Caxambu Explained

Caxambu
Settlement Type:Municipality
Official Name:Municipality of Caxambu
Nickname:Cidade das Águas
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:16 September 1901
Motto:Medicina entre flores
"Medicine among flowers"
Leader Name:Diogo Curi Hauegen
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Party:PSDB
Coordinates:-21.9769°N -44.9328°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Type3:Intermediate Region
Subdivision Type4:Immediate Region
Subdivision Name: Brazil
Subdivision Name2:Southeast
Subdivision Name3:Pouso Alegre
Subdivision Name4:Caxambu-Baependi
Population Demonym:caxambuense
Timezone:BRT
Utc Offset:-3
Area Total Km2:100.203
Area Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:21,566
Population As Of:2021
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Density Km2:auto
Elevation M:895
Blank Name:HDI (2010)
Blank Info:0.743 – high[3]

Caxambu is a Brazilian municipality in Minas Gerais. Its population in 2021 was estimated at 21,566.

Caxambu is renowned for its spa which has twelve sources of mineral sparkling water flowing 24 hours a dayand a cold-water geyser.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Área territorial oficial. 5 December 2010. 10 October 2002. Resolução da Presidência do IBGE de n° 5 (R.PR-5/02).
  2. Web site: IBGE Caxambu . 14 March 2022 . IBGE.
  3. Web site: Archived copy . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233352/http://www.pnud.org.br/arquivos/ranking-idhm-2010.pdf . July 8, 2014 . August 1, 2013 . United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
  4. Bonotto . Daniel Marcos . Hydrogeochemical study of spas groundwaters from southeast Brazil . Journal of Geochemical Exploration . Elsevier BV . 169 . 2016 . 60–72 . 10.1016/j.gexplo.2016.07.016 . 11449/173240 . free .