Tiradentes, Minas Gerais Explained

Tiradentes
Official Name:Municipality of Tiradentes
Settlement Type:Municipality
Mapsize:250px
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:Barbacena
Subdivision Name4:São João del-Rei
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Nilzio Barbosa
Leader Party:MDB
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:19 January 1718
Area Total Km2:83.047
Population As Of:2022
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:7,744
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:-21.1086°N -44.1744°W
Elevation M:903
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Timezone:BRT
Utc Offset:-3
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Postal Code:36325-000 to 36327-999
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+55 32
Blank Name:HDI (2010)
Blank Info:0.740 – high[3]

Tiradentes is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is located at, has an area of 83.5 km², and a maximum elevation above sea level of 927 m. Tiradentes had an estimated population of 10,960, as of 2020. The original village was established in 1702 and became a city on 19 January 1718. In 1889 the city was renamed from Vila de São José do Rio das Mortes in honour of the national hero who was born nearby.

It has been acclaimed as an unspoiled example of Portuguese colonial architecture.

Other historical cities in Minas Gerais are Ouro Preto, São João del-Rei, Diamantina, Mariana, Congonhas and Sabará.

Geography

According to the modern (2017) geographic classification by Brazil's National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the municipality belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei, in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena.[4]

Ecclesiastical circumscription

The municipality is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del-Rei.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IBGE Tiradentes . 2023-09-27 . cidades.ibge.gov.br.
  2. Web site: Tiradentes - Informações sobre o município e a prefeitura . 2023-09-27 . www.cidade-brasil.com.br.
  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. Web site: Divisões Regionais do Brasil IBGE . 2022-06-24 . www.ibge.gov.br.
  5. Web site: Silveira . Lucas . Diocese ganha novo mapa territorial após criação de novas foranias . 2023-02-19 . Diocese de São João del Rei.