Mantena
Mantenense Terra boa and Terrinha | |
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Municipality | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
  Mantena Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 18°46′55″S 40°58′48″W / 18.78194°S 40.98000°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State | Minas Gerais |
| Mesoregion | Vale do Rio Doce |
| Government | |
| • Type | Executive, Legislative and Judiciary. |
| • Mayor | João Rufino Sobrinho |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,646 sq mi (6,852 km2) |
| Elevation | 676 ft (206 m) |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
| • Total | 27,647 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Area code | + 55 (33) 3241- #### |
| Website | https://www.mantena.mg.gov.br/ |
Mantena is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region o Brazil.[2][3][4][5]
Mantena is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. According to IBGE data, the estimated population in 2020 was 27,647. (That census may omit pertinent data, as the population of the city was almost 50,000 before the separation of the districts of São João da Manteninha and Nova Belém, which were elevated to a city and its districts of Divino of Palmeiras, Santa Rita and Vargem Grande, together forming part of its municipality with a population of approximately 20,000 inhabitants.)
According to the Aurélio XXI Dictionary of Aurélio Buarque de Holanda, Mantena, in Goiás, means "good" or "great". The word also refers to a character who plays the king of the Christians and the Moors, in the cavailas of the municipality of Franca, in São Paulo. Also named are the knights of the Cavalry Association of São Gonçalo and São Benedito de Guaratinguetá, Aparecida and Lorena, all the cities of the Paraíba Valley, in the interior of São Paulo. The name "Mantena" is of indigenous origin and means "good soil", "fertile soil".
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.