Miracema
Encyclopedia
Miracema is a city
and a municipality
located in the Rio de Janeiro state
's northwestern region, bordering Minas Gerais
state, and with a population of 27,064 inhabitants living in an area of 302.5 km². Its main commercial activities are agriculture and milk animal husbandry
.
was the city's most important economic activity, and, along with other municipalities, Miracema helped Rio de Janeiro state become the greatest coffee producer of the country.
manager Aymoré Moreira
, and his brothers, Zezé Moreira
and Ayrton Moreira, who were also managers, were born in the city. Miracema Futebol Clube is a city's football club.
City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
and a 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...
located in the Rio de Janeiro state
Rio de Janeiro (state)
Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 states of Brazil.Rio de Janeiro has the second largest economy of Brazil behind only São Paulo state.The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast...
's northwestern region, bordering 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, and with a population of 27,064 inhabitants living in an area of 302.5 km². Its main commercial activities are agriculture and milk animal husbandry
Animal husbandry
Animal husbandry is the agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock.- History :Animal husbandry has been practiced for thousands of years, since the first domestication of animals....
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History
In the beginning of the 20th century, coffeeCoffee
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
was the city's most important economic activity, and, along with other municipalities, Miracema helped Rio de Janeiro state become the greatest coffee producer of the country.
Sports
Brazilian footballFootball (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
manager Aymoré Moreira
Aymoré Moreira
Aymoré Moreira was a football player and coach...
, and his brothers, Zezé Moreira
Zezé Moreira
Alfredo Moreira Júnior, usually known as Zezé Moreira was a Brazilian footballer and football manager that coached Brazil for some games in 1952. He was born in Miracema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was brother of Aymoré Moreira and Ayrton Moreira, both of them also successful coaches in the...
and Ayrton Moreira, who were also managers, were born in the city. Miracema Futebol Clube is a city's football club.