Santo Antônio do Monte (Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese is a group of Portuguese dialects written and spoken by most of the 190 million inhabitants of Brazil and by a few million Brazilian emigrants, mainly in the United States, United Kingdom, Portugal, Canada, Japan and Paraguay....

, St. Antony of the Hill) is a town in the western central 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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. Its coordinates are 20.0856/20° 5' 13" S and the longitude is 41.2495/41° 17' 38" W. It has 27,534 inhabitants (2006). The city is located 194 km west of state capital Belo Horizonte

Belo Horizonte

Belo 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...

. The city is also known as Samonte.
Santo Antonio do Monte was founded in the 18th century and it became a municipality on November 16, 1875.

Neighboring municipalities

• Divinópolis
  Divinópolis
  Divinópolis is a city and municipality located in the centre-west of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The estimated population in 2007 was 201,921 inhabitants. The total area of the municipality is 709 km² and the elevation is 712 metres. It is located at 120 km from state capital Belo Horizonte...
  
  
• Lagoa da Prata
  Lagoa da Prata
  Lagoa da Prata is a Brazilian city in the state of Minas Gerais. In 2006, its population was estimated to be 44,628. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Central Mineira and to the microregion of Bom Despacho.-Early history:...
  
  
• Formiga
• Pedra do Indaiá
  Pedra do Indaiá
  Pedra do Indaiá is a Brazilian municipality located in the center of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was 3,921 people living in a total area of 349 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Oeste de Minas and to the micro-region of Formiga...
  
  
• São Sebastião do Oeste
  São Sebastião do Oeste
  São Sebastião do Oeste is a town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil.-References:...
  
  
• Arcos
  Arcos, Minas Gerais
  Arcos is a Brazilian municipality located in the center of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was 34,763 people living in a total area of 510 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Oeste de Minas and to the micro-region of Formiga...
  
  
• Luz
  Luz, Minas Gerais
  Luz is a Brazilian municipality located in the West part of the state of Minas Gerais. Luz is located between the city of Araxa and the capital city of the state of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte. Its population as of 2007 was 17,173 people living in a total area of 1,171 km²...
  
  
• Bom Despacho
  Bom Despacho
  Bom Despacho can refer to the following places:*A Brazilian city located in the state of Minas Gerais. It is located 156 km from Belo Horizonte and had a population of 42,215 ....
  
  

Other

Santo Antônio do Monte has schools or collegiates, a high school, churches, squares and parks. The main economic activity of the city is the production of fireworks. Nowadays there are in the city about 50 firework factories.

External links

http://www.citybrazil.com.br/mg/stoantoniomonte/

• Prefeitura de Santo Antônio do Monte (government site)