Dionísio, Minas Gerais

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Dionísio is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Itabira. As of 2020, the estimated population was 7,609.^[4]

Dionísio
Municipality
Municipality of Dionísio
Flag Seal
Location in Minas Gerais
Country	Brazil
State	Minas Gerais
Region	Southeast
Intermediate Region	Ipatinga
Immediate Region	Ipatinga
Founded	27 December 1948
Government
• Mayor	Francisco Castro Souza Filho (MDB)
Area
• Total	339.375 km2 (131.033 sq mi)
	[1]
Elevation [2]	376 m (1,234 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	7,493
• Density	22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Demonym	dionisiano
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Postal Code	35984-000 to 35985-999
HDI (2010)	0.702 – high[3]
Website	dionisio.mg.gov.br

The municipality contains part of the 35,970 hectares (88,900 acres) Rio Doce State Park, created in 1944, the first state-level conservation unit in Minas Gerais.^[5]

Geography

Climate

Climate data for Ponte Alta (Dionísio), elevation 320 m (1,050 ft), (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	31.1 (88.0)	32.1 (89.8)	31.6 (88.9)	30.2 (86.4)	28.3 (82.9)	27.0 (80.6)	27.0 (80.6)	27.5 (81.5)	28.7 (83.7)	30.0 (86.0)	30.6 (87.1)	30.7 (87.3)	29.6 (85.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)	25.3 (77.5)	25.7 (78.3)	25.2 (77.4)	23.9 (75.0)	21.6 (70.9)	19.7 (67.5)	19.5 (67.1)	19.7 (67.5)	21.8 (71.2)	23.5 (74.3)	24.4 (75.9)	24.9 (76.8)	22.9 (73.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	21.2 (70.2)	21.1 (70.0)	20.8 (69.4)	19.6 (67.3)	16.9 (62.4)	14.5 (58.1)	14.0 (57.2)	13.0 (55.4)	16.6 (61.9)	18.7 (65.7)	19.9 (67.8)	20.8 (69.4)	18.1 (64.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	282.4 (11.12)	146.1 (5.75)	126.7 (4.99)	68.9 (2.71)	32.1 (1.26)	8.2 (0.32)	14.2 (0.56)	17.5 (0.69)	35.5 (1.40)	96.2 (3.79)	231.5 (9.11)	274.3 (10.80)	1,333.6 (52.50)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	13	7	8	5	3	2	2	2	4	6	12	15	79
Average relative humidity (%)	82.2	81.1	82.0	82.5	82.5	81.9	80.2	77.7	76.4	77.0	80.0	82.3	80.5
Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[6]

See also

• List of municipalities in Minas Gerais