Brumadinho
| Município de Brumadinho Brumadinho |
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 Characters on one of the eastern entrance roads
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| Coordinates | 20 ° 9 ′ S , 44 ° 12 ′ W | ||
 Location of Munzip in the state of Minas Gerais
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| founding | December 17, 1938 (Munizip) | ||
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Minas Gerais | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-MG | ||
| Região intermediária | Belo Horizonte (since 2017) | ||
| Região imediata | Belo Horizonte (since 2017) | ||
| Metropolitan area | Belo Horizonte metropolitan area | ||
| structure | 5 districts | ||
| height | 880 m | ||
| Waters | Rio Paraopeba | ||
| climate | tropical, Aw | ||
| surface | 639.4 km² | ||
| Residents | 33,973 (2010) | ||
| density | 53.1 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 40,103 (July 1, 2019) | ||
| Parish code | IBGE : 3109006 | ||
| Post Code | 35460-000 to 35469-999 | ||
| Telephone code | (+55) 31 | ||
| Time zone | UTC −3 | ||
| Website | brumadinho.mg (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
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| City Prefect | Avimar de Melo Barcelos (2017-2020) | ||
| Political party | Partido Verde (PV) | ||
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| Patron saint | Saint Sebastian | ||
| economy | |||
| GDP | 1,538,748 thousand R $ 40,100 R $ per capita (2016) |
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| HDI | 0.747 (high) (2010) | ||
Brumadinho , officially Portuguese Município de Brumadinho , is a small town in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais in the greater Southeast region . It is located southwest of the capital Belo Horizonte , around 40 km from the center of the metropolis, and belongs to the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte . As of July 1, 2019, the population was estimated to be 40,103. The inhabitants are called "Brumadinhenser" ( brumadinhenses ). They live on an area of around 639.4 km².
The place became internationally known due to the catastrophic breach of the Brumadinho dam on January 25, 2019.
history
The first settlement took place by Bandeirantes , who founded the former settlement of Brumado Velho . "Bruma" refers to the fog or haze that occurs there. At the time of the province of Minas Gerais in the 19th century, the area formed the Distrito de Brumado e Paraopeba of the city of Bonfim . The district was renamed on September 18, 1914 in Distrito de Conceição do Itaguá and on September 7, 1923 again renamed in Distrito de Brumadinho .
By the state decree No. 148 of December 17, 1938, the place was raised to the independent Munizip Brumadinho. The date of the actual emancipation has not been communicated; the first president of the city council was not known by name until 1947.
geography
location
The place is on the Rio Paraopeba , the northern part of the urban core lies in one of its river bends. The territory is mountainous, the biome alternates between Cerrado and Mata Atlântica . The municipality owns 39.41 km² of the Parque Estadual da Serra do Rola-Moça (German State Park Serra do Rola-Moça ).
The municipality belongs to the western part of the iron square (Portuguese Quadrilátero Ferrífero ), an approximately 7000 km² area in Minas Gerais, which is very rich in Precambrian iron ore deposits .
In 2017, the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) allocated Brumadinho to the purely geostatistical regions Região geográfica intermediária Belo Horizonte and Região geográfica imediata Belo Horizonte .
Hydrography
Due to the relatively large community area with numerous springs, including those of the neighboring communities, it covers about a quarter of the water supply in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, operated by the Companhia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais (COPASA MG). Brumadinho was also severely affected by the drought in southeastern Brazil from 2014 to 2017.
climate
The city has a tropical climate (Aw) according to the Köppen and Geiger climate classification . The average temperature is 21.3 ° C. The average rainfall is 1325 mm per year.
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Brumadinho
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |||
| Temperature ( ° C ) | 23.7 | 23.6 | 22.5 | 20.7 | 18.7 | 18th | 18.6 | 20.3 | 21.7 | 22.7 | 22.9 | 22.2 | O | 21.3 |
| Precipitation ( mm ) | 252 | 140 | 143 | 58 | 25th | 11 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 120 | 232 | 283 | Σ | 1325 |
City administration
City Prefect (Mayor) has been Avimar de Melo Barcelos, known as Nenen da Asa, who belongs to the Partido Verde (Green Party, PV), since the local elections in Brazil in 2016 for the 2017-2020 term of office .
The legislature rests with a city council, Câmara Municipal , made up of 16 elected city councilors ( vereadores ).
The municipality is divided into five districts, in the rural area around the town center there are about 18 other small settlements. Are known Córrego do Feijão , Piedade do Paraopeba and Sao Jose do Paraopeba .
Average income and standard of living
The average monthly income in 2016 was 2.4 times the Brazilian minimum wage ( salário mínimo ) of R $ 880 (at the exchange rate from April 2019 at around 200 euros: a total of around 480 euros per month). The Human Development Index (HDI) is rated high at 0.747 for 2010. The gross national product per capita was around R $ 40,100 in 2016.
Culture
On 300,000 square meters, Brumadinho owns the Centro de Arte Contemporânea Inhotim, one of the largest botanical gardens, open-air museums and cultural centers in Brazil, specializing in a sculpture park and modern art. The Instituto Inhotim is a well known tourist destination. In August 2015, the two million visitor limit since opening to the public in 2006 was exceeded.
The predominantly Roman Catholic population is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte . The main church is the Igreja Matriz de São Sebastião , an annual festival is dedicated to the city's saint, Saint Sebastian.
literature
- Brumadinho - MG. In: Jurandyr Pires Ferreira (ed.): Enciclopédia dos Municípios Brasileiros . Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Rio de Janeiro 1958, Volume XXIV: Municípios do Estado de Minas Gerais, pp. 252-255. ( Digitized PDF; 108.2 MB; Brazilian Portuguese).
Web links
- City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal Citizens' Portal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c IBGE : Brumadinho - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved September 18, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ IBGE : Brumadinho - História. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved January 27, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ IBGE : Divisão Regional do Brasil em Regiões Geográficas Imediatas e Regiões Geográficas Intermediárias 2017. In: ibge.gov.br. Retrieved January 27, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Climate data , accessed January 27, 2019.
- ↑ Nenen da Asa 43 (Prefeito). In: com.br. Eleições 2016, accessed January 27, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Maria O'Leary: Inhotim, home to one of the most important contemporary art collections in Brazil. In: blogspot.com. Blog: Discover the Brazil, April 28, 2016, accessed January 27, 2019 .