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Unaí
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Unaí is a municipality in the Northern Region of Minas Gerais, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, in the Southeast Region of Brazil. It is located 590 km from the capital of Minas Gerais and 164 km from the federal capital. Unaí is the main municipality of its micro-region of the same name and, together with Paracatu, the most important city of the said mesoregion of Minas Gerais. Due to its geopolitical location, because it is geographically and politically linked to Brasilia and politically to Belo Horizonte, the municipality has a strong economic dynamism for a municipality t

Key facts

Settlement.name
Unaí
Settlement.official_name
Município de UnaíMunicipality of Unaí
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
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Pontos urbanísticos.png
Settlement.image_flag
Bandeira de Unaí.jpg
Settlement.image_seal
Brasão Unaí.jpg
Settlement.image_map
MinasGerais Municip Unai.svg
Settlement.map_caption
Localization of Unaí in Minas Gerais
Settlement.pushpin_map
Brazil
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Localization of Unaí in Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Southeast
Settlement.subdivision_name2
border|22px Minas Gerais
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.established_date
December 30, 1943
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor

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Wikidata facts

Demonym
unaiense
Country
Brazil
Located in
Minas Gerais
Population
69612
Area
8447.107
Elevation
612
Shares border with
Paracatu
Image
Vista aérea do centro da cidade de Unaí, MG.jpg
Dialing code
38
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Commons category
Unaí
Commons gallery
Unaí
postal code
38610-000
Human Development Index
0.736
electorate
61947
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Location
  • Economy
  • Health and education
  • Culture
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Unaí is a municipality in the Northern Region of Minas Gerais, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, in the Southeast Region of Brazil. It is located 590 km from the capital of Minas Gerais and 164 km from the federal capital. Unaí is the main municipality of its micro-region of the same name and, together with Paracatu, the most important city of the said mesoregion of Minas Gerais. Due to its geopolitical location, because it is geographically and politically linked to Brasilia and politically to Belo Horizonte, the municipality has a strong economic dynamism for a municipality that still carries the typically mineiro custom.

Its population is of 84,930 inhabitants according to estimates of the census of the IBGE of 2020 and is one of the less populous municipalities of the state but with one of the greater commuting migrations daily of the region.

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

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