Leopoldina, Minas Gerais

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name = Leopoldina
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settlement_type = Municipality
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map_caption = Location of the municipality in Minas Gerais
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Brazil
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Minas Gerais
subdivision_type2 = Mesoregion
subdivision_name2 = Zona da Mata
subdivision_type3 = Microregion
subdivision_name3 = Catagueses
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leader_name = José Roberto de Oliveira
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established_title = Founded
established_date = April 27, 1854
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area_total_km2 = 942.74
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population_total = 52798
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timezone = BRST
utc_offset = −3
timezone_DST = BRDT
utc_offset_DST = −2
latd = 21 | latm=31 | lats=55 | latNS=S
longd = 42 | longm=38 | longs=34 | longEW=W
elevation_m = 225
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Leopoldina is a municipality of 53,000 in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.

It is situated in the southeastern Zona da Mata part of the state.

Leopoldina was the site of a wave of immigration of Jews, mostly from Eastern Europe, in the 1920s and 1930s, as detailed in a book "Jews of Leopoldina", published in 2007 by the Jewish Museum of Rio de Janeiro. "Dateline World Jewry", April 2007, World Jewish Congress]

The city is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leopoldina.

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