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Barbacena

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Barbacena

Industrial town of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 190 km/118 mi northwest of Rio de Janeiro; altitude 1,100 m/3,608 ft; population (1996) 107,810. The main industries are silk and cotton textile manufacturing, ceramics, and glass. Barbacena is the distribution centre for an extensive flower-growing industry in the vicinity.



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In the older mining regions of Sao Joao del Rei, Sao Jose del Rei, Tamandua, Queluz, and Barbacena, 33% of the total population was white in 1821, 38% was enslaved, and 29% were free blacks and mulattos.
Demographic change in a post-export boom society: the population of ... by Bergad, Laird W. / Journal of Social History
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