Santo Antônio do Monte
Município de Santo Antônio do Monte "Samonte"
Santo Antônio do Monte
"Capital dos Fogos de Artifício" |
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Coordinates | 20 ° 5 ′ S , 45 ° 18 ′ W | ||
Location of the municipality in the state of Minas Gerais | |||
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founding | 16th November 1875 (age 144) | ||
Basic data | |||
Country | Brazil | ||
State | Minas Gerais | ||
ISO 3166-2 | BR-MG | ||
height | 1052 m | ||
climate | tropical mountain climate, Cwa | ||
surface | 1,125.8 km² | ||
Residents | 25,975 (2010) | ||
density | 23.1 Ew. / km² | ||
estimate | 28,243 (July 1, 2019) | ||
Parish code | IBGE : 3160405 | ||
Post Code | 35560-000 to 35564-999 | ||
Telephone code | (+55) 37 | ||
Time zone | UTC −3 | ||
Website | samonte.mg.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
politics | |||
City Prefect | Edmilson Aparecido da Costa (2017-2020) | ||
Political party | PSDB | ||
economy | |||
GDP | 489,251 thousand R $ 17,512 R $ per person (2016) |
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HDI | 0.724 (high) (2010) |
Santo Antônio do Monte (officially Portuguese Município de Santo Antônio do Monte , known as Samonte ) is a small town in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais . The population was according to the 2010 census of the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) 25,975 inhabitants, called Santo-Antonienser or Samonter. The population estimate of the IBGE from July 1, 2019 amounts to 28,243 residents in an area of 1,125.78 km 2 . The place is 194 kilometers from the capital Belo Horizonte . It ranks 127th out of the state's 853 municipalities.
Neighboring communities
Bom Despacho | Arújos , Nova Serrana | |
Lagoa da Prata | São Gonçalo do Pará , Divinópolis | |
Itapecerica | Formiga | Arcos |
history
The area of today's Santo Antônio do Monte was settled in the 18th century by Portuguese, mainly from the Azores, who initially found a home in Pitangui .
City administration
The executive branch lies with the city prefecture. Since the local elections in 2012, Wilmar de Oliveira Filho of the Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB) has been city prefect for the 2013-2016 term. In the 2016 local elections , Edmilson Aparecido da Costa, known as "Dinho do Bráz", was chosen for the 2017-2020 term , of the Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB).
The legislature lies with the Câmara Municipal made up of 11 city councils.
Of the 25 named districts, the bairros Dom Bosco, São José and São Lucas are the most densely populated.
economy
The main industry is the production of fireworks .
sons and daughters of the town
- José de Magalhães Pinto (1909–1996), politician
- Rodolfo Leite de Oliveira (* 1928), politician
- Otávio Rodrigues de Oliveira (1962–2000), five-time murderer
- Válter Júnior (* 1968), singer and composer of religious pop music
literature
- Dilma Moraes: Santo Antônio do Monte. Doces namoradas, políticos famosos. Minas Gráfica Editora, Belo Horizonte 1983.
Web links
- City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Climate Santo Antônio do Monte: Weather, average temperature, weather forecast for Santo Antônio do Monte. In: de.climate-data.org. Retrieved October 3, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Minas Gerais: Santo Antônio do Monte - Panorama. IBGE , accessed October 3, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ a b Dinho do Bráz 45 (Prefeito). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed October 3, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).