle and grains and there is extraction of phosphates....
, Patos de Minas
Patos de Minas
Patos de Minas is a city and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil, located some 400 km from Belo Horizonte on the Paranaíba River. The city had 133,054 in 2007 while the area of the municipality is 3,189 km²...
and Guimarânia
Guimarânia
Guimarânia is a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was 6,946 people living in a total area of 371 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaíba and to the microregion of Patos de Minas...
, west by the municipalities of Abadia dos Dourados
Abadia dos Dourados
Abadia dos Dourados is a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was 6,556 people living in a total area of 894 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaíba and to the microregion of Patrocínio...
and Monte Carmelo
Monte Carmelo
Monte Carmelo is a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was 44,367 people living in a total area of 1,354 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaíba and to the microregion of Patrocínio...
, and south by Patrocínio municipality. Coromandel has six districts: Alegre, Santa Rosa, Pântano de Santa Cruz, Lagamar dos Coqueiros and Mateiro.
Its economy
Economy
An economy consists of the economic system of a country or other area; the labor, capital and land resources; and the manufacturing, trade, distribution, and consumption of goods and services of that area...
is largely promoted by cerrado
Cerrado
The Cerrado, is a vast tropical savanna ecoregion of Brazil, particularly in the states of Gioas and Minas Gerais...
coffee agriculture (the legitimate Brazilian coffee for exportation) and plantation
Plantation
A plantation is a long artificially established forest, farm or estate, where crops are grown for sale, often in distant markets rather than for local on-site consumption...
s of soybean
Soybean
The soybean or soya bean is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean which has numerous uses...
and corn
Maize
Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...
. Also dairy farms supply several dairy products industries in the city
City
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. Cattle
Cattle
Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...
farms supply with its livestock
Livestock
Livestock refers to one or more domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities such as food, fiber and labor. The term "livestock" as used in this article does not include poultry or farmed fish; however the inclusion of these, especially poultry, within the meaning...
meat
Meat
Meat is animal flesh that is used as food. Most often, this means the skeletal muscle and associated fat and other tissues, but it may also describe other edible tissues such as organs and offal...
to industries. Another important part of the economy is mining
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
, for example the calcareous
Calcareous
Calcareous is an adjective meaning mostly or partly composed of calcium carbonate, in other words, containing lime or being chalky. The term is used in a wide variety of scientific disciplines.-In zoology:...
rock
Rock (geology)
In geology, rock or stone is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids.The Earth's outer solid layer, the lithosphere, is made of rock. In general rocks are of three types, namely, igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic...
s exploration that is plenty used for agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
s to correct soil acidity. Diamond
Diamond
In mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions...
exploration has its importance as well, explorated for local miners and companies. One of the most important diamonds in the world was discovered in Coromandel in 1938, named as Getúlio Vargas Diamond, it was a pure, rare and precious stone.
The origin of the name Coromandel isn't a consensus among its population, but ancient people figure out the name is connected to the Coromandel Coast
Coromandel Coast
The Coromandel Coast is the name given to the southeastern coast of the Indian Subcontinent between Cape Comorin and False Divi Point...
, in India, from where ships loaded with slaves would have departed.