Leopoldina is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020^[update], it has a population of 52,640.

Leopoldina
Municipality
Cathedral of St. Sebastian
Flag Coat of arms
Location of the municipality in Minas Gerais
Coordinates: 21°31′55″S 42°38′34″W
Country	Brazil
State	Minas Gerais
Mesoregion	Zona da Mata
Microregion	Cataguases
Founded	April 27, 1854
Government
• Prefect	José Roberto
Area
• Total	942.74 km2 (363.99 sq mi)
Elevation	225 m (738 ft)
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	52,640
• Density	56/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Website	http://www.leopoldina.mg.gov.br/

It is situated in the southeastern Zona da Mata mesoregion of the state.

The municipality contains the 368.7 hectares (911 acres) Lapinha Biological Reserve, a strictly-protected area of Atlantic Forest.[2]

Leopoldina was the site of a wave of immigration of Jews, mostly from Eastern Europe, in the 1920s and 1930s, as detailed in a book Jews of Leopoldina, published in 2007 by the Jewish Museum of Rio de Janeiro.[3]

The city is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leopoldina.

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[ru] Леополдина (Минас-Жерайс)