Barão de Cocais

Barão de Cocais is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020^[update] is estimated to be 32,866 people living in an altitude between 682 and 1425 meters.^[3] The area of the municipality is 340.675 square kilometres (131.535 sq mi). The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Itabira.

Key Information

Barão de Cocais
Municipality
Municipality of Barão de Cocais
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Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	Minas Gerais
Founded	24 June 1704
Government
• Mayor	Décio Geraldo dos Santos (PSB)
Area
• Total	340.585 km2 (131.501 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	33,232
• Density	83.51/km2 (216.3/sq mi)
Demonym	cocaiense
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Postal Code	35970-000 to 35983-999
HDI (2010)	0.722 – high[2]
Website	www.baraodecocais.mg.gov.br
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The municipality contains the Gongo Soco mine, once a gold mine and later a large iron ore operation, which closed in April 2016.^[4]

1. ^ "IBGE Barão de Cocais". IBGE. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. ^ IBGE 2020
4. ^ Mina de Gongo Soco, em Barão de Cocais, encerra atividades (in Portuguese), 22 April 2016, archived from the original on 20 October 2018, retrieved 2016-08-12

19°56′45″S 43°29′13″W / 19.94583°S 43.48694°W / -19.94583; -43.48694

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