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Vale do Rio Doce (mesoregion)

Coordinates: 18°51′03″S 41°56′56″W / 18.85083°S 41.94889°W / -18.85083; -41.94889
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Vale do Rio Doce
Location within Minas Gerais
Location within Minas Gerais
Coordinates: 18°51′03″S 41°56′56″W / 18.85083°S 41.94889°W / -18.85083; -41.94889
Country Brazil
RegionSoutheast
State Minas Gerais
Area
 • Total41,809.873 km2 (16,142.882 sq mi)
Population
 (2006/IBGE)
 • Total1,588,122
Time zoneUTC-3 (BRT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2 (BRST)
Area code+55 38

Vale do Rio Doce (English: Doce River valley) is one of the twelve mesoregions of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is composed of 102 municipalities,[1] distributed across 7 microregions.

Demography

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Largest cities in Vale do Rio Doce (mesoregion)|the Vale do Rio Doce mesoregion
(IBGE 2010 census)[2]
Rank Microregion Pop. Rank Microregion Pop.
Governador Valadares
Governador Valadares
Ipatinga
Ipatinga
1 Governador Valadares Governador Valadares 263594 11 Inhapim Caratinga 24294 Coronel Fabriciano
Coronel Fabriciano
Caratinga
Caratinga
2 Ipatinga Ipatinga 239177 12 Belo Oriente Ipatinga 23397
3 Coronel Fabriciano Ipatinga 103797 13 Itambacuri Governador Valadares 22797
4 Caratinga Caratinga 85322 14 Conselheiro Pena Aimorés 22232
5 Timóteo Ipatinga 81119 15 Ipanema Aimorés 18169
6 Guanhães Guanhães 31266 16 Peçanha Peçanha 17270
7 Santana do Paraíso Ipatinga 27258 17 Resplendor Aimorés 17099
8 Mantena Mantena 27115 18 Ipaba Caratinga 16692
9 Mutum Aimorés 26672 19 Sabinópolis Guanhães 15707
10 Aimorés Aimorés 24969 20 São João Evangelista Guanhães 15538

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios" [GDP of the Brazilian Municipalities] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2010-11-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
  2. ^ "Censo 2010 - Minas Gerais" [2010 Census - Minas Gerais state] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2011-06-11.