Bicas | |
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 View of Bicas | |
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 Location inBrazil | |
  Bicas | |
| Coordinates:21°43′30″S43°03′32″W / 21.72500°S 43.05889°W /-21.72500; -43.05889 | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State | Minas Gerais |
| Mesoregion | Zona da Mata |
| Microregion | Juiz de Fora |
| Founded | September 7th, 1923 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Geraldo Magela Longo dos Santos |
| Area | |
• Total | 139,538 km2 (53,876 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 600.0 m (1,968.5 ft) |
| Population (2020[2]) | |
• Total | 14,554 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| HDI (2000) | 0.799 |
| Website | Bicas, Minas Gerais |
Bicas is a Brazilianmunicipality in the state ofMinas Gerais. As of 2020[update] its population is estimated to be 14,554inhabitants.
Originally, a stopping point for salesmen in the 18th century, Bicas gained its independence from the city ofGuarará in 1923. It served as a destination for Italian immigrants and other nationalities.
Until the 1970s, Bicas had a full-working train station and an activeRFFSA (the extinct state railroad company) branch for repairing wagons. The entire structure was dismantled and today the train station exists only as a historic site. Currently, Bicas has an economy based on commerce, agriculture and farming.
Annual Farming Expositions, with bull-riding and rodeos, cattle commerce and local products - typically in the last week of July of every year - are a tradition of several cities inZona da Mata, and the Farming Exposition of Bicas is one of the most famous, attracting thousands of tourists from several parts of the country.
