Juiz de Fora - Minas Gerais - Brazil
Juiz de Fora (
Judge from
Outside in Portuguese) (also known by its initials, "
J.F.") is a city in the southeastern
Brazilian state of
Minas Gerais, located close to the state border with
Rio de Janeiro. According to
2006 estimates the current population is about
509,125 inhabitants. The geographical area of the municipality is 1,437 km².
The city's location was determinant for its economic and demographic development, for it is placed between the three most important financial and economic metropolises of southeast
Brazil (and also the three largest urban sprawls of the country): Rio de Janeiro (189 km),
Belo Horizonte (260 km) and
São Paulo (
486 km).
Major highways connect Juiz de Fora with these three metropolitan areas, the most important -and crucial for the city's recent growth- being
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