Conceição de Ipanema is a Brazilian municipality situated in state of

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. It has an area of 253.935 km² and as of 2022, its population is 4,409.IBGE
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Conceição de Ipanema is composed of two expressions: Conceição (Conception) is the patroness of the city and Ipanema connects to the name of the neighboring

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to which it belonged. The word 'Ipanema' comes from the

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language ''Y-panéma'', meaning "bad water, bad for river fishing." The

José Pedro River José Pedro is the main river of Conceição de Ipanema town in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over ...

, cuts the town in half, creating recreational areas for the population. The river received its name in honor of pioneer José Pedro de Alcantara.

History

The region was first inhabited by Indians

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. The first European to reach those lands was José Pedro de Alcantara, followed by Manoel Francisco de Paula Cunha, the National Guard deserter, fugitive of the War of Santa Luzia, in 1842. The town had its beginning on the farm of Francis Ignatius Fernandes Leon, in 1850. That year, the farmer had built a chapel on his property in honor of Our Lady of Conception. In 1920, a group of people led by José da Luz Laudelino acquired the land and donated the farm to the

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. From 1917, work began on the German migration to the region with the acquisition of land by the stream of descendants of German Carlos Henrique Saar, John Kaiser and Anthony Keller, with strong influence in the culture of the city. The village of Conception in the town of

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, grew to become the district on December 27, 1948, by Law No. 336, under the name of Conceição de Ipanema. The district was promoted to the council on December 12, 1953, by Law No. 1039. On January 31, 1955, the City Council was installed and Antonio Heringer became the first mayor, with José de Oliveira as vice-mayor.

References

*ANACLETO, Maria Elza Rodrigues & TEIXEIRA, Rafael Anacleto. A história de Conceição de Ipanema.Ipanema: Centro Universitário de Caratinga, 2008. *CASTRO, Josiana Lopes de, & SILVA, Verônica do Nascimento e. A influência dos costumes alemães na região de Conceição de Ipanema - MG. Ipanema: Centro Universitário de Caratinga, 2008. Municipalities in Minas Gerais {{MinasGerais-geo-stub