São Lourenço, Minas Gerais
São Lourenço | |
|---|---|
| Municipality of São Lourenço | |
| Motto: Acqua Vitæ Ignis Fidei | |
Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 22°06′57″S 45°03′14″W / 22.11583°S 45.05389°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State | Minas Gerais |
| Mesoregion | South and Southwest of Minas Gerais |
| Microregion | São Lourenço |
| Incorporated | April 1, 1927 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Walter José Lessa (PTB) |
| Area | |
• Total | 57.2 km2 (22.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 875 m (2,871 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 46,202 |
| • Density | 583.3/km2 (1,511/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Postal Code | 37470-000 |
| HDI (2010) | 0.759 – high |
| Website | saolourenco |
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São Lourenço (Saint Lawrence) is a Brazilian municipality and spa town in the southern part of the state of Minas Gerais, in the Southeast of the country. It is one of the smallest Brazilian municipalities, with only 57.2 km2 (22.1 sq. mi), and is located at an equal distance - approximately 3.5h - from two major cities, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.