Espera feliz
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and municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in southeastern Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
state, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. The altitude is 2,430 m above sea level, with maximum altitude of 8,716 m in the Pico da Bandeira
Pico da Bandeira
Pico da Bandeira is the third highest mountain in Brazil, situated near the border of Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais. It is the highest point in both states as well. It was historically considered the highest mountain in Brazil until the 1950s, when the Pico da Neblina was explored and measured...
. Located at 20°39′00"S 41°54′25"W, its neighboring cities are Caiana
Caiana
Caiana is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Zona da Mata and to the microregion of Muriaé.-See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais...
to the south, Dores do Rio Preto to the east, Divino
Divino
Divino is a Puerto Rican reggaeton artist, whose real name is Daniel Velazquez.-Early career:Divino began his career at the age of fifteen, when his family moved from The Bronx, New York, to Ponce, Puerto Rico, Divino decided to concentrate his energies on his day job as an assistant in a juvenile...
to the west, Alto Caparaó
Alto Caparaó
Alto Caparaó is a Brazilian city in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Zona da Mata and to the microregion of Manhuaçu. As of 2004 its population is estimated to be 5,197.-See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais...
and Caparao
Caparaó
Caparaó is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Zona da Mata and to the microregion of Manhuaçu. The elevation of the city is 843m. -See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais...
to the north and Carangola
Carangola
Carangola is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Zona da Mata and to the microregion of Muriaé.-See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais...
to the southwest.
The citizens are called Esperafelicenses
City data
- Foundation: December 17, 1938
- Population: 21,145 (2005 est)
- Area: 325.0 km²
- Average temperature: 20°C
- Nearby cities: CaianaCaianaCaiana is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Zona da Mata and to the microregion of Muriaé.-See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais...
, Dores do Rio Preto, DivinoDivinoDivino is a Puerto Rican reggaeton artist, whose real name is Daniel Velazquez.-Early career:Divino began his career at the age of fifteen, when his family moved from The Bronx, New York, to Ponce, Puerto Rico, Divino decided to concentrate his energies on his day job as an assistant in a juvenile...
, Alto CaparaoAlto CaparaóAlto Caparaó is a Brazilian city in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Zona da Mata and to the microregion of Manhuaçu. As of 2004 its population is estimated to be 5,197.-See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais...
, CarangolaCarangolaCarangola is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Zona da Mata and to the microregion of Muriaé.-See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais...
and CaparaoCaparaóCaparaó is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Zona da Mata and to the microregion of Manhuaçu. The elevation of the city is 843m. -See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais...
. - Distance from Belo HorizonteBelo HorizonteBelo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...
: 378 km - Distance from Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
: 370 km - Distance from São PauloSão PauloSão Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
: 705 km - Distance from BrasiliaBrasíliaBrasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the...
: 1,120 km - Distance from Vitoria: 270 km
History
It says a tradition verbal that in the second half of century XIX, a COMMISSION OF ENGINEERS sent by the IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT DE D. PETER II, camped where if it today finds the center of the city. Having made with success several hunted of wild, abundant animals in the place, they had perceived that definitive together point to the edge of the São João RiverSão João River
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, where today if locates the Pico da Bandeira
Pico da Bandeira
Pico da Bandeira is the third highest mountain in Brazil, situated near the border of Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais. It is the highest point in both states as well. It was historically considered the highest mountain in Brazil until the 1950s, when the Pico da Neblina was explored and measured...
, it favored hunted, therefore constituted a "happy wait". Of the current City, the first population that if it formed was of São Sebastião da Barra, distant six kilometers of the current Headquarters. The first land proprietor in the place of the current city was the Lieutenant - Colonel Francisco Xavier Hunter Walnut of Gamma. Later Francisco transferred to these to Antonio de Oliveira. This, without resources to explore the property, transferred in the year of 1873, to its brother-in-law Antonio Carlos de Souza. The reasons of setting and the desbravamento were the fertile land search for agriculture; the mining would come only in century XX. In 1848, Manoel Francisco Pine introduced the culture of the coffee in the region. In 1910, with the inauguration of the RAILROAD STATION, the town received the name from Espera Feliz. The 1915 enter 1912 had the denomination modified for LINKING, which had to be railroad entroncamento with the STATE Of the Espirito Santo. In 1915, the headquarters of the São Sebastião da Barra were transferred to the town, returning the denomination from Espera Feliz. In 1923 Espera Feliz started to call itself. It passed the city in 17 of December 1938. The local citizens are called esperafelicense. The great factor of the local development was The Leopoldina Railway Company Limited, that reached the place in 1910. For the formation of the town they had concurred Captain Jose Carlos de Marine Souza, who donated lands for the construction of the first houses, in the place that received the denomination from New Street. In the center of the city, Deoclécio de Lacerda constructed to the first destined building the hotel. Mrs. Pink Cira of Assis donated lands for the ticket of the railroad, the local Station, and the area destined to the Triangle. In the opposing edge of the São João River
São João River
-Brazil:* São João River * São João River * São João River * São João River * São João River * São João River * São João River...
, Major Francisco Pereira de Souza constructed a group of houses, that received the name from Street Pereira. Owner Maria, widower of Captain Francisco Gomes Da Silva, donated the Patrimony Of the FIRST CHURCH OF SAO SEBASTIÃO.
ADMINISTRATIVE FORMATION All territory that today integrates the City of Espera Feliz - Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
, belonged to the Village De Campos of the Goitacazes of the Province of Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
.
Politics
The current mayorMayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
is Jardir Silva Vidal who won the election in 2004 against Reino Martins de Oliveira
The number of registered voters in Espera Feliz is 15,639 (2004 est) source: Tribunal Superior Eleitoral