Vale do Rio Doce (mesoregion)

Vale do Rio Doce
Location within Minas Gerais
Location within Minas Gerais
Coordinates: 18°51′03″S 41°56′56″W / 18.85083°S 41.94889°W / -18.85083; -41.94889
Country Brazil
RegionSoutheast
State Minas Gerais
Area
 • Total
41,809.873 km2 (16,142.882 sq mi)
Population
 (2006/IBGE)
 • Total
1,588,122
Time zoneUTC-3 (BRT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2 (BRST)
Area code+55 38

Vale do Rio Doce (English: Doce River valley) is one of the twelve mesoregions of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is composed of 102 municipalities,[1] distributed across 7 microregions.

Demography

 
 
Largest cities in Vale do Rio Doce (mesoregion)|the Vale do Rio Doce mesoregion
(IBGE 2010 census)[2]
Rank Microregion Pop. Rank Microregion Pop.
1Governador ValadaresGovernador Valadares26359411InhapimCaratinga24294
2IpatingaIpatinga23917712Belo OrienteIpatinga23397
3Coronel FabricianoIpatinga10379713ItambacuriGovernador Valadares22797
4CaratingaCaratinga8532214Conselheiro PenaAimorés22232
5TimóteoIpatinga8111915IpanemaAimorés18169
6GuanhãesGuanhães3126616PeçanhaPeçanha17270
7Santana do ParaísoIpatinga2725817ResplendorAimorés17099
8MantenaMantena2711518IpabaCaratinga16692
9MutumAimorés2667219SabinópolisGuanhães15707
10AimorésAimorés2496920São João EvangelistaGuanhães15538

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios" [GDP of the Brazilian Municipalities] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2010-11-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
  2. ↑ "Censo 2010 - Minas Gerais" [2010 Census - Minas Gerais state] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2011-06-11.