Brazil Conselheiro Lafaiete

Conselheiro Lafaiete

Conselheiro Lafaiete · Brazil
Conselheiro Lafaiete, Brazil
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City in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a centre holding many historic churches, Conselheiro Lafaiete traces its origins to one of the oldest settlements in the state, growing from a late-17th-century bandeirante outpost through a series of name changes before being renamed in 1934 to honour the influential imperial-era politician Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira. It sits within reach of mountains and the wider region's UNESCO World Heritage sites, and lies south of the state capital, Belo Horizonte.

  • Population111,596
  • Nearest water from center0.8 km
  • Nearest mountain from center3.3 km
  • UNESCO within 50 km2

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