Leopoldina, Minas Gerais

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Leopoldina
—  Municipality  —
Flag of Leopoldina
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Coat of arms of Leopoldina
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Location of the municipality in Minas Gerais
Location of the municipality in Minas Gerais
Coordinates: 21°31′55″S 42°38′34″W / -21.53194, -42.64278
Country Brazil
State Minas Gerais
Mesoregion Zona da Mata
Microregion Catagueses
Founded April 27, 1854
Area
 - Total 942.74 km² (364 sq mi)
Elevation 225 m (738 ft)
Population (2006)
 - Total 52,798
 - Density 56/km² (145.1/sq mi)
Time zone BRST (UTC−3)
 - Summer (DST) BRDT (UTC−2)

Leopoldina is a municipality of 53,000 in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.

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

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. [1]

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

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Dateline World Jewry", April 2007, World Jewish Congress

Coordinates: 21°31′55″S, 42°38′34″W