Carmo do Rio Claro | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname: Carmo | |
| Motto: Fluctuat, nec mergitur | |
 Location in SouthwestMinas Gerais | |
  Carmo do Rio Claro | |
| Coordinates:20°58′23″S46°07′08″W / 20.97306°S 46.11889°W /-20.97306; -46.11889 | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State | Minas Gerais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Maria Aparecida Vilela |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,064.790 km2 (411.118 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 785 m (2,575 ft) |
| Population (2020[1]) | |
• Total | 21,268 |
| • Density | 20.1/km2 (52/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Website | www.carmodorioclaro.mg.gov.br |
Carmo do Rio Claro is amunicipality located in the south-west ofMinas Gerais state,Brazil. The distance to the state capital,Belo Horizonte is 374 km.
The characteristic vegetation of the municipality iscerrado but there is still some gallery forest along the rivers.
The climate of the municipality is classified as subtropical mesothermic, characterized by dry winters and wet summers. The average temperature in winter is approximately 16 °C and the average of the hottest month is about 27 °C. The period between December and February is the rainiest. The driest months are from April to September.
Carmo do Rio Claro is watered by theFurnas Dam. Local economy is driven byagriculture,tourism andhandcraft.
Largely known by its handcraft in handloom and its production of handcrafted candy.
Carmo do Rio Claro is part of theGuaxupé diocese.
It is believed that the initial core of the town occurred during theBandeiras withJosé Barbosa de Arruda andDomingos Ferreira de Avelar, reminiscents of theLourenço Castanho bandeira's, known for having expulsed the nativesCataguases from the region of Tamanduá (Itapecerica).
Initially with the help of locals,José Joaquim Santana, built in his lands a small chapel in the place where today is the main church Igreja Matriz de Carmo do Rio Claro. The freguesia de Nossa Senhora do Carmo do Monte do Rio Claro was created in 1810, in the lands inside the Princess Campaign area, to be later, 1814, included to theJacuí municipality.
The fertility of its lands propitiated the development of great farms, economic basis of the town, which in 1848 started to be part ofPassos.
The emancipation happened in 1875.