Founded April 27, 1854 Elevation 225 m Population 51,136 (2010) | Microregion Cataguases Time zone BRST (UTC−3) Area 942.7 km² Local time Wednesday 1:03 PM | |
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Weather 29°C, Wind E at 13 km/h, 58% Humidity Points of interest Parque Aquático ACQUA F, St Sebastian Cathedral, Cachoeira Poeira Dagua | ||
Leopoldina is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2010, it has a population of 51,136.
Map of Leopoldina - State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
It is situated in the southeastern Zona da Mata mesoregion of the state.
The municipality contains the 368.7 hectares (911 acres) Lapinha Biological Reserve, a strictly-protected area of Atlantic Forest.
Leopoldina was the site of a wave of immigration of Jews, mostly from Eastern Europe, in the 1920s and 1930s, as detailed in a book Jews of Leopoldina, published in 2007 by the Jewish Museum of Rio de Janeiro.
The city is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leopoldina.
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