Teófilo Otoni
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Téofilo Otoni is a city in northeast Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The population of the municipality was 1326,895 in 2007 and the area is 3,253.4 km².
It lies at an elevation of 319 meters on the Todos os Santos River, a tributary of the Mucuri. Situated on the Rio-Bahia Interstate Highway BR 116, it is 130 km. north of the regional center, Governador Valadares, on the Doce River, and 478 km north of the state capital, Belo Horizonte. It was founded in 1853 by German colonists. It was given city status in 1878.
Teófilo Otoni is a trade centre for an agricultural hinterland in which livestock raising is of some importance. The city has small-scale manufacturing and food-processing plants. Poor soils for agriculture and lack of industry have made Teófilo Otoni a major source of immigration to other regions of Brazil and to the United States.
Nationally and internationally it rivals Governador Valadares as the gem capital of Brazil. Extensive mining and gem trading for aquamarines, topaz, brazilianite, and various forms of quartz take place there. A Gem and Mineral Show (Feira Internacional de Pedras Preciosas (FIPP), is held here every year, attracting international buyers. The fair provides the opportunity to buy both rough and cut stones directly from local producers, miners and cutters.
It lies at an elevation of 319 meters on the Todos os Santos River, a tributary of the Mucuri. Situated on the Rio-Bahia Interstate Highway BR 116, it is 130 km. north of the regional center, Governador Valadares, on the Doce River, and 478 km north of the state capital, Belo Horizonte. It was founded in 1853 by German colonists. It was given city status in 1878.
Teófilo Otoni is a trade centre for an agricultural hinterland in which livestock raising is of some importance. The city has small-scale manufacturing and food-processing plants. Poor soils for agriculture and lack of industry have made Teófilo Otoni a major source of immigration to other regions of Brazil and to the United States.
Nationally and internationally it rivals Governador Valadares as the gem capital of Brazil. Extensive mining and gem trading for aquamarines, topaz, brazilianite, and various forms of quartz take place there. A Gem and Mineral Show (Feira Internacional de Pedras Preciosas (FIPP), is held here every year, attracting international buyers. The fair provides the opportunity to buy both rough and cut stones directly from local producers, miners and cutters.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teófilo_Otoni
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 17°51'56"S 41°30'27"W
- Barra de São Francisco 81 km
- Mantena 95 km
- Governador Valadares 117 km
- Engenheiro Caldas 140 km
- Resplendo 152 km
- Nova Viçosa 153 km
- Vila Valério 155 km
- Caravelas 171 km
- Jaguaré 171 km
- Sooretama 173 km
- Internato Rural 1.7 km
- Frei Júlio 1.9 km
- Cemetery 2.6 km
- Aeroporto Juscelino Kubitscheck 3 km
- Parque de Exposições 3.1 km
- AABB-TO 3.5 km
- Taquara 5 km
- Bairro Esplanada 60 km
- Vila Barrinha 61 km
- Runway 08/26 127 km
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