Santa Cruz de Minas | |
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| Municipality of Santa Cruz de Minas | |
 A view of a street of Santa Cruz de Minas | |
| Nickname: "A Menorzinha do Brasil, Santa Cruz" ("Brazil's Littlest, Santa Cruz") | |
 Location of Santa Cruz de Minas in Minas Gerais and Brazil | |
| Coordinates:21°07′12″S44°13′22″W / 21.12000°S 44.22278°W /-21.12000; -44.22278 | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State | Minas Gerais |
| Founded | 21 December 1995 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Antônio dos Santos (PP) (2009-2012)Sinara Rafaela Campos (PT) (2017–2020) |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.859 km2 (1.104 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 930 m (3,050 ft) |
| Population (2020[1]) | |
• Total | 8,664 |
| • Density | 2,752.71/km2 (7,129.5/sq mi) |
| Demonym | santacruzense |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Area code | 38 |
| HDI' (2000) | 0.755 –medium[2] |
Santa Cruz de Minas is a Brazilian municipality located in the state ofMinas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Sao Joao del Rei. It is the smallest municipality of Brazil, measuring only 2.9 square kilometres (1.1 sq mi).
According toIBGE (2017), the municipality belongs to theImmediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei, in theIntermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena.[3]
The municipality is part of theRoman Catholic Diocese of São João del-Rei.[4]
21°07′12″S44°13′22″W / 21.12000°S 44.22278°W /-21.12000; -44.22278
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