Dores de Campos

Dores de Campos is a Brazilian municipality. It is about 40 kilometers from São João del Rey at BR-265. About 30% of active people work in its principal factory: Marluvas.

Brasilia
Municipality
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Localization in Minas Gerais
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	Minas Gerais
Incorporated	December 17, 1938
Government
• Mayor	Ilídio Antonio de Melo Neto
Area
• Total	1,437 km2 (555 sq mi)
Elevation	956 m (3,136 ft)
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	10,223
• Density	71.8/km2 (186/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Website	Dores de Campos.com

As its neighbors cities, Dores de Campos is a point of Real Way (translated of Estrada Real).

It was founded in about 1720 and became a city on December 17, 1938.

Geography

According to IBGE (2017), the municipality is in the Immediate Geographic Region of Barbacena, in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena.^[2]

Ecclesiastical circumscription

The municipality is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del-Rei.^[3]

See also

• List of municipalities in Minas Gerais