Ijaci

{{Short description|Town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil}}

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Ijaci is a Brazilian municipality located in the south of the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Lavras. The population in 2020 was 6,610 in a total area of 105 km².[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/mg/ijaci/panorama IBGE 2020] The regional center, Lavras lies at a distance of 14 kilometers and is connected by paved highway MG-335.

The main economic activities are milk production and agriculture.coffee, corn, and manioc are grown.

Geography

According to IBGE (2017), the municipality is in the Immediate Geographic Region of Lavras, in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Varginha.{{Cite web |title=Divisões Regionais do Brasil {{!}} IBGE |url=https://www.ibge.gov.br/geociencias/cartas-e-mapas/redes-geograficas/15778-divisoes-regionais-do-brasil.html |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=www.ibge.gov.br}}

= Ecclesiastical circumscription =

The municipality is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del-Rei.{{Cite web |last=Silveira |first=Lucas |title=Diocese ganha novo mapa territorial após criação de novas foranias |url=https://diocesedesaojoaodelrei.com.br/diocese-ganha-novo-mapa-territorial-apos-criacao-de-novas-foranias/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Diocese de São João del Rei}}

See also

References

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Category:Municipalities in Minas Gerais