Viçosa, Minas Gerais
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Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian city 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...
, located in the Zona da Mata, 142 km southeast of the state capital of Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...
. As of 2004 its population is estimated to be 73,121 and the area of the municipality is 279 km². The altitude is 648 meters. It hosts the Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Universidade Federal de Viçosa - UFV - is a public federal university located in the city of Viçosa, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil...
, which is considered one of the best agricultural and technological universities in Brazil.