Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo
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Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Conceição do Mato Dentro. The estimated population in 2020 was 1,760 inhabitants.[1]
History
Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo came about with its clusters of houses occupying a space between the rough edges of an auriferous river and the slopes of small hills. The expedition that founded Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo consisted of families of Portuguese explorers Duarte and Alvarenga. The pioneers started mining gold in the lands of the Morro Grande Farm, building, on the right bank of a river, a chapel to St. Anthony and also their huts, thus forming a small village. Because it was built following the currents of water, it was named Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo. Later, it increased to a town and became a district of Conceição do Mato Dentro, on January 4, 1875. Emancipated on March 1, 1963.
Foundation
In 1695, the pioneer
Emancipation
The creation of the Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo occurred on December 30, 1962. The installation also occurred on March 1, 1963. On June 30, there were the first elections for mayor, deputy mayor and the aldermen of the City Council, being sworn in on September 3, 1963.
Geography
Located in the Doce river ("Rio Doce) basin, Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo is 190 km from
The highest point near the urban area is the Mount Cristal, with 897m of altitude. The
Within the limits of the municipality, there is the Peixe River, which cascades and waterfalls attract many tourists every year.
Administration
- Mayor: Marluce Oliveira Duarte
- Vice-mayor: Jairo Duarte Azevedo
- Speaker of the house: Antônio Andrade de Oliveira
Quarters
- Quarter Centro (Beira d'água)
- Quarter Boa Vista
- Quarter Cidade Nova
Public parks
- Avenue Manuel Oliveira Santos
- Avenue Valdir Alvarenga Quintão
- Square Alcino Quintão
- Square Joaquim Coelho de Sousa
- Streets
- Street Nelson Edson Porto
- Street Horácio Bittencourt
- Street Major Quintão
- Street Silvestre da Costa Lage
- Street Mestra Josefina Augusta dos Santos
- Street Joaquim Duarte Neto
- Street Joaquim Pereira Chaves
- Street João Paulo de Andrade
- Street Damaso de Azevedo
- Street José Camilo Rodrigues
- Street Antônio de Oliveira Quintão
- Street Dácio de Oliveira Quintão
- Street Bento Oliveira de Araújo
- Street José de Sousa Gomes
Tourism
Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo has many tourist attractions:
Waterfalls
- Cristal Falls
- Chuvisco Falls
- Bahia Falls
- Angico Falls
- Martins Leite Falls
- Limão Falls
- Ribeirão Falls
- Domingo Falls
Fluvial beaches
- Benedito Martins Leite Balneal
- Tabuleiro beach
- Vieiras beach
Natural pools
- Limão Pool
- Domingo Pool
Farms
- Barra dos Menezes Farm
- Bambus Farm
- Maracujá Farm
- Morro Grande Farm
- Engenho Farm
- Pintas Farm
- Chapada Farm
- Fonseca Farm
- Engenho Velho Farm
- São Geraldo Farm
- Claras Farm
- Sites
- Córrego das Lages site
- Bahia site
- Córrego das Chaves site
- Paraguay site
- Morro Grande site
- Barra dos Menezes site
- Quilombo site
See also
- List of municipalities in Minas Gerais