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Santa Cruz de Minas 
Summary
Santa Cruz de Minas is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Sao Joao del Rei. It is the smallest municipality of Brazil, measuring only 2.9 square kilometres (1.1 sq mi).
Santa Cruz de Minas | |
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| Municipality of Santa Cruz de Minas | |
 A view of a street of Santa Cruz de Minas | |
| Nickname(s): "A Menorzinha do Brasil, Santa Cruz" ("Brazil's Littlest, Santa Cruz") | |
 Location of Santa Cruz de Minas in Minas Gerais and Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 21°07′12″S 44°13′22″W / 21.12000°S 44.22278°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State | Minas Gerais |
| Founded | December 21, 1995 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Antônio dos Santos (PP) (2009-2012) Sinara Rafaela Campos (PT) (2017–2020) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.859 km2 (1.104 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 930 m (3,050 ft) |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
| • Total | 8,664 |
| • Density | 2,752.71/km2 (7,129.5/sq mi) |
| Demonym | santacruzense |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Area code | 38 |
| HDI' (2000) | 0.755 – medium[2] |
Geography edit
According to IBGE (2017), the municipality belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei, in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena.[3]
Ecclesiastical circumscription edit
The municipality is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del-Rei.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Divisões Regionais do Brasil | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ Silveira, Lucas. "Diocese ganha novo mapa territorial após criação de novas foranias". Diocese de São João del Rei. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
21°07′12″S 44°13′22″W / 21.12000°S 44.22278°W