Lavras
Lavras is a municipality in southern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Located at an altitude of 919 m, it has a population of 104,761 inhabitants (2022). The area of the municipality is 564.495 km2. The average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and the average annual rainfall is 1,511 millimetres.
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- Lavras
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- Municipality of Lavras
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- Municipality
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- Cidade dos Ipês e das Escolas ("City of the Ipês and Schools")
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Article
19 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Ecclesiastical circumscription
- Climate
- History
- Early settlement
- 19th century
- Golden Age
- Social and political changes
- Progress and stagnation
- Economy
- Agriculture and livestock
- Education
- Federal University of Lavras
- Transport
- Sports
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Lavras is a municipality in southern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Located at an altitude of 919 m, it has a population of 104,761 inhabitants (2022). The area of the municipality is 564.495 km2. The average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and the average annual rainfall is 1,511 millimetres.
Located in the Green Valley and Waterfalls tourist circuit, it is also near the Waters circuit – a series of spas in the state of São Paulo and Minas Gerais — and the Inconfidentes Trail circuit – a historical region of Minas. Lavras is connected by highway to the state capital, Belo Horizonte (237 km), to São Paulo (379 km), and Rio de Janeiro (423 km).
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