Volta Grande

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Volta Grande is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. As of 2004 its population was estimated to be 5,118.

Geography

Volta Grande is located in the Zona da Mata mesoregion of Minas Gerais near the border with the state of Rio de Janeiro. The city is Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). by road from the state capital of Belo Horizonte. It lies at an altitude of Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value)..

Climate

The climate is tropical with rains during the summer and mean annual temperature around Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value)., with variations between Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). (average minimum) and Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). (mean maximum).

Hydrography

The rivers Paraiba do Sul and Angu drain the municipality of Volta Grande which is part of the Paraiba do Sul river basin.

History

The town originated from a village formed in 1835 and was elevated to a district of the municipality of Alem Paraíba in 1891. Emancipation came in 1938.

It is the birthplace of film director Humberto Mauro.

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