Leopoldina, Minas Gerais
Leopoldina | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of the municipality in Minas Gerais | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Minas Gerais |
| Mesoregion | Zona da Mata |
| Microregion | Catagueses |
| Founded | April 27, 1854 |
| Government | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 942.74 km2 (363.99 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 225 m (738 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 52,798 |
| • Density | 56/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−2 (BRDT) |
Leopoldina is a municipality of 53,000 in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.
It is situated in the southeastern Zona da Mata part of the state.
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. [1]
The city is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leopoldina.
References
- ^ "Dateline World Jewry", April 2007, World Jewish Congress
21°31′55″S 42°38′34″W / 21.53194°S 42.64278°W
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