Lagoa Dourada | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Official Name: | Municipality of Lagoa Dourada |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Intermediate Region |
Subdivision Type4: | Immediate Region |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name2: | Southeast |
Subdivision Name3: | Barbacena |
Subdivision Name4: | São João del-Rei |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 6 June 1912 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Ronald Pereira Dutra |
Leader Party: | PSDB |
Area Total Km2: | 476.693 |
Elevation M: | 1,080 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 13,115 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Demonym: | lagoense |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | 36345-000 to 36349-999 |
Blank Name: | HDI (2010) |
Blank Info: | 0.676 – medium[2] |
Lagoa Dourada is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais.
It is the national capital of the Swiss roll, locally called rocambole.[3]
According to IBGE (2017), the municipality belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei, in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena.[4]
The municipality is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del-Rei.[5]
In 2020, the estimated population was 13,063.[6]