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Mine Attractions In State of Minas Gerais

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Minas Gerais is a state in the north of Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product , and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte, is a major urban and finance center in Latin America, and the sixth largest municipality in Brazil, after the cities of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Brasilia and Fortaleza, but its metropolitan area is the third largest in Brazil with just over 5,500,000 inhabitants, after those of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Nine Brazilian presidents were born in Minas Gerais, the most of any state.With an area of 586,528 ...
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Mine Attractions In State of Minas Gerais

  • 1. Mina do Chico Rei Ouro Preto
    Minas Gerais is a state in the north of Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product , and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte, is a major urban and finance center in Latin America, and the sixth largest municipality in Brazil, after the cities of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Brasilia and Fortaleza, but its metropolitan area is the third largest in Brazil with just over 5,500,000 inhabitants, after those of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Nine Brazilian presidents were born in Minas Gerais, the most of any state.With an area of 586,528 square kilometres —larger than Metropolitan France—it is the fourth most extensive state in Brazil. The main producer of coffee and milk...
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  • 2. Minas do Palacio Velho Ouro Preto
    Minas Gerais is a state in the north of Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product , and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte, is a major urban and finance center in Latin America, and the sixth largest municipality in Brazil, after the cities of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Brasilia and Fortaleza, but its metropolitan area is the third largest in Brazil with just over 5,500,000 inhabitants, after those of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Nine Brazilian presidents were born in Minas Gerais, the most of any state.With an area of 586,528 square kilometres —larger than Metropolitan France—it is the fourth most extensive state in Brazil. The main producer of coffee and milk...
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  • 3. Chico Rei Mine Ouro Preto
    Chico Rei is a semi-mythic heroic figure from the slave trade in Brazil. According to oral tradition, in about 1740, Galanga, a tribal leader from the Congo, was taken along with a large part of his tribe and sold as a slave. They were brought from Africa to Brazil in a slave ship and during this journey his authority amongst his compatriots was noticed by the Portuguese slave traders who nicknamed him Chico Rei. In Brazil he was set to work in the gold mines of Minas Gerais. By hiding flakes of gold about his body and in his hair, he amassed sufficient funds to allow him, after 5 years or so, to buy his son's freedom and later his own. He was also able to acquire the Encardideira gold mine in Vila Rica . Profits from the mine were used to help other slaves to buy their freedom and to buil...
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