Alto Jequitibá is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...

. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Zona da Mata and to the microregion of Manhuaçu.

Geography

Settled in the highplanes among offshots from the Pico da Bandeira

Pico da Bandeira

Pico da Bandeira is the third highest mountain in Brazil, situated near the border of Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais. It is the highest point in both states as well. It was historically considered the highest mountain in Brazil until the 1950s, when the Pico da Neblina was explored and measured...

, the third highest mountain of Brazil nearing 3,000 meters, in the Ocidental side of the Caparaó

Caparaó

Caparaó is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Zona da Mata and to the microregion of Manhuaçu. The elevation of the city is 843m. -See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais...

 range of mountains. It's in the Brazil's Southeast in the bush's zone.

Demographics

Alto Jequitibá is one of the few mainly Protestant cities of Minas Gerais, mainly Presbyterian.

External links

Information and pictures about the city