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Mineiro (Portuguese pronunciation: ⓘ) [a], Mineirês, or the Brazilian mountain accent (Portuguese: montanhês) is the Brazilian Portuguese term for the accent spoken in the Center, East and Southeast regions of the state of Minas Gerais.
Minas Gerais is the state with the largest number of federal higher education institutions in the country, housing 20 institutions, including 8 federal institutes, 1 federal center and 11 federal universities. [127] It also has two state institutions: the State University of Minas Gerais and the State University of Montes Claros. [128]
The Xakriabá (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʃɐˌkɾi.ɐˈba]) are an indigenous people of Brazil. One of the Gê peoples who spoke the Xakriabá dialect of the Akwe language, they used to live in the Tocantins River area. [4] As of 2010, 9,196 Xakriabá people lived in the state of Minas Gerais.
Uberaba (Portuguese pronunciation: [ubeˈɾabɐ]) is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.It is located in the Brazilian Highlands at an elevation of 823 metres (2,700 ft) above sea level on the Uberaba River, and is situated 418 kilometres (260 mi) from the state capital, Belo Horizonte. [3]
Sala Minas Gerais, at the Centro de Cultura Presidente Itamar Franco, is the house of the Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra. Clube da Esquina is one of the most important musical movements in the musical history of Brazil. It originated in the mid-1960s, and since then its members have been hugely influential in Brazilian and even ...
Araçuaí (Portuguese pronunciation:) is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais in the Jequitinhonha River valley. The Araçuaí River, a tributary of the Jequitinhonha, flows through it. Its population as of 2020 was estimated to be 36,712 people living in a total area of 2,235 km 2. The city belongs to ...
Juiz de Fora (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒwiz dʒi ˈfɔɾɐ]; lit. ' Outsider Judge '), also known as J.F., is a city in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the state border with Rio de Janeiro. According to the 2022 census the current population is 540,756 inhabitants.
The Governor Magalhães Pinto Stadium (Portuguese: Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto, named after the late state governor of Minas Gerais), most known as Mineirão (Portuguese pronunciation: [minejˈɾɐ̃w]), is the largest football stadium in the respective state.