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Santa Cruz de Minas

Coordinates: 21°07′12″S 44°13′22″W / 21.12000°S 44.22278°W / -21.12000; -44.22278
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Santa Cruz de Minas
Municipality of
Santa Cruz de Minas
A view of a street of Santa Cruz de Minas
A view of a street of Santa Cruz de Minas
Nickname(s): 
"A Menorzinha do Brasil, Santa Cruz" ("Brazil's Littlest, Santa Cruz")
Location of Santa Cruz de Minas in Minas Gerais and Brazil
Location of Santa Cruz de Minas in Minas Gerais and Brazil
Coordinates: 21°07′12″S 44°13′22″W / 21.12000°S 44.22278°W / -21.12000; -44.22278
Country Brazil
RegionSoutheast
StateMinas Gerais
Founded21 December 1995
Government
 • MayorJosé Antônio dos Santos (PP)
(2009-2012) Sinara Rafaela Campos (PT)
(2017–2020)
Area
 • Total
2.859 km2 (1.104 sq mi)
Elevation
930 m (3,050 ft)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total
8,664
 • Density2,752.71/km2 (7,129.5/sq mi)
Demonymsantacruzense
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Area code38
HDI' (2000)0.755 – medium[2]

Santa Cruz de Minas is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Sao Joao del Rei. It is the smallest municipality of Brazil, measuring only 2.9 square kilometres (1.1 sq mi).

Geography

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According to IBGE (2017), the municipality belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei, in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena.[3]

Ecclesiastical circumscription

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The municipality is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del-Rei.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  3. ^ "Divisões Regionais do Brasil | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  4. ^ Silveira, Lucas. "Diocese ganha novo mapa territorial após criação de novas foranias". Diocese de São João del Rei. Retrieved 19 February 2023.

21°07′12″S 44°13′22″W / 21.12000°S 44.22278°W / -21.12000; -44.22278