Carmópolis de Minas is amunicipality in theBrazilianstate ofMinas Gerais.[1] As of 2020, the estimated population was 19,559.[2]
The municipality is named "Carmópolis" (City of Carmel) after its patronOur Lady of Carmel.
Theindigenous inhabitants of the region were theCarijós,Goianazes andCataguás. Around 1700, the region was first visited by white,bandeirantes paulistas and Portuguese. They moved through the area, leaving some white settlers in charge of farming, to ensure food supply on their return. In 1807, construction began of the Church, by Father Dominic da Costa Guimarães. The town slowly developed, and in 1862 became the village ofOliveira, which it remained until 1948, when it was named Carmópolis de Minas.
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