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