São Sebastião da Vargem Alegre (commonly abbreviated as S.S.V.A.) is aBrazilianmunicipality located in thestate ofMinas Gerais. The city belongs to themesoregion ofZona da Mata and to themicroregion of Muriaé. As of 2020, the estimated population was 3,024.[1] The municipality was founded by the "Law number 12.030, of december 21st 1995", emancipated fromMiraí.[2] Nearly 1,210 people voted regarding the act of emancipation, with an approval rate of 81.8%.
Prior to the invasion ofPortuguese colonizers, the region where the city is now located was inhabited by the indigenous ethnicity known by theexonym "Coroados". Circa 1903, the first milestone in the history of the city is established, the arrival of Manoel Rodrigues da Silva and his family, having acquired the initial terrain of 15 coffeealqueires, where the first house was built.
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