Januária

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Nickname(s): Portuguese: A Rainha das Águas Bonitas (The Queen of the Beautiful Waters)

Location in Brazil

Januária

Location in Brazil

Coordinates: 15°29′16″S 44°21′43″W / 15.48778°S 44.36194°WCoordinates: 15°29′16″S 44°21′43″W / 15.48778°S 44.36194°W

Brazil

North of Minas Gerais

Microregion

Januária

Founded

October 7, 1860

Government

• Mayor

Manoel Jorge de Castro

Area

• Total

6,691.174 km² (2,583.477 sq mi)

Elevation

434 m (1,424 ft)

Population (2010)

• Total

67,875

• Density

10.14/km² (26.3/sq mi)

Time zone

UTC-3 (UTC-3)

• Summer (DST)

UTC-2 (UTC-2)

HDI (2000)

0.699

Website

http://www.januaria.mg.gov.br

Januária is a municipality in northern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It is located on the left bank of the São Francisco River. The population was 64,985 inhabitants (IBGE 2007) and the area of the municipality was 6,691 km² (2007).

Januária is limited in the north by the state of Bahia, Bonito de Minas and Cônego Marinho, in the south with São Francisco, in the east with Pedras de Maria da Cruz and Itacarambi, and in the west with Chapada Gaúcha.

Januária is also a statistical microregion (number 31) consisting of 16 municipalities: Bonito de Minas, Chapada Gaúcha, Cônego Marinho, Icaraí de Minas, Itacarambi, Januária, Juvenília, Manga, Matias Cardoso, Miravânia, Montalvânia, Pedras de Maria da Cruz, Pintópolis, São Francisco, São João das Missões, and Urucuia. The area is 15,945.80 km² and the population was 246,071 in 2000.

Due to the size of the municipality there are several districts. They are Brejo do Amparo, Levinópolis, Pandeiros, Riacho da Cruz, São Joaquim, Tejuco, and Várzea Bonita.

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