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Serra do Salitre
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Serra do Salitre
Total population
11,801
Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Serra do Salitre is a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2020 was 11,668 living in a total area of 1,298 km2. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaiba and to the microregion of Patrocínio. It became a municipality in 1953.
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History
The area was first came to outside attention in 1675 when the bandeirante Castanho Taques discovered sulfurous waters here and baptized the region "Serra do Salitre", sulfur being a common ingredient to make gunpowder. The settlement was named Sao Sebastiao da Serra do Salitre. Later, the small town lost a large part of its population when many families moved to build the new capital of Brasília.
Geography
The municipality is located in the region of the Alto Paranaíba, just north of the Nova Ponte Reservoir, which is fed by the Rio Anzol and the Ribeirão Santa Juliana. The elevation of the town center is 1,200 meters. Highway connections are made by local road to BR-365, which connects to Uberlândia. Neighboring municipalities are: Cruzeiro da Fortaleza and Lagoa Formosa(N); Rio Paranaíba (E); Ibiá and Perdizes(S); Patrocínio (W). *Monte Carmelo: 30 km *Patrocínio: 42 km *Uberlândia: 180 km *Belo Horizonte: 368 km
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Notable people from here
Nearby places in Minas Gerais
- Catiara3.9 mi away
- Salitre de Minas8 mi away
- Guimarânia19.8 mi away · pop. 8,478
- Santana de Patos19.9 mi away
- São João da Serra Negra21.2 mi away
- Santa Luzia dos Barros30.9 mi away
- Abaeté dos Mendes36.2 mi away
- Silvano38 mi away
- Argenita38.9 mi away
- Guarda dos Ferreiros40.6 mi away
- Pindaíbas40.9 mi away
- Quintinos42.5 mi away
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Official Identifiers
IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- IBGE code
- 3166808
- UF
- MG
- Mesorregião
- Triângulo Mineiro/Alto Paranaíba
- Microrregião
- Patrocínio
servicodados.ibge.gov.br
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • 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