Alfenas

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Alfenas

Total population

78,970

Elevation761 m

Land area850.45 km²

Coordinates-21.43°, -45.95°

Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Alfenas is a municipality in the southern part of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. In 2020 its population was 80,494 and the area of the municipality is 849 km2. The elevation is 888m. It is served by highways MG 179, BR 491 and BR 369. The distance to the state capital of Belo Horizonte is 335 km and the distance to São Paulo is 300 km. The slogan for the city is "Alfenas, the gateway to the sea of Minas", in reference to nearby Lake Furnas.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

José Sette Câmara Filho

Brazilian jurist

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Deyvid Sacconi

Brazilian association football player

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Antônio Martins de Siqueira

Brazilian biologist

Rogério Flausino

Brazilian singer

Victor Corrêa

Brazilian racing driver

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Adolfo Augusto Olinto

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João Roberto Vieira da Costa

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Eloisio do Carmo Lourenço

Brazilian politician

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Paulo Henrique da Cruz

politician from Brazil

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Raimundo Taraskevicius Salles

politician from Brazil

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Jose Maria Siqueira Vieira

politician from Brazil

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Nicéa Maggessi Trindade Wilder

Brazilian palinologist

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Alexandre Oliveira

person identified in the Museu da Pessoa collection

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Maria Marta de Oliveira

person identified in the Museu da Pessoa collection

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Leal Prado

Brazilian physician, researcher and university teacher

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Minas Gerais

• Fama
  7.6 mi away · pop. 2,578
• Paraguaçu
  15.8 mi away · pop. 21,723
• Campos Gerais
  18.2 mi away · pop. 26,105
• Campo do Meio
  23.5 mi away · pop. 11,377
• Carvalhópolis
  25 mi away · pop. 3,341
• Elói Mendes
  27.5 mi away · pop. 26,336
• Monte Belo
  27.8 mi away · pop. 13,046
• Caldas
  44.2 mi away · pop. 14,217
• Campanha
  44.9 mi away · pop. 15,935
• São Pedro da União
  47.8 mi away · pop. 4,885
• Senador José Bento
  52.9 mi away · pop. 2,068
• São José da Barra
  54.5 mi away · pop. 7,793

Browse all places in Minas Gerais →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Books about Alfenas

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers