Afonso Cláudio, Espírito Santo Explained

Afonso Cláudio
Settlement Type:Municipality
Official Name:Municipality of Afonso Cláudio
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name: Brazil
Subdivision Name1:Southeast
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:20 November 1890
Coordinates:-20.0739°N -41.1239°W
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Luciano Roncetti Pimenta
Leader Party:UNIÃO
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:941.188
Elevation M:380
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:30,684
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:afonso-claudense
Timezone:BRT
Utc Offset:-3
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Postal Code:29600-000 to 29614-999
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+55 27
Blank Name:HDI (2010)
Blank Info:0.667 – medium[3]

Afonso Cláudio is a municipality in east central Espírito Santo, Brazil, founded in 1963. The town, at a height of 610m above sea level, has a population of approximately 30,455 and an area of 361.7 km2, and a population density of 32,53 inhabitants/km2. Its borders include: (E) Domingos Martins, Santa Maria de Jetibá and Itarana (N) Laranja da Terra and the neighbouring state of Minas Gerais, (W) Brejetuba (S) Conceição do Castelo and Venda Nova do Imigrante.

History

Afonso Cláudio first began to be populated in 1885, when Valentim Perozzini, an Italian immigrant, moved there. Now that place is called São Luis de Miranda. The mainly Italian immigration which took place in this area was indirect, in that people usually first came from the neighbouring localities of Alfredo Chaves, Castelo and Itaguaçu. The name of the municipality was given in honour of Afonso Cláudio de Freitas Rosa (born in Santa Leopoldina, Espírito Santo), the first governor of that state after the implantation of the Brazilian Republic on November 15, 1889.

Climate

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IBGE Afonso Cláudio . 2023-09-29 . IBGE Cidades.
  2. Web site: Afonso Cláudio - Informações sobre o município e a prefeitura . 2023-09-27 . www.cidade-brasil.com.br.
  3. Web site: Archived copy . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233352/http://www.pnud.org.br/arquivos/ranking-idhm-2010.pdf . 8 July 2014 . 13 March 2022 . United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).