Lagoa Santa (Minas Gerais)
| Município de Lagoa Santa Lagoa Santa |
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 Aerial view of city with inland lake
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| Coordinates | 19 ° 38 ′ S , 43 ° 53 ′ W | ||
 Location of the municipality in the state of Minas Gerais
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| founding | August 15, 1733, first settlement ( 287 years) December 17, 1938, city foundation (81 years) |
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Minas Gerais | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-MG | ||
| Metropolitan area | Belo Horizonte metropolitan area | ||
| height | 759 m | ||
| surface | 229.4 km² | ||
| Residents | 52,520 (2010) | ||
| density | 228.9 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 64,527 (July 1, 2019) | ||
| Post Code | 33400-000 to 33499-999 | ||
| Telephone code | (+55) 31 | ||
| Time zone | UTC −3 | ||
| Website | www.lagoasanta.mg.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
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| City Prefect | Rogério César de Matos Avelar (2017-2020) | ||
| Political party | PPS | ||
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| Patron saint | Maria as Nossa Senhora da Saúde | ||
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| GDP | 1,965,987 thousand R $ 32,342 R $ per person (2016) |
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| HDI | 0.777 (2010) | ||
Lagoa Santa , officially Portuguese Município de Lagoa Santa , is a municipality on the inland lake of the same name in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais . It is a popular excursion destination and around 35 km away from the capital Belo Horizonte . As of July 1, 2019, the population was estimated at 64,527 inhabitants, who are called Lagoa-Santenser ( lagoa-santenses ) and live on a municipal area of around 229.4 km². Lagoa Santa is part of the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area .
The Danish natural scientist Peter Wilhelm Lund discovered rich fossils in the nearby limestone caves around 1840 , but above all human skeletal remains. The estimated dating to 11,000 BC. Chr. Cannot be verified due to the loss of the found material. Later finds, especially that of Luzia (not to be confused with the African Lucy ), in the same area, however, corroborate the date. The Lund finds are the beginning of research in Brazil on the colonization of South America, which was carried out independently of that of North America from the Pacific region.
Web links
- City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
To the fossil site:
- The overseas uncle. On: Wissenschaft.de from December 13, 2005
- Southern Brazil: The early days ... ( Memento from 23 August 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Lagoa Santo - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed September 11, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ Rogério Avelar 23 (Prefeito). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed September 11, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).