Montezuma | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
| Nickname: Hot Waters Portuguese: Águas Quentes | |
| Motto(s): Portuguese: União, Ordem e Progresso (Union, Order and Progress) | |
 Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 15°10′19″S 42°29′49″W / 15.17194°S 42.49694°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State | Minas Gerais |
| Mesoregion | North of Minas Gerais |
| Microregion | Salinas |
| Established | 1890 |
| Founded | 1 January 1993 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Fabiano Costa Soares (SD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,133,739 km2 (437,739 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 910 m (2,990 ft) |
| Population (2020 [2]) | |
| • Total | 8,315 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| HDI (2000) | 0.589 [3] |
| Website | Montezuma, Minas Gerais |
Montezuma is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is isolated, and the inhabitants are poor, mainly engaged in cattle raising and small-scale farming. It became a municipality in 1993.
- ^ "Área territorial oficial" [Official Territorial Area] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 10 October 2002. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil". Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2008.