Lavras | |
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| Municipality of Lavras | |
  _-_panoramio.jpg) _-_panoramio.jpg)  From the top, from left to right:Saint Anne Parish Church of Lavras, Dr. Augusto Silva Square, Abraham Kasinski Municipal Forest Park,Federal University of Lavras (UFLA) andOur Lady of the Rosary Church. | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Etymology: Mining and tillage | |
| Nickname: Cidade dos Ipês e das Escolas ("City of theIpês and Schools") | |
| Anthem:Hino do município de Lavras | |
 Location of Lavras | |
| Coordinates:21°14′42″S45°00′00″W / 21.24500°S 45.00000°W /-21.24500; -45.00000 | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State |  Minas Gerais |
| Mesoregion | Campo das Vertentes |
| Founded | 1729 |
| Town rights | 1831 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jussara Menicucci de Oliveira (PSD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 564.495 km2 (217.953 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 919 m (3,015 ft) |
| Population (2022 est.)[1] | |
• Total | 104,761 |
| • Density | 185.584/km2 (480.659/sq mi) |
| Demonym | lavrense |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Postal Code | 37200-000 |
| Area code | (+55) 35 |
| Website | lavras |
Lavras is amunicipality in southernMinas Gerais state, Brazil. Located at an altitude of 919 m, it has a population of 104,761 inhabitants (2022).[1] The area of the municipality is 564.495 km2. The average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and the average annual rainfall is 1,511 millimetres.
Located in the Green Valley and Waterfalls tourist circuit, it is also near the Waters circuit – a series of spas in the state ofSão Paulo andMinas Gerais — and theInconfidentes Trail circuit – a historical region of Minas. Lavras is connected byhighway to the state capital,Belo Horizonte (237 km), toSão Paulo (379 km), andRio de Janeiro (423 km).[2]
According toIBGE (2017), the municipality belongs to theImmediate Geographic Region of Lavras and theIntermediate Geographic Region of Varginha.[3]
The municipality is part of theRoman Catholic Diocese of São João del-Rei.[4]
Lavras has ahumid subtropical climate (Köppen:Cwa) characterized by rainy summers and warm, dry winters.
| Climate data for Lavras (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.0 (84.2) | 29.5 (85.1) | 28.8 (83.8) | 27.8 (82.0) | 25.3 (77.5) | 24.6 (76.3) | 25.0 (77.0) | 26.8 (80.2) | 28.1 (82.6) | 28.8 (83.8) | 28.0 (82.4) | 28.6 (83.5) | 27.5 (81.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 22.8 (73.0) | 23.0 (73.4) | 22.4 (72.3) | 21.1 (70.0) | 18.3 (64.9) | 17.2 (63.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 18.7 (65.7) | 20.5 (68.9) | 21.9 (71.4) | 21.8 (71.2) | 22.5 (72.5) | 20.6 (69.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.6 (65.5) | 18.4 (65.1) | 18.0 (64.4) | 16.5 (61.7) | 13.6 (56.5) | 12.1 (53.8) | 11.5 (52.7) | 12.4 (54.3) | 14.6 (58.3) | 16.7 (62.1) | 17.4 (63.3) | 18.3 (64.9) | 15.7 (60.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 292.4 (11.51) | 178.2 (7.02) | 162.2 (6.39) | 54.6 (2.15) | 43.3 (1.70) | 19.8 (0.78) | 9.5 (0.37) | 15.1 (0.59) | 55.1 (2.17) | 101.0 (3.98) | 192.4 (7.57) | 259.8 (10.23) | 1,383.4 (54.46) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 16.6 | 11.6 | 11.9 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 8.7 | 13.4 | 17.2 | 99.2 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 76.4 | 74.5 | 76.2 | 73.4 | 73.9 | 72.5 | 66.9 | 60.5 | 61.3 | 66.2 | 73.7 | 76.7 | 71.0 |
| Averagedew point °C (°F) | 19.1 (66.4) | 19.0 (66.2) | 18.7 (65.7) | 17.2 (63.0) | 14.7 (58.5) | 13.4 (56.1) | 12.3 (54.1) | 12.2 (54.0) | 13.8 (56.8) | 16.1 (61.0) | 17.5 (63.5) | 18.9 (66.0) | 16.1 (61.0) |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 181.6 | 192.3 | 197.6 | 222.5 | 211.9 | 214.6 | 237.3 | 252.6 | 219.1 | 206.9 | 177.9 | 174.2 | 2,488.5 |
| Source:NOAA[5] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1760 | 1,000 | — |
| 1813 | 10,612 | +4.56% |
| 1834 | 11,322 | +0.31% |
| 1854 | 14,203[6] | +1.14% |
| 1864 | 18,709 | +2.79% |
| 1872 | 31,813[7] | +6.86% |
| 1890 | 24,756 | −1.38% |
| 1900 | 38,685 | +4.56% |
| 1920 | 42,859[8] | +0.51% |
| 1940 | 42,187[9] | −0.08% |
| 1950 | 27,364[10] | −4.24% |
| 1960 | 37,262 | +3.14% |
| 1970 | 44,449[11] | +1.78% |
| 1980 | 52,710 | +1.72% |
| 1991 | 65,893 | +2.05% |
| 2000 | 78,772 | +2.00% |
| 2010 | 92,171 | +1.58% |
| 2022 | 104,761 | +1.07% |
The settlements on theCampos de Sant'Ana das Lavras do Funil dated from the first half of the 18th century, founded in 1729.[12] The first inhabitants were thePaulista family of Francisco Bueno da Fonseca (c. 1670–1752), leader of a revolt against aPortuguese judge in São Paulo in 1712.[13] Bueno da Fonseca, his sons and other explorers, settled in the riversCapivari andGrande region by 1720[14] or 1721,[15] where they were engaged in the search for gold and in the opening of new roads to theGoiás mines. In 1737 the explorers receive from the Governor Martinho de Mendonça an allotment letter confirming their region occupation, which grew through agriculture and livestock.
On June 18, 1759,Bartolomeu Bueno do Prado,Anhangüera's grandson and Francisco Bueno da Fonseca's son-in-law, left the village heading 400 men, summoned from the entire Minas Gerais captaincy, to disrupt thequilombo confederation of Campo Grande. The influence ofcaptain Bueno da Fonseca's family contributed to the village's rapid growing. In 1760 they managed to change theparish seat fromCarrancas, as Lavras do Funil already had 1,000 inhabitants, twice more than the former.[16] In 1813 the village was elevated tofreguesia, detaching itself from Carrancas. That time, Lavras had 6 chapels and a population of 10,612 souls.
On theImperial period, Lavras obtained its political and administrative emancipation, becoming amunicipality in 1831 and city in 1868, when there was a change in municipal toponymic from "Lavras do Funil" to "Lavras".[17] In 1832 the inspector Manuel Custódio Neto reported to themunicipal chamber that the town consisted of 245 buildings and there was no pavement on its streets. The only public buildings where theparish church, and theRosário andMercês chapels. Lavras had three private primary schools, with a total of 62 students.[12] According to the 1834 census, Lavras had 11,322 inhabitants.[18]
One of the most significant events of this period was theLiberal Revolution of 1842. For just over a month, between June 14 and July 22,liberals andconservatives kept their barracks in Sant'Ana main square, current Praça Dr. Augusto Silva. The defeated liberals fled or were arrested, subsequently amnestied by theimperial government.[18]
The late nineteenth century and early twentieth century was a time of rapid development in Lavras. On December 18, 1880, it was inaugurated the 208 km river navigation between theRibeirão Vermelho port (Lavras) andCapetinga port (municipality ofPiumhi), made bysteamboat "Dr. Jorge". On April 14, 1888, theEstrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas inaugurated the first station in Ribeirão Vermelho, and, on April 1, 1895, Lavras' city station is inaugurated. Later, in 1911, a tramway was opened, and so Lavras was one of the few cities in Brazilian interior to have this transportation system.[19]
After theProclamation of the Republic, Lavras established itself as a major regional center of Minas Gerais, being the birthplace ofFrancisco Salles, an important politician of theOld Republic. At this time, several colleges were created, such as the Evangelical Institute (founded in 1892 by Samuel Rhea Gammon), the College of Our Lady of Lourdes (founded in 1900 by nuns of the Congregation of the Auxiliary Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy), the Lavras School Group (founded in 1907 by Professor Firmino Costa) and theAgricultural School of Lavras (founded in 1908). The quality its education made Lavras to become known as "the city ofipês and schools", a slogan created by journalist Jorge Duarte.[20]
Local demographics has been modified with the arrival of many immigrants, representing 1.9% of the population according to Census 1920: the municipality had a total of 806 foreigners, of which 380 wereItalian, 189 werePortuguese, 166Lebanese, 28Spaniards, 20Americans, 12Austrians, fiveFrench, two Russians, oneUruguayan and three of undetermined nationality.[21]
The 1920s represented a slowdown in Lavras progress, partly caused by the intense political dispute promoted by two distinct groups: theMineiro Republican Party, under the new direction of Italian doctor Paulo Menicucci, was favorable to the candidacy ofArtur Bernardes to thePresidency and Raul Soares to thePresidency of Minas Gerais; and dissidents, led by Colonel Pedro Sales, supported the respective opposition candidacies ofNilo Peçanha and Francisco Sales. This dispute became known as between "Doves and Hawks": Doves because of effeminatepsychasthenics tics attributed to Bernardes, and Hawks for associating the cleverness, the cunning spirit, and, of course, as one of the little dove predators.[18] Such local clash lasted until the following decade, when it was eclipsed by the new national political order – theEstado Novo.
It was in the mid-twentieth century that Lavras constituted its current geographic boundaries. In its administrative division for the year 1933, the municipality was formed by eight districts: Lavras,Carrancas,Ijaci (formerly Conceição do Rio Grande),Ingaí,Itumirim (formerly Rosário),Itutinga (formerly Santo Antônio da Ponte Nova),Luminárias (Nossa Senhora do Carmo das Luminárias) andRibeirão Vermelho. The municipality has experienced political and administrative separation in 1938, 1943, 1948 and 1962, when their old districts became newly created neighboring municipalities and is currently composed of single district, the urban agglomeration's city.[22]
On the populist period during theFourth Republic, Lavras development was signaled by new links with major centers: firstly, it was the inauguration of air transport line, that existed between 1947 and 1960;[23][24] secondly was the Lavras-Fernão Dias patch opening to road traffic in 1962. Another aspect of progress was the inauguration of the Itutingahydroelectric power plant in 1955, which increased electricity production and stimulated industrial growth in the city, through the expansion of existing plants and setting up new ventures.
Lavras, in the 1950s, passed by one of its moments of greatest cultural, artistic and sporting wealth thanks to civic associations such as the Lavras Friends Society (Sal) and Lavrense Society of Artistic Culture (Solca). Chroniclers of the time remember several initiatives such as balls, competitions, exhibitions, educational events, theatrical performances, music recitals and poetry, friendly football tournaments and also the formation of a public library and a city museum.[18]
In the early 1960s, while the country experienced a period ofserious institutional crises, Lavras suffered a series of attacks made by apyromaniac, in which several historical houses were consumed by the flames. In this context, in 1962 the local authorities decided the Municipal Theatre demolition, sealing the end of civic organizations and city's cultural decay. This decline was exacerbated in 1963 by the newspaperA Gazeta disappearance – the only printed weekly at the time – and almost closing of the Agricultural School of Lavras, which was federalized.[25] Other signs of visiblesocial degradation were the collapse of the Rosary church walls in 1965, rebuilt only in 1970,[16] and the end of the tramway in 1967.
The 1960s and 1970s represented profound changes in Lavras social composition. On one hand, there was the growth of urban areas due torural exodus; on the other, it was noted that the city's population growth was below the national average, caused by the phenomenon ofinternal migration: as Lavras being economically stagnant, many of its children have moved to other centers looking for better opportunities. Another sign of the municipality weakening was the lack of political representation, which would be broken fourteen years later with the election of Maurício Souza Pádua to theLegislative Assembly of Minas Gerais in 1983.
On the eve of the 21st century, Lavras resumed its development path, being currently one of the most prosperous cities in the region, claiming in 2010 the second highestHDI in southern Minas Gerais.[26] This progress is the result of a number of factors, mainly: the installation of theindustrial district, which has brought several factories, such asCOFAP, inaugurated in February 1988, generating many jobs;[27] the transformation of ESAL into theFederal University of Lavras, in December 1994,[28] whose recent expansion brought thousands of students from other regions of Brazil;[29][30] and the construction of the Funil Hydroelectric Plant in 2002, which changed the countryside by the dam's formed lake.
Nevertheless, this development has also generated new problems in Lavras, such as drug trafficking and increased violence: from 2000–2002 to 2010–2012, the number of homicides caused by firearms increased from 4 to 18.[31][32] Another problem seen today is a major dispute between rival political groups,[33] dividing the city with intensity not seen since the 1920s.
As 2013, Lavras gross domestic product is R$2,058,203,000, or R$20,965 per capita. Of the GDP, agriculture corresponds to 2.7%, industry to 20.4%, services to 65.3%, while taxes are 11.6%.[34]
Lavras agricultural sector stands out especially for the production of coffee and milk, despite the presence of other crops and beef cattle breeding. The production data in 2014 according to theBrazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics:[35]
| Value (R$ 103) | Area (ha) | Production (t) | Yield (t/ha) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banana | 120 | 10 | 120 | 12 |
| Coffee | 36,098 | 4,610 | 4,979 | 1.08 |
| Grape | 25 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Guava | 160 | 7 | 84 | 12 |
| Orange | 347 | 43 | 559 | 13 |
| Passion fruit | 47 | 3 | 36 | 12 |
| Peach | 25 | 1 | 13 | 13 |
| Value (R$ 103) | Area (ha) | Production (t) | Yield (t/ha) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bean | 1,230 | 1,000 | 820 | 0.82 |
| Cassava | 54 | 5 | 90 | 18 |
| Corn | 9,720 | 4,000 | 21,600 | 5,400 |
| Soybean | 1,181 | 450 | 1,125 | 2.5 |
| Sugarcane | 275 | 43 | 3,440 | 80 |
| Tomato | 190 | 4 | 200 | 50 |
| Value (R$ 103) | Production | |
|---|---|---|
| Fish | 54 | 9,000kg |
| Honey | 196 | 28,000kg |
| Chicken egg | 29,958 | 7,490,000doz |
| Quail egg | 6,019 | 7,524,000doz |
| Bovinae | Cows | Galliformes | Chicken | Quail | Equinae | Goat | Sheep | Swine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27,440 | 6,890 | 912,540 | 389,687 | 387,851 | 1,500 | 100 | 550 | 8,500 |
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In 2012, Lavras had 31preschool, 37 primary schools, 16 secondary schools and 3special education centers. There were 18,671 students and 1,127 teachers. Lavras has also 9 higher education universities and faculties.[36]
| Preschool | Primary schools | Secondary schools | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Schools | Teachers | Student | Schools | Teachers | Student | Schools | Teachers | Student | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Municipal School | 21 | 89 | 1721 | 18 | 305 | 6234 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| State School | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 193 | 3671 | 7 | 160 | 3008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Private School | 10 | 44 | 456 | 11 | 207 | 2394 | 9 | 129 | 1187 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 31 | 133 | 2177 | 37 | 705 | 12299 | 16 | 289 | 4195 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministério da Educação, Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais – INEP – Censo Educacional 2012. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lavras has one of Brazil's top universities, theFederal University of Lavras. Founded in 1908 it is well known in Brazil and abroad for its courses inagronomy andveterinary science. There are 6,090undergraduate students and 2,059 onpostgraduate programs.[37]
Lavras was a station on theEstrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas, a narrow gauge railway.
Lavras is home ofFabril Esporte Clube, afootball club that achieved minor success during the 1980s inMinas Gerais state championship. Some famous athletes were born in Lavras, as theBrazil national football team defendersAlemão andCaçapa and theBronze medal Olympic winner volleyball playerAna Paula Henkel.
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