Official Name: | Entre Rios de Minas |
Nickname: | Portuguese: Mesopotâmia Mineira (Mesopotamia of Minas Gerais) |
Motto: | Latin: Duco in Altum (Led to the height) |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Southeast |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Minas Gerais |
Subdivision Type3: | Mesoregion |
Subdivision Name3: | Belo Horizonte |
Subdivision Type4: | Microregion |
Subdivision Name4: | Conselheiro Lafaiete |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Maria Cristina Mansur Teixeira Resende |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | December 20, 1714 |
Established Title1: | Incorporated (municipality) |
Established Date1: | January 3, 1880 |
Area Total Km2: | 456.796 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2020 [2] |
Population Total: | 15,380 |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Coordinates: | -20.6708°N -44.0658°W |
Elevation M: | 950 |
Postal Code Type: | CEP postal code |
Postal Code: | 35490-000 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 31 |
Blank Name: | HDI (2010) [3] |
Blank Info: | 0,672 |
Website: | Municipality website |
Entre Rios de Minas is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Conselheiro Lafaiete.
The Campolina horse breed originated in the Entre Rios de Minas. Cassiano Campolina of the Fazenda Tanque farm developed the Campolina in 1870 from a mare named "Medéia" and a stallion belonging to Mariano Procópio, who received the stallion from Dom Pedro II.[4] [5]