Santa Rita do Sapucaí

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[edit] History

Santa Rita do Sapucaí is a small town in the southern region of Minas Gerais state (MG) in Brazil. Traditionally, the founding date of Santa Rita is considered to be 1825-05-22, when the first mass was held in the chapel built on orders by Dona Genoveva Maria Martins da Fonseca, honoring a promise made by her late husband Manoel Jose da Fonseca. The Fonseca family arrived in the region in the early 1800's and is considered the founding family of Santa Rita.

[edit] Location

Santa Rita is located in a privileged site, a few hundred kilometers away from the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, in one of Minas Gerais' richest regions.

[edit] Economy

Although located in a rich coffee-growing region, Santa Rita is known for its high technology industries, being home to one of Brazil's foremost electronic, telecommunications and computer engineering colleges, INATEL - Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações, founded in 1965.

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