Oliveira ( port. Oliveira ) is a municipality in Brazil , part of the state of Minas Gerais . Part of the Mesoregion West of Minas Gerais . Included in the economic and statistical microregion Oliveira . The population is 40,966 people in 2006 . It covers an area of 896.494 km². The population density is 45.7 people / km².
| Municipality | |||||
| Oliveira (Minas Gerais) | |||||
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| Oliveira (Minas Gerais) | |||||
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| A country |  Brazil | ||||
| State | Minas gerais | ||||
| Mayor | Ronaldo Resende Ribeiro | ||||
| History and geography | |||||
| Based | 1861 | ||||
| Square | 896,494 km² | ||||
| Center height | 982 m | ||||
| Timezone | UTC − 3 , in summer UTC − 2 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 40,966 people ( 2006 ) | ||||
| Density | 45.7 people / km² | ||||
| Katoykonim | oliveirense | ||||
| Digital identifiers | |||||
| Telephone code | +55 37 | ||||
History
The city was founded on September 19, 1861 .
Prominent natives
- Karlus Shagas ( 1879 - 1934 ) - an epidemiologist who first described Chagas disease .
Statistics
- Gross domestic product for 2003 is 174,360,178.00 reais (data: Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ).
- The gross domestic product per capita for 2003 is 4,440.94 reais (data: Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ).
- The human development index for 2000 is 0.770 (data: United Nations Development Program ).