Serro

Serro is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Conceição do Mato Dentro. As of 2020, the estimated population was 20,940.

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Settlement.name: Serro
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.official_name: Municipality of Serro
Settlement.image_seal: BrasaoSerro.jpg
Settlement.image_flag: BandeiraSerro.jpg
Settlement.image_map: MinasGerais Municip Serro.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Minas Gerais
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Southeast
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 6 March 1838
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Epaminondas Pires de Miranda (PL)
Settlement.area_total_km2: 1,217.813
Settlement.elevation_m: 835
Settlement.population_as_of: 2021

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: serrano
Population: 19341
Area: 1217.645
Elevation: 884
Official website: www.serro.mg.gov.br
Image: Serro viewed from the Ottonis house.jpg
Dialing code: 38

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Commons category: Serro
Human Development Index: 0.658
postal code: 39150-000
electorate: 16923

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In colonial times the city was known by the name Vila do Príncipe (''''). In this city were born Emerico Lobo de Mesquita, one of the most prominent composers of the Classicism movement in Brazil, and Gomes Carneiro, a general who fought on the Paraguayan War and on the Federalist Revolution.