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
CountryBrazil
StateMinas Gerais
MesoregionZona da Mata
MicroregionCataguases
FoundedApril 27, 1854
Government
  PrefectJosé Roberto
Area
  Total942.74 km2 (363.99 sq mi)
Elevation
225 m (738 ft)
Population
 (2020 [1])
  Total52,640
  Density56/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−2 (BRDT)
Websitehttp://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

  1. IBGE 2020
  2. Reservas Biologicas – MG (PDF) (in Portuguese), IEF, retrieved 2016-04-16
  3. "Dateline World Jewry", April 2007, World Jewish Congress
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