Nanuque

Nanuque, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Municipality

Município de Nanuque
Municipality of Nanuque

Fritz Rock, Presidente Bueno's Rock, Namorados Pond

Flag

Coat of arms

Brazil

Founded

1948

Incorporated (as city)

December 27, 1948

Government

• Mayor

Ramon Ferraz Miranda (PSL)
(2013-2016)

Area

• Total

1,515.370 km² (585.088 sq mi)

Elevation

121,7 m (3,993 ft)

Population

• Total

40,834

•

Nanuquense

Postal Code

39860-000

Area code(s)

+55 33

Website

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Nanuque is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, in the southeastern region of Brazil, belonging to Mucuri Valley and Region Nanuque. The relief consists of inselbergs and seas of hills, and the Serra dos Aimorés as predominant characteristic. Considered the 79th most populous city in the state, the 2nd Northeast 1st miner and its region, with 40,834 inhabitants according to the 2010 census. According to DENATRAN its fleet is 17,782 motor vehicles. As a regional hub ten municipalities, their total area 116,545 inhabitants and a total area of 8471.872 km ². Nanuque, cut the highway Ox (BR-418), reference is to be en route to the northern coast of Espirito Santo state by state highway LMG-719 and the southern coast of Bahia state by the then federal highway BR-418, of which is 605 km to the northeast of the state capital Belo Horizonte and 1257 km east of the federal capital Brasília.

Nanuque is a tourist town belonging to the Gemstones circuit, characterized by its high mountains of the Sierra Aimorés. In its urban environment, Nanuque offers excellent and varied accommodation in hotels, restaurants with the finest cuisine from Minas Gerais, and plazas, lakes and hospitality of the state.

Among the natural attractions are the Serra dos Aimorés, where can be seen the boundaries of three states rising in Fritz's Stone, which is 25 km from the center of Nanuque and is about a thousand meters huigh, one of the biggest points of mountaineering northeast of Minas Gerais, spotting there mineral beauties, Espirito Santo and Bahia in a 360° radius. Fritz's Stone is a perfect place to practice some sports like skydiving and mountain climbing, because of its huge stone wall, which requires a good physical preparation and knowledge of the area.

The city also has the President Bueno Stone, with stunning views of the city and a beautiful sunset, the Mucuri River, a good place for canoeing, the St. Helena Quarry, which is a natural lookout point north of the city the popular Tree of Herons in the central area, among others.

Nanuque is a statistical micro-region with 10 municipalities: Águas Formosas, Bertópolis, Carlos Chagas, Crisólita, Fronteira dos Vales, Machacalis, Nanuque, Santa Helena de Minas, Serra dos Aimorés, and Umburatiba. In 2000 the area was 8,495.90 km² with a population of 117,595 inhabitants. The population density (2000) was 13.84 inhab/km².

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