Unaí
Unaí | |
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| Município de Unaí Municipality of Unaí | |
Localization of Unaí in Minas Gerais | |
| Coordinates: 16°21′50″S 46°54′15″W / 16.36389°S 46.90417°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State | Minas Gerais |
| Founded | December 30, 1943 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Gomes Branquinho (PSDB) (2016-2020) |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,727 km2 (4,142 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 575 m (1,886 ft) |
| Population (2020 ) | |
• Total | 84,930 |
| • Density | 7.92/km2 (20.5/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Unaiense |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Postal code | 38610-000 |
| Area code | +55 38 |
| Website | www |
Unaí is a municipality in the Northern Region of Minas Gerais, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, in the Southeast Region of Brazil. It is located 590 km from the capital of Minas Gerais and 164 km from the federal capital. Unaí is the main municipality of its micro-region of the same name and, together with Paracatu, the most important city of the said mesoregion of Minas Gerais. Due to its geopolitical location, because it is geographically and politically linked to Brasilia and politically to Belo Horizonte, the municipality has a strong economic dynamism for a municipality that still carries the typically mineiro custom.
Its population is of 84,930 inhabitants according to estimates of the census of the IBGE of 2020 and is one of the less populous municipalities of the state but with one of the greater commuting migrations daily of the region.