Leopoldina, Minas Gerais
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Leopoldina | |
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![]() Cathedral of St. Sebastian | |
![]() Location of the municipality in Minas Gerais | |
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 | UTC−3 (BRST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−2 (BRDT) |
Website | http://www.leopoldina.mg.gov.br/ |
Leopoldina is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2010[update], it has a population of 51,136.
It is situated in the southeastern Zona da Mata mesoregion 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
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