The Rodovia Fernão Dias (official designation BR-381) is a federal highway

Highway

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 which runs in the Brazil

Brazil

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ian states of São Paulo

São Paulo (state)

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 and southern region of Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais

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. In Atibaia, the Fernão Dias highway intersects the Dom Pedro I highway

Rodovia Dom Pedro I

Rodovia Dom Pedro I is a highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.One of the best built and most scenic highways in the country, it interconnects the Anhangüera and the Presidente Dutra highways, serving the major cities of Campinas, Atibaia, Jacareí and São José dos Campos...

, which runs from Campinas

Campinas

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 to Jacareí

Jacareí

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.

The highway is thus named in honour of Fernão Dias Paes Leme, a Brazilian explorer and "bandeirante

Bandeirantes

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" of the 17th century. It is 1,029 km long.

São Paulo

• São Paulo
• Guarulhos
  Guarulhos
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• Mairiporã
  Mairiporã
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• Atibaia
  Atibaia
  Atibaia is a Brazilian city located in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The name is derived from an indigenous language called Tupi, and means "healthy water river". Its name has changed over time, from the primitive Tupi word Tybaia, to Thibaia, Atubaia, Thibaya, and finally the city's modern...
  
  

• Bragança Paulista
  Bragança Paulista
  Bragança Paulista is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2005 is 139.740 and the area is 489 km². The elevation is 817 m....
  
  
• Vargem
  Vargem
  Vargem is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 was 7,985 and the area is 142.96 km². The elevation is 845 m....
  
  
• Extrema
  Extrema
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Minas Gerais

• Belo Horizonte
  Belo Horizonte
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• Betim
  Betim
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• Camanducaia
  Camanducaia
  Camanducaia is the southernmost municipality in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Inhabited by 20,212 in 2008....
  
  
• Carmo da Cachoeira
  Carmo da Cachoeira
  Carmo da Cachoeira is a Brazilian municipality in the south of the state of Minas Gerais. In 2007 its estimated population was 11,656 in a total area of 506 km². The elevation is 959 meters....
  
  
• Contagem
  Contagem
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• Igarapé
  Igarapé
  Igarapé is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte.-See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais...
  
  
• Itapeva
  Itapeva
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• Nepomuceno
  Nepomuceno
  Nepomuceno is a Brazilian municipality located in the south of the state of Minas Gerais. The population in 2007 was 24,430 in a total area of 584 km². The maximum elevation is 1,100 mts and the minimum is 850 mts with the municipal seat lying at an elevation ofThe city belongs to the IBGE...
  
  
• Oliveira
  Oliveira, Minas Gerais
  Oliveira is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. It is located at latitude 20º41'47" south and longitude 44º49'38" west, at an altitude of 982 metres. Its estimated population was 40,400 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Pouso Alegre
  Pouso Alegre
  Pouso Alegre is a city and municipality in southern region of Minas Gerais state, Brazil with a population of 127.974 of which 97.756 were urban and 9.020 were rural. The literacy rate is 94.2%. The area of the municipality is 541 km²...
  
  
• Santo Antônio do Amparo
  Santo Antônio do Amparo
  Santo Antônio do Amparo is a city in the southwestern part of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It has 17,318 inhabitants and the area is 49.1 km²...
  
  
• São Joaquim de Bicas
  São Joaquim de Bicas
  São Joaquim de Bicas is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte.-See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais...
  
  
• Três Corações
  Três Corações
  Três Corações is a city in the south of Minas Gerais state in Brazil. Founded in 1760, the city has a population of about 70,000 and covers 826.0 km². The elevation is 864 m and the postal code is 37410-000...
  
  
• Vale do Aço (Metropolitan area
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  )

Minas Gerais

• Km 902 - Cambuí
  Cambuí
  Cambuí is a town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil.-References:...
  
  
• Km 804 - São Gonçalo do Sapucaí
  São Gonçalo do Sapucaí
  São Gonçalo do Sapucaí is a town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil.-References:...
  
  
• Km 733 - Carmo da Cachoeira
  Carmo da Cachoeira
  Carmo da Cachoeira is a Brazilian municipality in the south of the state of Minas Gerais. In 2007 its estimated population was 11,656 in a total area of 506 km². The elevation is 959 meters....
  
  
• Km 659 - Santo Antonio do Amparo
  Santo Antônio do Amparo
  Santo Antônio do Amparo is a city in the southwestern part of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It has 17,318 inhabitants and the area is 49.1 km²...
  
  
• Km 596 - Carmópolis of Mines
• Km 546 - Itatiaiaçu

Note: All squares are bidirectional.

External links

• BR-381. Ministry of Transportation.