Poços de Caldas
| Município de Poços de Caldas Poços de Caldas |
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 Overview (2008)
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| Coordinates | 21 ° 48 ′ S , 46 ° 34 ′ W | ||
 Location of the municipality in the state of Minas Gerais
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| founding | 6th November 1872 (age 147) | ||
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Minas Gerais | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-MG | ||
| height | 1196 m | ||
| climate | tropical temperate, Cwb | ||
| surface | 547 km² | ||
| Residents | 152,435 (2010) | ||
| density | 278.7 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 167,397 (July 1, 2019) | ||
| Parish code | IBGE : 3151800 | ||
| Post Code | 37700-000 to 37719-999 | ||
| Telephone code | (+55) 35 | ||
| Time zone | UTC −3 | ||
| Website | pocosdecaldas (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
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| City Prefect | Sergio Antônio Carvalho de Azevedo (2017–2020) | ||
| Political party | PSDB | ||
| economy | |||
| GDP | 6,117,388 thousand R $ 37,095 R $ per person (2016) |
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| HDI | 0.779 (high) (2010) | ||
 Entrance hall of one of the thermal baths
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Poços de Caldas , officially Portuguese Município de Poços de Caldas , is a city in the southwest of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais . The population was estimated on July 1, 2019 at 167,397 inhabitants, who live on a municipality area of around 547 km² and are called Poços-Caldenser ( poços-caldenses ).
Geographical location
The city lies on the border with the state of São Paulo and is located in a caldera at an altitude of almost 1200 m. To the west is Lake Represa Bortolan , to the north is Lake Represa de Graminha .
The predominant biome is Mata Atlântica .
Surrounding communities are Águas da Prata , Andradas , Bandeira do Sul , Botelhos , Caconde , Caldas , Campestre , Divinolândia and São Sebastião da Grama .
history
The city was founded in 1872 when Captain José Junqueira Bernardes donated 96 hectares of his land to the founding of the city on the orders of Senator Joaquim Floriano de Godoy. The signing of this law, November 6, 1872, is considered to be the day the town was founded.
As early as 1886, a sulphurous bath was used in the city to treat skin diseases. In October the fountain is said to have received the health of Emperor Dom Pedro II. In the 1940s, it was the casinos that brought Poços de Caldas to visit the Brazilian aristocracy. President Getúlio Dornelles Vargas had a special suite in the hotel and used the heated pool in a room with columns made of Carrara marble.
Carmen Miranda and Carlos Gallardo were among the artists who visited the Palace Casino at the time . The poet and novelist Olavo Bilac and the President Juscelino Kubitschek also stayed there for a long time. The ban on gambling in 1946 and the discovery of antibiotics had an impact on the city's tourism as spa facilities were no longer considered the most effective way to treat illness. After a period of downturn, they have now also been redesigned for medium-sized businesses and efforts have been made to stimulate the economy. Tourism is promoted.
sons and daughters of the town
- Antonio Carlos Félix (* 1957), Bishop of Governador Valadares
- Sandro Ricci (* 1974), international soccer referee
literature
- Poços de Caldas. (= Monografias municipais ). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. [no year] ( digitized , PDF, Brazilian Portuguese)
Web links
- City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Climate Poços de Caldas: Weather, average temperature, weather forecast for Poços de Caldas. In: de.climate-data.org. Retrieved November 3, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Cidades @ Minas Gerais: Poços de Caldas - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil. IBGE , accessed November 3, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Sergio since Coopocos 45 (Prefeito). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed November 3, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).