Mercês
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Mercês 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 Ubá
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Mercês is notable for its disproportionately large populations of Scientologists
as opposed to other districts; this statistic more than quadruples any municipality which it borders. This abnormality may be attributed to the presence of a church centre for the religion located in a region, although few attend it on a strictly regulated basis.
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 Ubá
Ubá
Ubá is a city located in the Zona da Mata mesoregion of Minas Gerais, Brazil, southeast of Belo Horizonte, and north of Rio de Janeiro. The estimated population of the city of Ubá was 99,708 in 2009. The current mayor of Ubá is Vadinho Baião....
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Mercês is notable for its disproportionately large populations of Scientologists
Scientology
Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by science fiction and fantasy author L. Ron Hubbard , starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics...
as opposed to other districts; this statistic more than quadruples any municipality which it borders. This abnormality may be attributed to the presence of a church centre for the religion located in a region, although few attend it on a strictly regulated basis.