Official Name: | Bicas |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Southeast |
Subdivision Name2: | Minas Gerais |
Subdivision Type3: | Mesoregion |
Subdivision Name3: | Zona da Mata |
Subdivision Type4: | Microregion |
Subdivision Name4: | Juiz de Fora |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Geraldo Magela Longo dos Santos |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | September 7th, 1923 |
Area Total Km2: | 139,538 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2020 [2] |
Population Total: | 14,554 |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Coordinates: | -21.725°N -43.0589°W |
Elevation M: | 600.0 |
Blank Name: | HDI (2000) |
Blank Info: | 0.799 |
Website: | Bicas, Minas Gerais |
Bicas is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. its population is estimated to be 14,554 inhabitants.
Initially a breakpoint for salesmen in the 18th century, Bicas obtained its independence from the city of Guarará in 1923. It was an attraction point for Italian immigrants and other nationalities.
Until the 1970s, Bicas had a full-working train station and an active RFFSA (the extinct state railroad company) branch for repairing wagons. All this structure was dismantled and today the train station exists only as a historic site. Currently, Bicas has an economy based on commerce, agriculture and farming.
Annual Farming Expositions, with bull-riding and rodeos, cattle commerce and local products - typically in the last week of July of every year - are a tradition of several cities in Zona da Mata, and the Farming Exposition of Bicas is one of the most famous, attracting thousands of tourists from several parts of the country.