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Manhuaçu
Manhuaçu is a municipality in Eastern Minas Gerais state, in Brazil. Its population was 86,844 (2015) and its area is 628 km². Located 260 km from the state capital of Belo Horizonte, it is near the important road junction of BR 262 (Belo Horizonte-Vitória) and BR 116 (Rio-Bahia). The total area of the municipality is 629 km² and it lies at an elevation of 635 m in the foothills of the Serra da Chabata or Caparaó, which form the boundary between the states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo.
Altitude
- maximum: 1,760 m at Serra Pedra Dourada
- minimum: 561 m at Foz do Rio São Mateu
Temperature
- annual average: 22.7 °C
- average annual maximum: 27.5 °C
- average annual minimum: 16.6 °C
- annual rainfall average: 1,827 mm
The main rivers are the Ribeirão do Manhuaçuzinho and the Manhuaçu River, which are tributaries of the Doce River.
Distances: 270 km to Belo Horizonte/MG and 230 km to Vitória/ES.