Ribeirão das Neves (lit. Snowy Creek) is a Brazilian
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
located in the state of
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...
. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the List of largest cities in Brazil, sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.3 million, and the third largest metropolitan area, containing a population of 6 million. It is the List of cities in Sout ...
. Most residents commute to Belo Horizonte. The city's population in 2020 was 338,197.
History
Previously called Matas de Bento Pires, its first documents date back to the
18th century
The 18th century lasted from 1 January 1701 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCI) to 31 December 1800 (MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the Atlantic Revolutions. Revolutions began to ch ...
, when it was called "Matas de Bento Pires". In 1745, Jacintho Vieira da Costa, then
field master, obtained the rights to the lands of Matas de Bento Pires and built a
chapel
A chapel (from , a diminutive of ''cappa'', meaning "little cape") is a Christianity, Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. First, smaller spaces inside a church that have their o ...
dedicated to
Our Lady of the Snows. Due to this, Matas de Bento Pires became
Fazenda
A ''fazenda'' () is a plantation found throughout Brazil during the colonial period (16th - 18th centuries). They were concentrated primarily in the northeastern region, where sugar was produced in the ''engenhos'', expanding during the 19t ...
das Neves and later Engenho das Neves, in
1946
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.
Geography
Ribeirão das Neves is located on the northwest of
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the List of largest cities in Brazil, sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.3 million, and the third largest metropolitan area, containing a population of 6 million. It is the List of cities in Sout ...
.
Federal Highway 135 passes through it. Its average elevation is 857 meters above the sea level.
Climate
Ribeirão das Neves has a
Tropical Savanna Climate
Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry "winter") and ''As'' (for a dry "summer"). The driest month has less than ...
(Aw). It receives the most precipitation in December, with 265.5 mm of average rainfall; and the least precipitation in July, with 5 mm of average rainfall.
See also
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List of municipalities in Minas Gerais
This is a list of the municipalities in the States of Brazil, state of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast Region of Brazil. Minas Gerais is divided into 853 Municipalities of Brazil, municipalities, ...
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Rosaneves
References
External links
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Municipalities in Minas Gerais
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