Formiga

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This article is about the Brazilian city. For the Brazilian football player, see Miraildes Maciel Mota.
Formiga
Location in Brazil
Location in Brazil
Formiga (Brazil )
Formiga
Formiga
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 20°27′41.3″S 45°25′56.3″W / -20.461472, -45.432306
Country Brazil
Region Southeast
State Minas Gerais
Government
 - Mayor Aluísio Veloso da Cunha
Area
 - Total 1,502 km² (579.9 sq mi)
Elevation 785 m (2,575 ft)
Population (2006)[1]
 - Total 64,592 (Censos 2,007)
Time zone UTC-3 (UTC-3)
 - Summer (DST) UTC-2 (UTC-2)

Formiga is a medium city and municipality in central-west Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The population of the municipality (urban and rural) in 2007 is 90,940. The area of the municipality is 1,504 km² and the minimum elevation is 785.

Average annual temperature: 21.3 C Maximum annual temperature: 26.2 C Minimum annual temperature: 15.1 C

Average annual rainfall index: 1.400 mm

Main rivers: Rio Formiga, Rio Mata-Cavalo, Rio Pouso Alegre and Furnas Reservoir. Formiga is located in the Grande River basin.

The economy of Formiga is based on light industry, mainly clothing and furniture. In recent years, due to the proximity of the Furnas reservoir tourism has grown substantially. Furnas is an artificial lake fed by the Rio Grande and Sapucaí rivers and has an area of more than 1,400 km². It is so big--the largest in Brazil when it was built in the 1960s--that it is called the Sea of Mina Gerais.

Formiga has one university--the Centro Universitário de Formiga [1], offering 17 majors.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Estimativas das Populações Residentes, em 01.07.2006, Segundo os Municípios (in Portuguese). IBGE. Retrieved on 2006-09-01.