Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Official Name: | Brasilia |
Website: | Dores de Campos.com |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Southeast |
Subdivision Name2: | Minas Gerais |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Ilídio Antonio de Melo Neto |
Established Title: | Incorporated |
Established Date: | December 17, 1938 |
Area Total Km2: | 1437 |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Total: | 10,223 |
Population Density Km2: | 71.8 |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Elevation M: | 956 |
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.
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.
According to IBGE (2017), the municipality is in the Immediate Geographic Region of Barbacena, in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena.[2]
The municipality is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del-Rei.[3]