Leopoldina, Minas Gerais

For other uses, see Leopoldina (disambiguation).
Leopoldina
Municipality

Cathedral of St. Sebastian

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Location of the municipality in Minas Gerais
Coordinates: 21°31′55″S 42°38′34″W / 21.53194°S 42.64278°W / -21.53194; -42.64278
Country Brazil
State Minas Gerais
Mesoregion Zona da Mata
Microregion Cataguases
Founded April 27, 1854
Government
 • Prefect José Roberto
Area
 • Total 942.74 km2 (363.99 sq mi)
Elevation 225 m (738 ft)
Population (2010)
 • Total 51,136
 • Density 54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone BRST (UTC−3)
 • Summer (DST) BRDT (UTC−2)
Website http://www.leopoldina.mg.gov.br/

Leopoldina is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2010, it has a population of 51,136.

It is situated in the southeastern Zona da Mata mesoregion of the state.

The municipality contains the 368.7 hectares (911 acres) Lapinha Biological Reserve, a strictly-protected area of Atlantic Forest.[1]

Leopoldina was the site of a wave of immigration of Jews, mostly from Eastern Europe, in the 1920s and 1930s, as detailed in a book Jews of Leopoldina, published in 2007 by the Jewish Museum of Rio de Janeiro. [2]

The city is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leopoldina.

References

  1. ↑ Reservas Biologicas – MG (PDF) (in Portuguese), IEF, retrieved 2016-04-16
  2. ↑ "Dateline World Jewry", April 2007, World Jewish Congress
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