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.