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Congonhas
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Congonhas (Congonhas do Campo until 1948) is a historical Brazilian city located in the state of Minas Gerais. It is situated south from Belo Horizonte, the capital of state of Minas Gerais, by the highway BR-040. As of 2020, the city had a population of 55,309.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Congonhas
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.official_name
- Municipality of Congonhas
- Settlement.nickname
- "Cidade dos Profetas"
- Settlement.image_seal
- Congonhasmgbrasao.png
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira-congonhas.png
- Settlement.image_map
- MinasGerais Municip Congonhas.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southeast
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 17 December 1938
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Cláudio Antônio de Souza (MDB)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 304.064
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 871
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- congonhense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Minas Gerais
- Population
- 35364
- Area
- 304.067
- Elevation
- 884
- Shares border with
- São Brás do Suaçuí
- Official website
- www.congonhas.mg.gov.br
- Image
- Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas.jpg
- Dialing code
- 31
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- Commons category
- Congonhas (Minas Gerais)
- topic's main category
- Category:Congonhas (Minas Gerais)
- Human Development Index
- 0.788
- postal code
- 36415-000
- inception
- 1938-12-17
- electorate
- 41563
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de Matosinhos
- See also
- References
- External links
Congonhas (Congonhas do Campo until 1948) is a historical Brazilian city located in the state of Minas Gerais. It is situated south from Belo Horizonte, the capital of state of Minas Gerais, by the highway BR-040. As of 2020, the city had a population of 55,309.
Located in a region rich in iron ore, it is surrounded by several mining dams. Two of them overflowed in January 2026.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Congonhas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.