Pouso Alegre is a municipality in southern region of Minas Gerais state, Brazil , with a population of 152,549 in 2020. The area of the municipality is 543 km. It lies in the valley of the Sapucaí River.
15-471: Cities that form boundaries with Pouso Alegre are: Cachoeira de Minas, Santa Rita do Sapucaí , Careaçu, São Sebastião da Bela Vista, Estiva, Congonhal, São João da Mata and Silvianópolis. The distance to the state capital, Belo Horizonte , is 385 km, to São Paulo 202 km, and to Rio de Janeiro 390 km. The city is 8 km. from the main interstate highway BR-381 ( Rodovia Fernão Dias ), which connects São Paulo to Belo Horizonte. Pouso Alegre
30-685: A bike that is connected to a car battery, which then are used to power the lighting grid. Inatel Inatel is short for Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações , the National Institute of Communications of Brazil . The Institute is located on a 75,000 m campus in Santa Rita do Sapucaí in southern Minas Gerais . Founded in 1965, it specializes in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications education and research. As of 2007, Inatel's monthly tuition
45-677: Is a municipality situated in the southernmost part of the State of Minas Gerais . The city is known as the "electronic valley", since it has plenty of electronic industries, and both a technical school ( ETE - Escola Técnica de Eletrônica Francisco Moreira da Costa ) and a University ( Inatel - Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações) which hold courses in electronic knowledge. It also has another university – FAI, which has majors in administration and informatics. It has an area of 350,874 km (135.473 sq mi). Santa Rita has an old freemasonry fraternity, called Loja Caridade Sul Mineira. According to
60-414: Is an industrial center with industries in the food sector, textiles, and metallurgy. Many national and multinational enterprises have their plants here. Their activities include food ( Unilever ), clothing (Searchco), cars (Usiparts - Johnson Control's - Sumidenso), pharmaceuticals (ACG Capsules, Uniao Quimica, Sanobiol), glass (Sobral Invicta), and many other small and medium enterprises. According to
75-524: Is made by ACIPA in 2010. Some of the stores in the city are: Bob's, Chilli Beans, Colcci , Cia. Hering , Kaza Houseware, M.Officer, N-Store, OAK Shop. The city is an important industrial center in the region. Several different kinds of industries are present in the city. In 2012 the city will receive the largest Chinese investment in Latin America, with the installation of heavy machinery industry, XCMG , YOFC and 18 other industries have settled in
90-669: The Santana's mines, they founded the new village called "Matosinho do Mandu", Pouso Alegre's first name. New paths were built to connect Pouso Alegre to other cities. These paths connected it to São Paulo and to Vila Rica . In 1797 the Governor Dom Bernardo José de Lorena, Sarzedas Baron, passing by the small village became so enchanted by its nature, by "the vast and clean horizons", said "This village should not be called Mandu, but Pouso Alegre". In Portuguese , Pouso Alegre means "a joyful stay". The 2009 census of
105-529: The city between 2008 and 2012. Some of the industries in the city are: Unilever , Ball Corporation, Alpargatas, and Yoki. Estádio Municipal Irmão Gino Maria Rossi , which is nicknamed Manduzão, is the home of Pouso Alegre Futebol Clube . The stadium has a capacity of 17,000. 22°13′41″S 45°56′01″W / 22.22806°S 45.93361°W / -22.22806; -45.93361 Santa Rita do Sapuca%C3%AD Santa Rita do Sapucaí ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃tɐ ˈʁitɐ ðu sɐpukɐˈi] )
120-637: The city in February. In July 2012, Santa Rita do Sapucaí became the first jurisdiction in Minas Gerais to adopt same-sex marriage, and the first municipality in Brazil to individually legalize it. (See: Same-sex marriage in Brazil ). Santa Rita do Sapucaí is a municipality in the southern region of Minas Gerais state (MG) in Brazil . Traditionally, the foundation date of Santa Rita, short name for
135-485: The city population was 131,462 inhabitants. The city is the nineteenth largest city in Minas Gerais and the second largest in southern Minas Gerais. The city of Pouso Alegre stands out in the region by high buildings found in its central region. The highest building in the city is building Octávio Meyer, with 70m and 20 floors. It has been the highest building since 2004, the year of its completion. Pouso Alegre has more than 4,500 stores in its commercial area. The statistic
150-427: The city, is considered to be 1825-05-22, when the first mass was held in the chapel built on orders of Dona Genoveva Maria Martins da Fonseca, honoring a promise made by her late husband Manoel José da Fonseca. The Fonseca family arrived in the region in the early 19th century and is considered the founding family of Santa Rita do Sapucaí. Santa Rita is located in a privileged site, a few hundred kilometers away from
165-539: The climate of the town tropical de altitude , which means it is kind of subtropical for such low latitude). The municipality contains the 305 hectares (750 acres) Santa Rita Biological Reserve , a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1980. Although located in a rich coffee -growing region, Santa Rita is known for its high technology industries, being home to one of Brazil's foremost electronic, telecommunications and computer engineering colleges, INATEL [1] - Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações, which
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#1732791129720180-596: The last estimate (2020), it has a population of 43,753 people. The town holds the Festa de Santa Rita every year in May, which attracts people to the town. Carnival ( Portuguese : Carnaval ) in Santa Rita is also a very celebrated party, traditionally Bloco do Ride and Bloco dos Democráticos are the major street amusement, and for the young adults there is Bloco do Urso, which brings thousands of young people each year to
195-574: The modern (2017) geographic classification by Brazil's National Institute of Geography and Statistics ( IBGE ), the city is the main municipality in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Pouso Alegre . The " Bandeirantes " explored all the Brazilian country looking for gold and other mineral resources. They were the first European explorers to arrive in the ancient Pouso Alegre region, in 1596. After discovering gold in
210-459: The states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo , in one of Minas Gerais' richest regions. It dwells between mountains and has a pleasant weather, with mild and dry winters, warm and dry springs, warm and wet summers and mild and wet autumns as typical of historically Atlantic Forest -covered Southeastern Brazil, throughout the year. It is warmer than São Paulo, but colder than Rio de Janeiro, Volta Redonda, Juiz de Fora and Belo Horizonte (Brazilians call
225-534: Was founded in 1965. As to the Escola Técnica de Eletrônica "Francisco Moreira da Costa" [2] , the first electronic technical school of Latin América, it was founded in 1959 by lady Sinha Moreira. The city possesses today more than 110 companies of technological bases. Santa Rita uses prisoners to power street lamps in a local plaza. Inmates are offered the opportunity to shorten their sentences by pedaling
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