Santo Antônio do Amparo
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State: Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
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Micro-Region: N/A
Founded: 1938
Area
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493.1 km²
Population
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17,318 (2004)
Population density
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35.12/km²
Elevation
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557 m
Postal code: 37262-xxx
Area/distance code: (00)55-37
Website: www.stoantonioamparo.mg.gov.br


Santo Antônio do Amparo (first part, Portuguese
Portuguese language
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 meaning "Saint Anthony") is a city
City
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 in the southwestern part of the state of 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...

, Brazil
Brazil
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. It has 17,318 inhabitants and the area is 49.1 km². The municipality was founded in 1938.

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Santo Antônio do Amparo only has a few schools or a collegiates, high schoolsn a few churches, banks and a few squares.

External links

  • http://www.citybrazil.com.br/mg/stoantonioamparo/ (in Portuguese)
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