Oliveira, Minas Gerais

Oliveira
View of Oliveira
View of Oliveira
Flag of Oliveira
Official seal of Oliveira
Nickname: 
"Princesa do Oeste" - "Princess of the West"
Motto: 
"Quasi Oliva Speciosa in Campis" - "As a beautiful olive tree in the fields"
Location of Oliveira in the State of Minas Gerais
Location of Oliveira in the State of Minas Gerais
Oliveira is located in Brazil
Oliveira
Oliveira
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 20°41′45″S 44°49′37″W / 20.69583°S 44.82694°W / -20.69583; -44.82694
Country Brazil
RegionSoutheast
State Minas Gerais
Government
 • MayorJoão Batista de Sousa
Area
 • Total
896,494 km2 (346,138 sq mi)
Elevation
982 m (3,222 ft)
Population
 (2020 [2])
 • Total
41,840
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
GDP401,175 mil[3]
GDP per capita10,164.31[3]
WebsitePrefeitura Municipal de Oliveira
Other Information
CEP 35540-000
County Oliveira
Demonym Oliveirense
Aldermans 9 [4]
Voters 31,281 (2012) [5]
Economically Active Population 17,642 (2000) [6]
Gini index 0.43
HDI 0.770 [6]
GDP 401,175 thousand [3]
GDP Per Capita 10,164.31 IBGE/2010[3]

Oliveira is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. It is located at latitude 20º41'47" south and longitude 44º49'38" west, at an altitude of 982 metres. It is located 165 kilometres at southwest from Belo Horizonte. Its estimated population was 41,181 according to the latest IBGE census.[7]

Oliveira is the birthplace of Brazilian scientist Carlos Chagas. A person from Oliveira can be called "Oliveirense".

  1. ^ IBGE (10 October 2002). "Área territorial oficial". Resolução da Presidência do IBGE de n° 5 (R.PR-5/02). Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  2. ^ IBGE 2020
  3. ^ a b c d "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2010". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Câmara de Vereadores de Oliveira".
  5. ^ "Estatísticas de eleitorado TRE: Eleições 2012".
  6. ^ a b "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil". Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano. Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  7. ^ IBGE. "Cidades@". Retrieved 2007-02-19.