Camanducaia

Camanducaia
Município
Camanducaia

Seal
Nickname(s): "Campos Queimados", "Kamandu"

Location in Minas Gerais
Coordinates: 14°25′03″S 44°22′13″W / 14.41750°S 44.37028°W / -14.41750; -44.37028
Country Brazil
Region Southeast
State Minas Gerais
Founded July 20, 1868
Government
  Mayor _________
Area
  Total 527.572 km2 (203.697 sq mi)
Elevation 1,015 m (3,330 ft)
Population (2008)
  Total 20,212
  Density 40.0/km2 (104/sq mi)
  [1]
Time zone UTC-3 (UTC-3)
  Summer (DST) UTC-2 (UTC-2)
HDI (2000) 0.775 – medium[2] (760th in Minas Gerais, 3,854th in Brazil)

Camanducaia is the southernmost municipality in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Inhabited by 20,212 in 2008.

The municipality contains part of the 180,373 hectares (445,710 acres) Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area, created in 1997.[3]

References

  1. 2008 IBGE statistics
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-12-17. - UNDP
  3. APA Fernão Dias (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-02
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