Conquista, Minas Gerais

Conquista
Municipality
Panorama of Conquista seen from Cristo Redentor Park
Conquista seen from Cristo Redentor Park
Flag of Conquista
Flag
Coat of arms of Conquista
Coat of arms
Map showing the location of Conquista in Minas Gerais
Location in Minas Gerais
Map showing the location of Conquista in Brazil
Map showing the location of Conquista in Brazil
Conquista
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 19°56′13″S 47°32′31″W / 19.93694°S 47.54194°W / -19.93694; -47.54194[1]
CountryBrazil
RegionSoutheast
StateMinas Gerais
Intermediate regionUberaba
Immediate regionUberaba[2]
Municipality created30 August 1911[3]
Installed1 June 1912[4]
City status10 September 1925[5]
DistrictsConquista, Guaxima, Jubaí[4]
Government
[6][7]
 • MayorBráulio Queiroga de Moura Filho (2025–2028) (MDB)
Area
[8]
 • Total
618.363 km2 (238.751 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[8]
 • Total
6,694
 • Estimate 
(2025)[9]
6,878
 • Density10.83/km2 (28.04/sq mi)
Demonymconquistense
Socioeconomic indicators
[8]
 • HDI (2010)0.729
 • GDP per capita (2023)R$100,331.51
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Postal code
38195-000[10]
Area code34[10]
Websitewww.conquista.mg.gov.br

Conquista is a municipality in the Triângulo Mineiro of western Minas Gerais, Brazil. It belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region of Uberaba and the Intermediate Geographic Region of Uberaba.[2] The municipality covers 618.363 km2 (238.751 sq mi). Its population was 6,694 in the 2022 census and was estimated at 6,878 in 2025.[8][9]

The settlement grew near Fazenda da Conquista as workers arrived to build the Mogiana Railway during the late nineteenth century.[4] Conquista was separated from Sacramento in 1911 and installed as a municipality in 1912.[3][4] It consists of the districts of Conquista, Guaxima, and Jubaí.[4] Television writer Janete Clair was born in Conquista.[11]

History

An expedition from Desemboque crossed the area in 1803, after which the surveyed land was divided into sesmarias. Domingos Vilela de Andrade established Fazenda da Conquista. The property of Manuel Bernardes Nazianzeno da Silveira became a stopping place on the route to Porto da Ponte Alta, where merchants moved goods between Minas Gerais, Goiás, and Mato Grosso.[4]

Francisco Meireles do Carmo opened a store around 1888 to supply crews building the Mogiana Railway. Other workers arrived for railway construction and the extraction of latex from mangabeira trees. Crispiniano Tavares prepared a street plan for the settlement in 1894.[4][12]

Municipal laws created the district of Conquista in 1892 and 1901. It was installed in May 1906 as part of Sacramento.[4] State Law No. 556 separated Conquista from Sacramento and created a municipality on 30 August 1911. The municipality was installed on 1 June 1912.[3][4]

The municipality initially consisted of Conquista and São Francisco da Ponte Alta, which later took the name Jubaí. State Law No. 843 created the district of Guaxima in 1923.[13] The seat of Conquista received city status on 10 September 1925.[5]

Geography

Conquista covers 618.363 km2 (238.751 sq mi) along the boundary between Minas Gerais and São Paulo.[8] It borders Uberaba, Delta, and Sacramento in Minas Gerais, and Igarapava and Rifaina in São Paulo.[1]

The Grande River forms much of the southern boundary. Conquista belongs to the hydrographic basin of the Minas Gerais tributaries of the lower Grande River, known as GD8.[1][14]

The municipality is divided into the districts of Conquista, Guaxima, and Jubaí.[4][1]

Economy

Family farms supply fruit, vegetables, and dairy products to the municipal school meal program through direct public purchases.[10]

Sugarcane processing operated at an industrial complex at Fazenda Ilha Grande. Delta Sucroenergia leased the Conquista de Minas unit in 2011. The unit left the company group in 2024.[15]

The municipality's GDP per capita was R$100,331.51 in 2023.[8]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Conquista: mapa municipal [Conquista: municipal map] (PDF) (Map) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 As regiões geográficas intermediárias e imediatas: regiões e municípios [Intermediate and immediate geographic regions: regions and municipalities] (PDF) (Report) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Center for Studies, Research and Socioeconomic Projects, Federal University of Uberlândia. 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "Lei nº 556, de 30 de agosto de 1911" [Law No. 556 of 30 August 1911] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais. 30 August 1911. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Conquista". IBGE Library (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Lei nº 893, de 10 de setembro de 1925" [Law No. 893 of 10 September 1925] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais. 10 September 1925. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  6. ↑ Homologação do resultado final do Processo Seletivo Simplificado nº 004/2026 [Approval of the final result of Simplified Selection Process No. 004/2026] (PDF) (Report) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Municipality of Conquista. 10 June 2026. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Braulinho 15, prefeito eleito de Conquista em 2024" [Braulinho 15, mayor elected in Conquista in 2024]. O Tempo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Conquista". Cidades e Estados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  9. 1 2 Estimativas da população residente no Brasil e unidades da federação com data de referência em 1 de julho de 2025 [Estimates of the resident population of Brazil and its federative units as of 1 July 2025] (PDF) (Report) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  10. 1 2 3 Edital de Chamamento Público nº 001/2025 [Public call notice No. 001/2025] (PDF) (Report) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Municipality of Conquista. 13 March 2025. p. 1. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  11. 1 2 "Janete Clair" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Memória Globo. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "História" [History] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Municipality of Conquista. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Lei nº 843, de 7 de setembro de 1923" [Law No. 843 of 7 September 1923] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais. 7 September 1923. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "GD8: Sobre a bacia" [GD8: About the basin] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Minas Gerais Institute of Water Management. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "Nossa história" [Our history] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Delta Sucroenergia. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
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  • Municipal Chamber of Conquista (in Portuguese)
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