Entre Rios de Minas

Entre Rios de Minas is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Conselheiro Lafaiete.

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Entre Rios de Minas
Senador Ribeiro Square
Flag Seal
Nickname:  Portuguese: Mesopotâmia Mineira (Mesopotamia of Minas Gerais)
Motto:  Latin: Duco in Altum (Led to the height)
Location in Minas Gerais
Entre Rios de Minas Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 20°40′15″S 44°03′57″W / 20.67083°S 44.06583°W / -20.67083; -44.06583
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	Minas Gerais
Mesoregion	Belo Horizonte
Microregion	Conselheiro Lafaiete
Settled	December 20, 1714
Incorporated (municipality)	January 3, 1880
Government
• Mayor	Maria Cristina Mansur Teixeira Resende
Area [1]
• Total	456.796 km2 (176.370 sq mi)
Elevation	950 m (3,120 ft)
Population  (2020 [2])
• Total	15,380
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
CEP postal code	35490-000
Area code	31
HDI (2010) [3]	0,672
Website	Municipality website
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The Campolina horse breed originated in the Entre Rios de Minas. Cassiano Campolina of the Fazenda Tanque farm developed the Campolina in 1870 from a mare named "Medéia" and a stallion belonging to Mariano Procópio, who received the stallion from Dom Pedro II.^[4][5]

1. ^ "Área territorial oficial" [Official Territorial Area] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2002-10-10. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
2. ^ IBGE 2020
3. ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" [Ranking of HDI-M of Brazilian Municipalities] (PDF) (in Portuguese). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 2010. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
4. ^ L.S. de Andrade,(2000)Campolina O Grande Marchador, Um Seculo de selecao, Historic Album, Revista Brasileira do Cavalo de Marcha
5. ^ "Campolina". Breeds of Livestock. Oklahoma State University. August 31, 1998. Retrieved 2015-09-20.

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