Sabará
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Coordinates: 19 ° 53 ′ S , 43 ° 48 ′ W Sabará on the map of Minas Gerais
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| Country | Brazil | |
| State | Minas Gerais | |
| Residents | 126,219 (2010) | |
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| surface | 303.564 km² | |
| Population density | 415.79 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| height | 705 m | |
| City structure | 4 districts | |
| Time zone | UTC −3 | |
| City Presidency | William Lúcio Goddard Borges | |
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Sabará , officially Portuguese Município de Sabará , is a city in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and belongs to the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte ( Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte ). According to the 2010 census, Sabará had about 126,000 inhabitants.
According to IBGE estimates, Sabará had 135,421 inhabitants on July 1, 2018. It consists of the districts of Carvalho de Brito, Ravenna and Mestre Caetano, next to the district of Sede (seat of the municipality).
Toponymy
The origin of the name is explained differently by historians, one of them says, "Sabará" is the abbreviation of the term Tupi tesáberabusu, which means "big bright eyes" (tesá, eye + berab, brilliant + usu, grande), in relation to the gold nuggets, found in the region.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ IBGE : Minas Gerais: Sabará. Retrieved November 17, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).