Curvelo
Sign in to saveCurvelo is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the geodesic centre of Minas Gerais, 170 km north of the capital, Belo Horizonte, and connected to the capital by highways MG 135 and BR 040. Its estimated population is 80,616 inhabitants (2020) and the total area of the municipality is 3,344 kmª. The city lies at an altitude of 633 metres. Curvelo takes its name from the Brazil-born Portuguese priest Antônio Corvelo de Ávila, when the parish of Santo Antônio da Estrada e o Padre Antônio de Ávila Curvelo was founded in the 18th century (on 16 March 1720).
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Municipality of Curvelo
- Settlement.nickname
- Hinterland gate
- Settlement.motto
- "O temor do senhor é o princípio da sabedoria"
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira de Curvelo.png
- Settlement.image_seal
- CurveloMG-Brasao.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- MinasGerais Municip Curvelo.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Curvelo in the state of Minas Gerais
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- Brazil
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- Location of Curvelo in Brazil
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southeast
- Settlement.leader_title
- Prefeito
- Settlement.leader_name
- Luiz Paulo (PP)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 3295.894
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- curvelano
- Population
- 59015
- Area
- 3295.894
- Elevation
- 632
- Official website
- www.curvelo.mg.gov.br
- Image
- Basílica de São Geraldo Magela.JPG
- Dialing code
- 38
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- Commons category
- Curvelo
- Human Development Index
- 0.713
- postal code
- 35789-000 a 35799-999
- electorate
- 59226
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Curvelo is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the geodesic centre of Minas Gerais, 170 km north of the capital, Belo Horizonte, and connected to the capital by highways MG 135 and BR 040. Its estimated population is 80,616 inhabitants (2020) and the total area of the municipality is 3,344 kmª. The city lies at an altitude of 633 metres. Curvelo takes its name from the Brazil-born Portuguese priest Antônio Corvelo de Ávila, when the parish of Santo Antônio da Estrada e o Padre Antônio de Ávila Curvelo was founded in the 18th century (on 16 March 1720).
==Curvelo Statistical Micro-region== Curvelo is also a statistical micro-region with 11 municipalities: Augusto de Lima, Buenópolis, Corinto, Curvelo, Felixlândia, Inimutaba, Joaquim Felício, Monjolos, Morro da Garça, Presidente Juscelino, and Santo Hipólito. The population in 2000 was 141,619 inhabitants in a total area of 13,792.20 km2. The population density was 10.27 inhabitants/km2 (2000).
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