Jequitinhonha
| Município de Jequitinhonha Jequitinhonha |
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| Coordinates | 16 ° 26 ′ S , 41 ° 0 ′ W | ||
 Location of Jequitinhonha in the state of Minas Gerais
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| founding | September 29, 1811 (founding of the town) August 30, 1911 (becoming a town) |
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Minas Gerais | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-MG | ||
| Região intermediária | Teófilo Otoni (since 2017) | ||
| Região imediata | Almenara (since 2017) | ||
| height | 220 m | ||
| Waters | Rio Jequitinhonha | ||
| surface | 3,514.2 km² | ||
| Residents | 24,131 (2010) | ||
| density | 6.9 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 25,305 (July 1, 2018) | ||
| Parish code | IBGE : 3135803 | ||
| Post Code | 39960-000 to 39969-999 | ||
| Telephone code | (+) 55 33 | ||
| Time zone | UTC -3 | ||
| Website | www.jequitinhonha.mg.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
| politics | |||
| City Prefect | Roberto Botelho (2017-2020) | ||
| Political party | PSDB | ||
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| City festival | September 29 (foundation) | ||
| economy | |||
| GDP | 208,771 thousand R $ 8231 R $ per person (2015) |
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| HDI | 0.615 (2010) | ||
Jequitinhonha , officially Portuguese Município de Jequitinhonha , is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais . It is about 677 km away from the state capital Belo Horizonte . The population was estimated at 25,305 inhabitants in 2018 , who are called Jequitinhonhens ( jequitinhonhenses in Portuguese ). The population density is 6.9 people per km², the area is 3514.2 km² (2017).
geography
Jequitinhonha is located at a height of 220 meters in Vale do Jequitinhonha on the Rio Jequitinhonha river of the same name in the northeast of the state. The highest point is the Pedra Aguda at 1151 meters , the lowest point at 208 meters is the Foz Córrego São Simão .
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The landscape is dominated by the 50,900 hectare reserve Reserva Biológica da Mata Escura , in which the biome of the Mata Atlântica is protected.
There is a tropical savanna climate, according to the Köppen and Geiger Aw climate classification . The average rainfall is 877 mm, the average temperature is 22.1 ° C.
history
Jequitinhonha was founded in 1811 and borders the municipalities of Joaíma , Felisburgo , Rubim , Almenara , Pedra Azul and Ponto dos Volantes .
Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied and Joachim Quäck
From 1815 to 1817 the German explorer Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied toured the area, he was accompanied by the native Indian Joachim Quäck (Portuguese: Kuêk). The German town of Neuwied and Jeguitinhonha have a common history through Quäck, which the association “Associação Amizade Neuwied-Jequitinhonha - ANEJE” wants to maintain.
City administration
The municipality is divided into three districts: Distrito da Sede , which is the urban seat, the Distrito de São Pedro do Jequitinhonha and the Distrito de Guaranilândia .
For the executive, Roberto Botelhom, member of the Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB), was elected city prefect (mayor) for the term from 2017 to 2020 in the 2016 local elections.
Population development
Source: IBGE (2018 figures are only estimates). According to the 2010 census, 27.22% of the population were children and adolescents up to the age of 15. The population has grown only slightly since the 1990s.
economy
The economy is characterized by cattle breeding and the cultivation of coffee, sugar cane and corn.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b IBGE : Jequitinhonha - Panorama. Retrieved September 26, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ a b IBGE : Estimativas da população residente no Brasil e unidades da federação com data de referência em 1 ° de julho de 2018. (PDF; 2.6 MB) In: ibge.gov.br. 2018, accessed October 5, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ a b Eleições 2016: Roberto Botelho 45.Retrieved January 14, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Observatory of Protected Areas: RB da Mata Escura. (No longer available online.) In: org.br. observatorio.wwf.org.br, archived from the original on March 3, 2016 ; accessed on January 14, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Prince Maximilian Alexander Philipp zu Wied-Neuwied | Tübingen excursion to Brazil. In: wordpress.com. brasilienexkursion.wordpress.com, accessed January 14, 2018 .
- ^ Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano do Brasil: Jequitinhonha . Retrieved January 14, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
