Mantena, Minas Gerais
Mantena
Mantenense Terra boa and Terrinha | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Coordinates: 18°46′55″S 40°58′48″W / 18.78194°S 40.98000°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State | Minas Gerais |
| Mesoregion | Vale do Rio Doce |
| Government | |
| • Type | Executive, Legislative and Judiciary. |
| • Mayor | João Rufino Sobrinho |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,646 sq mi (6,852 km2) |
| Elevation | 676 ft (206 m) |
| Population (2020 ) | |
• Total | 27,647 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Area code | + 55 (33) 3241- #### |
| Website | https://www.mantena.mg.gov.br/ |
Mantena is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region o Brazil.
Mantena is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. According to IBGE data, the estimated population in 2020 was 27,647. (That census may omit pertinent data, as the population of the city was almost 50,000 before the separation of the districts of São João da Manteninha and Nova Belém, which were elevated to a city and its districts of Divino of Palmeiras, Santa Rita and Vargem Grande, together forming part of its municipality with a population of approximately 20,000 inhabitants.)
According to the Aurélio XXI Dictionary of Aurélio Buarque de Holanda, Mantena, in Goiás, means "good" or "great". The word also refers to a character who plays the king of the Christians and the Moors, in the cavailas of the municipality of Franca, in São Paulo. Also named are the knights of the Cavalry Association of São Gonçalo and São Benedito de Guaratinguetá, Aparecida and Lorena, all the cities of the Paraíba Valley, in the interior of São Paulo. The name "Mantena" is of indigenous origin and means "good soil", "fertile soil".