Juiz de Fora
Juiz de Fora on the map of Brazil
Juiz de Fora is a city in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The city has about 516,000 inhabitants over an area of 1437 square km.
Geography
Juiz de Fora is the largest city in the south of the state of Minas Gerais. The city lies on the Rio Paraibuna, a tributary of the Rio Paraíba do Sul.
Climate
Juiz de Fora has a tropical climate. Highs in the year 27-35 ° C, the minimum temperatures are 16-23 ° C. However, there are exceptions: From June to August it can in the morning up to 12 ° C cold.
The dry season lasts three months (from June to August), the rainy season nine months (from November to May), then fall in a day up to 250 mm of precipitation or more. The December and January are the wettest months, with $ 750 mm of rainfall were measured in a month.
History
The story of Juiz de Fora goes back to the beginning of the 18th century, when various roads to transport the gold from Ouro Preto were built in the area. From 1850, the city became a center of industrialization was and was wearing the epithet Manchester Mineira ( " Manchester in Minas Gerais ").
A native of Clausthal- Zellerfeld engineer Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Halfeld (1797-1873) contributed much to the development of the city. By 1860, the slaves made up about 60% of the local population. 1899 here hydropower plant Usina de Marmelos was built. The profits from the coffee production also enabled cultural development.
Among immigrants and refugees from Germany was also Hermann Mathias Goergen, the 1950-1954 held a chair at the local university.
Traffic
In Juiz de Fora, there are 38 bus routes.
There is the Francisco Alvares de Assis Airport, which is 7 km away from the city center. From there, fly daily direct flights to São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia.
Economy
The main industrial activities are the manufacture of textiles, clothing and metal goods. Are manufactured technical products made of metal, furniture, vehicles ( inter alia by Daimler AG ), and the like.
Swell
Sons and daughters of the town
- Leandro Müller (born 1978 ), Brazilian writer
- Geraldo Majella Agnelo ( born 1933), cardinal
- Itamar Franco (1930-2011), former Brazilian President
- Rubem Fonseca ( born 1925 ), novelist and screenwriter