Jacinto, Minas Gerais Explained

Official Name:Jacinto
Nickname:Jaça
Settlement Type:Municipality
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:Jequitinhonha
Subdivision Type4:Microregion
Subdivision Name4:Almenara
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Carlos Dantez Ferraz de Mello
Established Title:Incorporated (municipality)
Established Date:December 31, 1943
Area Total Km2:1393.609
Area Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2020 [2]
Population Total:12,323
Population Demonym Title:Demonym
Population Demonym:Jacintense[3]
Population Density Km2:8.71
Timezone:BRT
Utc Offset:-3
Coordinates:-16.1439°N -40.2928°W
Elevation M:180
Postal Code Type:CEP postal code
Postal Code:39930-000
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:33
Blank Name:HDI (2010) [4]
Blank Info:0,620
Website:Official website

Jacinto is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Jacinto is located on the right bank of the Jequitinhonha River. It is 44 kilometers east of Almenara.

The legend tells that the city name is a homage to an old settler named Jacinto who lived in the city around the 1910s.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Área territorial oficial . pt . Official Territorial Area . . 2014-12-03 . 2002-10-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111101172803/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/geociencias/cartografia/default_territ_area.shtm . 2011-11-01 . live .
  2. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/mg/jacinto/panorama IBGE 2020
  3. Web site: IBGE - Cidades@ . O Brasil Município por Município . . 2015-05-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094244/http://cidades.ibge.gov.br/xtras/perfil.php?lang=&codmun=313470 . 2016-03-04 . live .
  4. Web site: Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil . pt . Ranking of HDI-M of Brazilian Municipalities . 2010 . . PDF . 2013-08-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130806022754/http://www.pnud.org.br/arquivos/ranking-idhm-2010.pdf . 2013-08-06 . live .