Itajubá

Itajubá on the map of Minas Gerais

Itajubá is a Brazilian city and municipality in the south of Minas Gerais. The city has about 90,000 inhabitants, in the surrounding area of the microregion of the same name there are other cities like Piranguinho, the capital of the Pé -de- Moleque.

Is characterized among other things by the University Itajubá UNIFEI. In the countryside, many mountains of the Serra da Mantiqueira are, which always attract hikers, as well as an observatory. The coat of arms shows a symbolic crossing point between the cities of millions Belo Horizonte in the north, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo in the southeast to the southwest.

The city was founded in 1819 by Padre Lourenço da Costa Moreira. Even today, the hotel is named after the Coroados Indians then resident. However, the name Itajubá comes from the language of the Tupi, itaîuba in its original form, translated from the height down falling river of stones ( waterfall ).

In addition to the emergence of today center around the church founders and the many typical single-storey houses and high-rise buildings have been built in recent years. Also the center Tecnópolis was created for newly founded companies. Companies in the fields of electrical engineering, helicopter construction and steel structure are located in the city.

  • Location in Minas Gerais
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