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Carrancas, Minas Gerais

Coordinates: 21°30′S 44°39′W / 21.500°S 44.650°W / -21.500; -44.650
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Carrancas
Location in the state of Minas Gerais
Location in the state of Minas Gerais
Carrancas is located in Brazil
Carrancas
Carrancas
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 21°30′S 44°39′W / 21.500°S 44.650°W / -21.500; -44.650
CountryBrazil Brazil
RegionSoutheast
State Minas Gerais
MesoregionCampo das Vertentes
Area
 • Total728 km2 (281 sq mi)
Elevation
1,052 m (3,451 ft)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total4,049
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Websitewww.carrancas.mg.gov.br

Carrancas is a Brazilian municipality located in the south of the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Lavras. In 2020 the population was 4,049 in a total area of 728 km2.

Carrancas lies on a railroad line and is connected to the regional center, Lavras, by dirt roads. The main agricultural products are sugarcane, coffee, bananas, and corn.

Geography

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According to IBGE (2017), the municipality is in the Immediate Geographic Region of Lavras, in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Varginha.[2]

Ecclesiastical circumscription

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The municipality is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del-Rei.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ "Divisões Regionais do Brasil | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  3. ^ Silveira, Lucas. "Diocese ganha novo mapa territorial após criação de novas foranias". Diocese de São João del Rei. Retrieved 2023-02-19.