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Manhuaçu is a municipality in Eastern Minas Gerais state, in Brazil. Its population was 91,169 (2020) and its area is 628 km2.

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Manhuaçu
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Municipality
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Location in Minas Gerais state
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Brazil
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Southeast
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Minas Gerais
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Metrop. region

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  • Geography
  • Caparaó National Park
  • Economy
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Manhuaçu is a municipality in Eastern Minas Gerais state, in Brazil. Its population was 91,169 (2020) and its area is 628 km2.

==Geography== Located 260 km from the state capital of Belo Horizonte, it is near the important road junction of BR 262 (Belo Horizonte-Vitória) and BR 116 (Rio-Bahia). The total area of the municipality is 629 km2 and it lies at an elevation of 635 m in the foothills of the Serra da Chabata or Caparaó, which form the boundary between the states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Manhuaçu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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