Manhuaçu
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Manhuaçu is a city
and municipality
in Eastern Minas Gerais
state, in Brazil
. The population of the municipality was 67,723 inhabitants with 40,751 in the urban area and 26,372 in the rural area. Located 260 km from the state capital of Belo Horizonte, it is near the important road junction of BR 262 (Belo Horizonte-Vitória) and BR 116 (Rio-Bahia). The total area of the municipality is 629 km² and it lies at an elevation of 635 m in the foothills of the Serra da Chabata or Caparaó, which form the boundary between the states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo
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Altitude
Temperature
The main rivers are the Ribeirão do Manhuacuzinho and the Rio Manhuaçu, which are tributaries of the Doce River
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Distances: 270 km to Belo Horizonte/MG and 230 km to Vitória/ES.
. It is the center of commercialization of coffee of the Zona da Mata, and there are offices and warehouses of the main exporting and processing companies of the country. There are storage facilities for about one million sacks of coffee. The region harvests about 1.5 million sacks of coffee a year
There are three schools of higher education, Faculdade do Futuro http://www.faculdadedofuturo.edu.br/, Doctum http://www.doctum.com.br/ and Facig - Faculdade de Ciências Gerenciais de Manhuaçu http://www.facig.edu.br/.
It was created in 1961 by President Jânio Quadros
. It contains the third highest peak in the country, the Pico da Bandeira
. In 1859 Emperor Dom Pedro II
had ordered that a flag of the Empire be placed on the highest peak of the Serra do Caparaó. It is believed that the name Pico da Bandeira (2,891 m) is due to this fact. The mountains of the Caparó chain have landscapes of great beauty with numerous waterfalls and caverns. There are also other important peaks like Pico do Cristal (2769.7 m) and Pico do Calçado (2.766 m).
City
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and municipality
Municipality
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in Eastern 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...
state, in Brazil
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...
. The population of the municipality was 67,723 inhabitants with 40,751 in the urban area and 26,372 in the rural area. Located 260 km from the state capital of Belo Horizonte, it is near the important road junction of BR 262 (Belo Horizonte-Vitória) and BR 116 (Rio-Bahia). The total area of the municipality is 629 km² and it lies at an elevation of 635 m in the foothills of the Serra da Chabata or Caparaó, which form the boundary between the states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo
Espírito Santo
Espírito Santo is one of the states of southeastern Brazil, often referred to by the abbreviation "ES". Its capital is Vitória and the largest city is Vila Velha. The name of the state means literally "holy spirit" after the Holy Ghost of Christianity...
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Altitude
- maximum: 1,760 m at Serra Pedra Dourada
- minimum: 561 m at Foz do Rio São Mateu
Temperature
- annual average: 22.7 °C
- average annual maximum: 27.5 °C
- average annual minimum: 16.6 °C
- annual rainfall average: 1,827 mm
The main rivers are the Ribeirão do Manhuacuzinho and the Rio Manhuaçu, which are tributaries of the Doce River
Doce River
The Doce River is a river in southeast Brazil, which has an extension of 853 km.It is formed by the junction of the Piranga and the Carmo near the historical city of Ouro Preto, whose sources are located in the foothills of the Mantiqueira and Espinhaço mountain chains at altitudes of about 1,200...
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Distances: 270 km to Belo Horizonte/MG and 230 km to Vitória/ES.
Economy
The economy of the city is based on the production and processing of mountain coffeeCoffee
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
. It is the center of commercialization of coffee of the Zona da Mata, and there are offices and warehouses of the main exporting and processing companies of the country. There are storage facilities for about one million sacks of coffee. The region harvests about 1.5 million sacks of coffee a year
There are three schools of higher education, Faculdade do Futuro http://www.faculdadedofuturo.edu.br/, Doctum http://www.doctum.com.br/ and Facig - Faculdade de Ciências Gerenciais de Manhuaçu http://www.facig.edu.br/.
Parque Nacional do Caparaó
The Parque Nacional do Caparaó is a national park administered by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) and is located approximately 60 km southeast of Manhuaçu on the boundary dividing the states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo. The entrance to the park is at Alto Caparao. The area of the park is 318 square kilometers.It was created in 1961 by President Jânio Quadros
Jânio Quadros
Jânio da Silva Quadros , , was a Brazilian politician who served as President of Brazil for only 7 months in 1961.-Career:...
. It contains the third highest peak in the country, the Pico da Bandeira
Pico da Bandeira
Pico da Bandeira is the third highest mountain in Brazil, situated near the border of Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais. It is the highest point in both states as well. It was historically considered the highest mountain in Brazil until the 1950s, when the Pico da Neblina was explored and measured...
. In 1859 Emperor Dom Pedro II
Pedro II of Brazil
Dom Pedro II , nicknamed "the Magnanimous", was the second and last ruler of the Empire of Brazil, reigning for over 58 years. Born in Rio de Janeiro, he was the seventh child of Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil and Empress Dona Maria Leopoldina and thus a member of the Brazilian branch of...
had ordered that a flag of the Empire be placed on the highest peak of the Serra do Caparaó. It is believed that the name Pico da Bandeira (2,891 m) is due to this fact. The mountains of the Caparó chain have landscapes of great beauty with numerous waterfalls and caverns. There are also other important peaks like Pico do Cristal (2769.7 m) and Pico do Calçado (2.766 m).