Timóteo (municipality)

Timóteo
Municipality
Municipality of Timóteo
Partial view of Timóteo seen from the Primavera neighborhood
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  "A Capital do Inox"
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	Minas Gerais
Founded	April 29, 1964
Area
• Total	144.381 km^2 (55.746 sq mi)
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	90,568
• Density	611.26/km^2 (1,583.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2010)	0,770 – high
Website	http://www.timoteo.mg.gov.br/

Timóteo is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, located by the Piracicaba River. The population as of 2020 was 90,568 inhabitants. The city is situated in the metropolitan area of the Steel Valley (Vale do Aço). It is the hometown of Aperam South America (old Acesita), a steel factory specialized in the production of stainless steel, now named Aperam.

The municipality contains part of the 35,970 hectares (88,900 acres) Rio Doce State Park, created in 1944, the first state-level conservation unit in Minas Gerais.^[2]

Gallery

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  Aperam South America's central headquarter
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  Sinergia Monument
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  1º de Maio (1 May) Square, in the Centro-Norte (North-Central).
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  Saint Joseph the Worker church of Acesita with the New Saint Joseph Mother Church in the background (North-Central)
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  29 de Abril (29 Abril) Square, in the Centro-Sul (South-Central).
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  Saint Sebastian Mother Church (South-Central)

See also

• List of municipalities in Minas Gerais

External links

• Official homepage

References

1. IBGE 2020
2. Parque Estadual do Rio Doce (in Portuguese), IEF: Instituto Estadual de Florestas MG, retrieved 2017-02-06

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