Conselheiro Lafaiete
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Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- State
- Minas Gerais
- Region
- Southeast
- Intermediate region
- Barbacena
- Immediate region
- Conselheiro Lafaiete
- Total
- 370.246 km (142.953 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 995 m (3,264 ft)
- Estimate 2025
- 138,946
- Density
- 355.496/km (920.731/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−3 ( BRT )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Demonym
- lafaietense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Minas Gerais
- Population
- 89059
- Area
- 370.246
- Elevation
- 995
- Shares border with
- São Brás do Suaçuí
- Official website
- conselheirolafaiete.mg.gov.br
- Image
- Conselheiro Lafaiete MG.jpg
- Dialing code
- 31
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- Commons category
- Conselheiro Lafaiete
- postal code
- 36400-000 - 36409-999
- electorate
- 85896
- inception
- 1790-09-19
- Human Development Index
- 0.761
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Encyclopedic overview
Conselheiro Lafaiete is a city of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was known as Queluz until 1934, when it was renamed by decree, as a tribute to Counselor Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira.
It is situated 96 km south from Belo Horizonte, capital of Minas Gerais, in one of the most important economic areas of Brazil. The population was 131,621 inhabitants, in 2022 Census. It is one of the most populated cities of Minas Gerais.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Conselheiro Lafaiete” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.