Caxambu
Caxambu is a Brazilian municipality in Minas Gerais. Its population in 2021 was estimated at 21,566.
Caxambu | |
|---|---|
| Municipality of Caxambu | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Cidade das Águas | |
| Motto(s): Medicina entre flores "Medicine among flowers" | |
 Location in Minas Gerais | |
| Coordinates: 21°58′37″S 44°55′58″W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State |  Minas Gerais |
| Founded | 16 September 1901 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Diogo Curi Hauegen (PSDB) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 100.203 km2 (38.689 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 895 m (2,936 ft) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 21,566 |
| Demonym | caxambuense |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| HDI (2010) | 0.743 – high[3] |
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Caxambu is renowned for its spa which has twelve sources of mineral sparkling water flowing 24 hours a day and a cold-water geyser.[4]
Mineral waters
References
- "Área territorial oficial". Resolução da Presidência do IBGE de n° 5 (R.PR-5/02). 10 October 2002. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- "IBGE Caxambu". IBGE. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - Bonotto, Daniel Marcos (2016). "Hydrogeochemical study of spas groundwaters from southeast Brazil". Journal of Geochemical Exploration. Elsevier BV. 169: 60–72. doi:10.1016/j.gexplo.2016.07.016. hdl:11449/173240.
External links
Caxambu travel guide from Wikivoyage
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