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São João del-Rei
Minas Geraistown
São João del-Rei
Total population
90,225
Founded
1701
Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
São João del-Rei is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. Founded in 1713 in homage to king John V of Portugal, the city is famed for its historic Portuguese colonial architecture. The current population (2025) is estimated at 94,468 inhabitants.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
History
The city was founded by the bandeirantes; Tomé Portes del-Rei is considered the city's founder. The original small village situated in southern Minas Gerais was created as a staging post on the Estrada Real, a trade route from the coast at Paraty to cities in the central region of Minas Gerais such as Ouro Preto, Mariana, and Conselheiro Lafaiete. Later huge amounts of gold were found near the city itself.
Geography
It is located in the drainage basin of the Rio Grande and its terrain is located in the Mantiqueira mountains. It is a centre for the cities in the south and southeast of Minas Gerais. The municipality contains part of the Ritápolis National Forest. According to the modern (2017) geographic classification by Brazil's National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the municipality belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei, in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena. The municipality has five rural districts. * Rio das Mortes * São Gonçalo do Amarante * São Miguel do Cajuru * Emboabas * São Sebastião da Vitória
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Notable people from here
Nearby places in Minas Gerais
- Santa Cruz de Minas2.2 mi away · pop. 8,109
- Vitoriano Veloso9.4 mi away · pop. 909
- Dores de Campos15.3 mi away · pop. 10,007
- Lagoa Dourada19.1 mi away · pop. 12,769
- Padre Brito20.9 mi away
- Piedade do Rio Grande23.5 mi away · pop. 4,604
- Faria26.1 mi away
- Hermilo Alves31.5 mi away
- Ibituruna31.5 mi away · pop. 2,698
- Barbacena31.9 mi away · pop. 125,317
- Carandaí31.9 mi away · pop. 23,812
- Santana do Garambéu33.8 mi away · pop. 2,137
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Official Identifiers
IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- IBGE code
- 3162500
- UF
- MG
- Mesorregião
- Campo das Vertentes
- Microrregião
- São João Del Rei
servicodados.ibge.gov.br
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • IBGE — Brazilian national statistics, via servicodados.ibge.gov.br (official municipal code, UF, mesorregião, microrregião, region)
- • IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics — servicodados.ibge.gov.br