Barbacena
Barbacena , officially Município de Barbacena , is a municipal town in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais , which was founded in 1791 as Vila de Barbacena .
The city had 126,284 inhabitants according to the 2010 census. As of July 1, 2018, the population was estimated at 136,392. It is known in Brazil as Cidade das Rosas - city of roses .
sons and daughters of the town
- Alberto Santos Dumont (1873–1932), aviation pioneer and inventor
- Flausino Vale (1894–1954), violinist, composer and music teacher
- Virgílio Moretzsohn de Andrade (* 1941), diplomat
- Dante Martins Teixeira (* 1957), ornithologist
- José Eudes Campos do Nascimento (* 1966), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of São João del Rei
- Wélissa Gonzaga (* 1982), volleyball player
Web links
- Barbacena Official Website (Brazilian Portuguese)
- Picture gallery of the ex-prefects
- IBGE : Cidades @ Minas Gerais: Barbacena, 3105608 . Updated statistics (Brazilian Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ IBGE : Cidades @ Minas Gerais: Barbacena - Histórico . Retrieved October 2, 2015 (Brazilian Portuguese).
Coordinates: 21 ° 13 ′ 33 ″ S , 43 ° 46 ′ 26 ″ W.