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Diamantina
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Diamantina is a municipality located in Minas Gerais state in Brazil. It is historically significant as a former diamond mining center that played an important role in Brazil's colonial economy and development.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Named after
- diamond
- Demonym
- diamantinense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Minas Gerais
- Population
- 44299
- Area
- 3869.830
- Elevation
- 1113
- Shares border with
- Serro
- Official website
- www.diamantina.mg.gov.br
- Image
- Diamantina vista do Cruzeiro.jpg
- Dialing code
- 38
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- twinned administrative body
- Brasília
- topic's main category
- Category:Diamantina
- Commons category
- Diamantina
- Human Development Index
- 0.716
- postal code
- 39100-000 a 39119-999
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- electorate
- 37716
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Encyclopedic overview
Diamantina ( Portuguese pronunciation: [dʒiamɐ̃ˈtʃinɐ]) is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. Its estimated population in 2020 was 47,825 in a total area of 3,870 km.
Arraial do Tijuco (as Diamantina was first called) was built during the colonial era in the early 18th century. As its name suggests, Diamantina was a center of diamond mining in the 18th and 19th centuries. A well-preserved example of Brazilian Baroque architecture, Diamantina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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