Caxambu | |
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Municipality of Caxambu | |
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Nickname: Cidade das Águas | |
Motto(s): Medicina entre flores "Medicine among flowers" | |
![]() Location in Minas Gerais | |
Coordinates: 21°58′37″S 44°55′58″W / 21.97694°S 44.93278°W / -21.97694; -44.93278 | |
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Region | Southeast |
Intermediate Region | Pouso Alegre |
Immediate Region | Caxambu-Baependi |
Founded | 16 September 1901 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Diogo Curi Hauegen (PSDB) |
Area | |
• Total | 100.203 km2 (38.689 sq mi) |
Elevation | 895 m (2,936 ft) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 21,566 |
• Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
Demonym | caxambuense |
Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
HDI (2010) | 0.743 – high[3] |
Website | caxambu |
Caxambu is a Brazilian municipality in Minas Gerais. Its population in 2021 was estimated at 21,566.
Caxambu is renowned for its spa which has twelve sources of mineral sparkling water flowing 24 hours a day and a cold-water geyser.[4]
- Mineral waters
References
- ↑ "Área territorial oficial". Resolução da Presidência do IBGE de n° 5 (R.PR-5/02). 10 October 2002. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ↑ "IBGE Caxambu". IBGE. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Bonotto, Daniel Marcos (2016). "Hydrogeochemical study of spas groundwaters from southeast Brazil". Journal of Geochemical Exploration. Elsevier BV. 169: 60–72. doi:10.1016/j.gexplo.2016.07.016. hdl:11449/173240.
External links
Caxambu travel guide from Wikivoyage
21°59′S 44°55′W / 21.983°S 44.917°W / -21.983; -44.917
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