Bocaiúva
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Bocaiuva is a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 50,256 people living in a total area of 3,232 km2. The city belongs to the mesoregion of North of Minas and to the microregion of Bocaiuva. It became a municipality in 1890.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bocaiúva
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:PracaBocaiuva.JPG
- Settlement.image_alt
- Plaza in front of the municipal hospital
- Settlement.image_caption
- Plaza in front of the municipal hospital
- Settlement.image_flag
- File:BandeiraBocaiuvaMG.jpg
- Settlement.flag_alt
- Flag of Bocaiúva
- Settlement.image_shield
- File:Brasao bocaiuva mg.jpg
- Settlement.shield_alt
- Coat of arms of Bocaiúva
- Settlement.etymology
- Derived either from the indigenous name for the species of palm trees Acrocomia aculeata or from the abolitionist and journalist Quintino Antonio Ferreira de Souza Bocaiúva
- Settlement.motto
- Portuguese: A paz é o nosso lema eternoEnglish: Peace is our eternal motto
- Settlement.image_map
- File:MinasGerais Municip Bocaiuva.svg
- Settlement.map_alt
- Location of Bocaiúva in Minas Gerais
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Bocaiúva in Minas Gerais
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Brazil#South America
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Official name
- Bocaiúva
- Demonym
- bocaiuvense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Minas Gerais
- Population
- 47045
- Area
- 3232.660
- Elevation
- 1485
- Shares border with
- Carbonita
- Official website
- www.bocaiuva.mg.gov.br
- Image
- PracaBocaiuva.JPG
- Dialing code
- 38
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- postal code
- 39390-000 a 39396-999
- native label
- Bocaiúva
- Commons category
- Bocaiúva
- electorate
- 31647
- Human Development Index
- 0.736
- inception
- 1890-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Location
- Geographical Data
- Climate
- Statistical Micro-region
- Distances
- Origin of the name
- Economic activities
- Health and education
- Notable people
- See also
- References
Bocaiuva is a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 50,256 people living in a total area of 3,232 km2. The city belongs to the mesoregion of North of Minas and to the microregion of Bocaiuva. It became a municipality in 1890.
==Geography== ===Location===
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bocaiúva” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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