Muriaé
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 Muriaé within Minas Gerais |
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| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Aloysio Navarro de Aquino (PSDB) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 843.327 km2 (325.610 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Total | 107,263 | ||
| • Density | 125.53/km2 (325.1/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EST (UTC-3) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-2) | ||
| Postal Code | 36880-000 | ||
| Area code(s) | +55 32 | ||
| Website | City Hall of Muriaé | ||
Muriaé is a municipality in southeast Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It is located in the Zona da Mata region and its population in 2012 (IBGE) was approximately 102.074 inhabitants.
Ervália, Santana de Cataguases, Laranjal, Palma, Miraí, São Sebastião da Vargem Alegre, Rosário da Limeira, Miradouro, Vieiras, Eugenópolis, Patrocínio do Muriaé and Barão de Monte Alto.
Industry, agriculture (coconut and coffee), services, and cattle raising
It is located at the junction of two major highways, BR-116 (Rio-Bahia) and BR-393. Its name means "to have the taste of sweet sugarcane" in the indigenous language.
The Muriaé River passes through the city. It is a river whose source is in the Serra das Perobas in Minas Gerais near the boundary with the state of Rio de Janeiro. It flows in a west-east direction and joins the Paraíba do Sul River, a little above the city of Campos dos Goytacazes. Its waters are muddy and cold and they supply several municipalities for drinking and irrigation. There are some waterfalls, the most important being the Cachoeira da Fumaça, in Retiro do Muriaé. Its length is about 300 km, of which 40 are navigable for small boats. It is flanked along all its course by highway BR 356 and the Leopoldina Railway.
In 1817, Constantino José Pinto, with 40 men, a seller of herbs and medicinal roots, came down the Pomba River and reached Muriaé, where he stopped, building a hut near the waterfalls on the river.
In 1819 the Frenchman Guido Tomáz Marliére arrived and built a chapel. In 1841 the district was created with the name of São Paulo do Muriahé. In 1855 this was elevated to the category of "vila" (village) with the same name. Finally in 1865 the comarca was created and the village became the city of Muriahé.
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