The Immediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei is one of the 10 immediate geographic regions in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena, one of the 70 immediate geographic regions in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and one of the 509 of Brazil, created by the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in 2017.[1]
Municipalities
editIt comprises 14 municipalities:
Statistics
editPopulation: 188 356 (July 1, 2017 estimation).
Area: 5 838,734 km2.
Population density: 32,3/km2.
Trivia
editThe region was a major gold producing zone in the 1700s.[2][3]
Ecclesiastical circunscription
editOf the 14 municipalities, 13 municipalities are part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del-Rei, in the ecclesiastical province of Juiz de Fora.[4]
Only São Tiago is part of a different diocese: the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oliveira, in the ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Divisões Regionais do Brasil | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
- ^ "Museu Regional de São João del-Rei". Instituto Brasileiro de Museus - Ibram (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ "Ouro – Recursos Minerais de Minas Gerais" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ Silveira, Lucas. "Diocese ganha novo mapa territorial após criação de novas foranias". Diocese de São João del Rei. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ "Paróquias – Página: 6 – Diocese Oliveira". www.dioceseoliveira.org.br. Retrieved 2023-02-19.