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Barbacena is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. As of 2020, the municipality had 138,204 inhabitants. The total area of the municipality is 788 km² (304 sq mi).

Barbacena
Municipality
Municipality of Barbacena
Basílica de São José Operário
Flag Seal
Nickname:  "BQ"
Location in Minas Gerais
Coordinates: 21°13′S 43°46′W
Country	Brazil
State	Minas Gerais
Region	Southeast
Intermediate Region	Barbacena
Immediate Region	Barbacena
Founded	1791
Government
• Mayor	Carlos Augusto Soares do Nascimento (MDB)
Area
• Total	759.19 km2 (293.12 sq mi)
Elevation	1,160 m (3,810 ft)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	138,204
• Density	158/km2 (410/sq mi)
Demonym	Barbacenense
Time zone	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (UTC-2)
Postal code	36200
Area code	(+55) 32
HDI (2010)	0.769 – high[2]
Website	www.barbacena.mg.gov.br

It is in the foothills of the Serra da Mantiqueira south of the state capital Belo Horizonte at an elevation of 1,136 m (3,727 ft), making it one of the ten highest cities in Brazil. Located on the important BR-040 highway (also called Rodovia JK), which links Brasília to Rio de Janeiro, it is 165 km (103 mi) from the state capital and 97 km (60 mi) Juiz de Fora.

Barbacena has a humid tropical climate with cool summers due to the elevation. Summer averages are 24 °C (75 °F) and winter averages 13 °C (55 °F). The cool climate and abundant rainfall have made Barbacena a center for flower production — the city is the biggest producer of flowers in Minas Gerais, and is nicknamed "City of Roses". Cattle raising and the dairy industry are quite developed and the city is a big producer of milk products; there are also several small textile factories.

Barbacena is also the home of the Preparatory School of Air Cadets (the sixteenth best high school of the country,[3] which belongs to the Brazilian Air Force) and of a Medical School, Faculdade de Medicina de Barbacena (Faculty of Medicine of Barbacena). The city is also famous for the Hospital Colônia de Barbacena, a mental hospital founded in 1903, which was known for its abusive treatment of patients.[4] According to sources, 70% of the patients did not have mental illness,[4] and allegedly 60,000 people died in the hospital.[4] It ceased operations in the mid-1980s. It has been compared to a Nazi concentration camp.[4]

Barbacena was the birthplace of the human rights activist and lawyer Heráclito Fontoura Sobral Pinto.

Barbacena was a station on the Estrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas, a narrow gauge railway.

Geography

According to the modern (2017) geographic classification by Brazil's National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the municipality belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region of Barbacena, in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena.[5]

History

Barbacena was founded on 14 August 1791.

In the 19th century, Barbacena was a principal distribution center for the mining districts of Minas Gerais, but this distinction was lost when the railways were extended beyond that point.[6]

Sister cities

Barbacena has one sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International:

• Burlington, Iowa, USA

In popular culture

Literature

• Quincas Borba, by Machado de Assis.

References

На других языках

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[de] Barbacena

Barbacena, amtlich Município de Barbacena, ist eine Stadt im brasilianischen Bundesstaat Minas Gerais, die 1791 als Vila de Barbacena gegründet wurde.[1]

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- [en] Barbacena

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[ru] Барбасена

Барбасена (порт. Barbacena) — муниципалитет в Бразилии, входит в штат Минас-Жерайс. Составная часть мезорегиона Кампу-дас-Вертентис. Входит в экономико-статистический микрорегион Барбасена. Население составляет 124 601 человек на 2006 год. Занимает площадь 788,001 км². Плотность населения — 158,1 чел./км².

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