Varginha
| Município de Varginha "Princesa do Sul"
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| Coordinates | 21 ° 33 ′ S , 45 ° 26 ′ W | ||
 Location of Varginha in the state of Minas Gerais
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Motto "Culto à ciência" |
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| founding | July 22, 1881 as Vila de Espírito Santo da Varginha , October 7, 1882 as Munizip |
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Minas Gerais | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-MG | ||
| Região intermediária | Varginha (since 2017) | ||
| Região imediata | Varginha (since 2017) | ||
| structure | 1 multiple district, approximately 102 bairros | ||
| height | 980 m | ||
| climate | Cwa, tropical mountain climate | ||
| surface | 395.4 km² | ||
| Residents | 123,081 (2010, census) | ||
| density | 311.3 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 134,477 Ew. (July 1, 2018) | ||
| Website | varginha.mg.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
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| City Prefect | Antônio Silva (2017-2020) | ||
| Political party | Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro (PTB) | ||
| economy | |||
| GDP | 4,609,515 thousand R $ 34,827 R $ per capita (2015) |
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| HDI | 0.778 (2013) | ||
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Varginha , officially Portuguese Município de Varginha , is a city in the southwest of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais with an estimated population of 134,477 as of July 1, 2018 and an area of around 395 km².
In 2011, Veja magazine named Varginha “the medium-sized city in Brazil with the highest quality of life and the most favorable investment climate”, and in 2015 Semper Família magazine named the city seventh among the best cities in Minas Gerais.
geography
The city is strategically located near the Furnas Reservoir , while being equidistant from the three main metropolises of Brazil, São Paulo , Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte . The lowest point is at 868 m at the source of the Tijuco stream , the highest point is the mountain Morro do Chapéu at 1239 m. The municipality is 4% flat, 80% hilly and 16% mountainous.
climate
The city has a tropical mountain climate (moderately warm), Cwa according to the Köppen and Geiger climate classification. The average temperature is 20.2 ° C. The average rainfall is 1400 mm per year. The summer in Varginha is much more humid than the winter.
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Varginha
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |||
| Temperature ( ° C ) | 23.1 | 23 | 22.1 | 20.2 | 17.8 | 16.3 | 16.6 | 18.3 | 20.1 | 21.2 | 21.9 | 22nd | O | 20.2 |
| Precipitation ( mm ) | 241 | 206 | 163 | 63 | 40 | 25th | 20th | 23 | 65 | 122 | 170 | 262 | Σ | 1400 |
history
On July 22, 1881, the village of Vila de Espírito Santo da Varginha was established, received city rights as a municipality on October 7, 1882 and was renamed Varginha in 1923 .
In 2017, the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística changed the assignment to geostatistical regions and assigned the municipality to the Região geográfica imediata Varginha and the Região geográfica intermediária Varginha .
UFO incident in 1996
On January 20, 1996, there was an alleged UFO incident in Varginha , which is still causing controversy in relevant discussion forums. As a reminder of this, the city's new water tower was built in the shape of a flying saucer and was named " Nave Espacial de Varginha ".
City administration
Executive: After the local elections in 2016, Antônio Silva des Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro (PTB ) is the city prefect (mayor) for the term of office 2017 to 2020. The legislature lies with a city council, the Câmara Municipal , made up of 15 elected city councilors ( vereadores ).
economy
Varginha is known as one of the most important centers for coffee production of excellent quality (gourmet coffee), and the Brazilian center for global coffee exports.
Raw materials from the mines in southern Brazil and grain are also exported.
traffic
The city has the Aeroporto de Varginha airport (Aeroporto Major Brigadeiro Trompowsky), the airline Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras connects with Belo Horizonte and the international flight connection.
Sports
- Boa EC football club
sons and daughters of the town
- Pé Rachado (* 1912), well-known samba composer and musician, long-time president of the Vai-Vai samba school
- Zezé Procópio (1913–1980), football player
- Carlos Nascimento Silva (* 1937), author, literary scholar and university lecturer
- Sílvio Brito (born 1952), singer
- Petrônio Gontijo (* 1968), actor
- Jaqueline Anastácio (* 1987), handball player
- Jonathan Henrique Silva (* 1991), triple jumper
- Paulo Helber (* 1992), football player
Web links
- City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ IBGE : Varginha , accessed November 17, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Renata Sguissardi Rosa: As 15 melhores cidades para se viver em Minas Gerais . In: Semper Família . September 24, 2015 (Brazilian Portuguese, com.br [accessed May 17, 2018]).
- ↑ Climate data , accessed on May 17, 2018.
- ↑ IBGE : Divisão Regional do Brasil. 2017, accessed May 17, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ Antônio Silva 14 (Prefeito). In: com.br. Eleições 2016, accessed May 17, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).