- Alagoa, Minas Gerais
Alagoa is a city in the
Brazilian state ofMinas Gerais . In2004 its population was estimated to be 2,823.Alagoa was founded on
28 December 1962 .Turned into a city in 1962, the Village of Alagoa was born by the Bandeirantes in the 18th Century. It was part of the "Royal Road" to move Gold and Precious Gems (including Diamond) from the Minas Gerais state to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo sea ports.
On top of the Mantiqueira (The Crying Mountain, in the local Indians language) mountain chain, it holds part of the most important remains of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and fresh water drained from the mountains to the Minas Gerais state valleys.
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