Leopoldina, Minas Gerais
Leopoldina is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020, it has a population of 52,640.
Leopoldina | |
|---|---|
 Cathedral of St. Sebastian | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of the municipality in Minas Gerais | |
| Coordinates: 21°31′55″S 42°38′34″W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Minas Gerais |
| Mesoregion | Zona da Mata |
| Microregion | Cataguases |
| Founded | April 27, 1854 |
| Government | |
| • Prefect | José Roberto |
| Area | |
| • Total | 942.74 km2 (363.99 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 225 m (738 ft) |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
| • Total | 52,640 |
| • Density | 56/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Website | http://www.leopoldina.mg.gov.br/ |
It is situated in the southeastern Zona da Mata mesoregion of the state.
The municipality contains the 368.7 hectares (911 acres) Lapinha Biological Reserve, a strictly-protected area of Atlantic Forest.[2]
Leopoldina was the site of a wave of immigration of Jews, mostly from Eastern Europe, in the 1920s and 1930s, as detailed in a book Jews of Leopoldina, published in 2007 by the Jewish Museum of Rio de Janeiro.[3]
The city is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leopoldina.
References
- IBGE 2020
- Reservas Biologicas – MG (PDF) (in Portuguese), IEF, retrieved 2016-04-16
- "Dateline World Jewry", April 2007, World Jewish Congress
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