6-784: [REDACTED] Look up São Lourenço or Lourenço in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. São Lourenço may refer to several places: Brazil [ edit ] São Lourenço, Minas Gerais , a town in Brazil São Lourenço (Niterói) [ pt ] , a neighborhood of the city of Niterói , Brazil São Lourenço da Mata , Pernambuco São Lourenço da Serra , São Paulo São Lourenço do Oeste , Santa Catarina São Lourenço do Piauí , Piauí São Lourenço do Sul , Rio Grande do Sul Portugal [ edit ] São Lourenço (Portalegre) [ pt ] ,
12-493: A parish in the municipality of Portalegre , Portugal São Lourenço (Setúbal) [ nl ] , a parish in the municipality of Setúbal , Portugal São Lourenço, a village in the Parish of Pêra , Portugal Other places [ edit ] São Lourenço, Cape Verde , a village and cove in the island of Fogo, Cape Verde São Lourenço (São Filipe) , a parish on the island of Fogo, Cape Verde São Lourenço, Macau ,
18-613: A parish in the territory of Macau See also [ edit ] Saint Lawrence (c. 225–258), one of the seven deacons of ancient Rome [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=São_Lourenço&oldid=1108281516 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
24-579: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Louren%C3%A7o Lourenço is a town and district in the Brazilian municipality of Calçoene , in the interior of the state of Amapá . The main economic activities of the town is gold mining . It is one of the oldest mines in Brazil . Gold mining in Lourenço began in the 19th century. In 1894, at
30-562: The concessions were transferred to COOGAL in 1994. As of 2014, COOGAL operates five mining concessions and employs 1,100 garimpeiros . The official census figures for the district are an underestimation, and the actual population is estimated at 4,500 people. Lourenço is located in an area surrounded by protected areas and indigenous territories . The region around Lourenço has been polluted with mercury , and has been deforested . The school and clinic are functioning below standard. In 2017, Lourenço received 24 hour electricity. The town
36-545: The height of the gold rush, there were 6,000 to 10,000 gold miners in the area around the Calçoene River . In 1984, Mineração Novo Astro (MNA) and Mineração Yukio Yoshidome (MYYSA) were awarded concessions for mining on an industrial scale. This resulted in conflicts with the garimpeiros (illegal gold prospectors). In 1992, the Mining Cooperative of Garimpeiros of Lourenço (COOGAL) was founded, and
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