Governador Valadares
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| Motto: Princesinha do Vale (Princess of the Valley) | |||
 Governador Valadares
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| Coordinates: 18°51′03″S 41°56′56″W / 18.85083°S 41.94889°W | |||
| Country |
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| State | Minas Gerais | ||
| Mesoregion | Vale do Rio Doce | ||
| Demonym | Valadarense | ||
| Founded | January 30, 1938 | ||
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| • Mayor | André Merlo (PSDB) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 2,348.1 km2 (906.6 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 170 m (560 ft) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 263,594 | ||
| • Density | 112.26/km2 (290.8/sq mi) | ||
| Website | www.valadares.mg.gov.br | ||
Governador Valadares is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. In 2006, its population was 260,405 inhabitants. It is an economical center of the middle valley of the Doce River (Rio Doce, lit. "sweet river"), having a significant influence on the east and northeast of Minas Gerais and local authorities of the state of the Espírito Santo. Governador Valadares sits on the bank of the Doce River (Rio Doce), 324 km from Belo Horizonte.
Governador Valadares is also a statistical micro-region including 25 municipalities: Alpercata, Campanário, Capitão Andrade, Coroaci, Divino das Laranjeiras, Engenheiro Caldas, Fernandes Tourinho, Frei Inocêncio, Galiléia, Governador Valadares, Itambacuri, Itanhomi, Jampruca, Marilac, Mathias Lobato, Nacip Raydan, Nova Módica, Pescador, São Geraldo da Piedade, São Geraldo do Baixio, São José da Safira, São José do Divino, Sobrália, Tumiritinga, and Virgolândia. Its population (2006) was estimated by the IBGE to be 407,815 inhabitants in a total area of 11, 327 km².
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