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The main economic activities are cattle raising, mining and farming. The GDP was R$ 209,137,000 (2003). In agriculture the main products cultivated are mangoes, rice, soybeans, and corn. There are 02 bank branches in the town. In the health sector there were 12 health clinics and 02 hospital with 59
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Vazante, in the district of Guarda-Mor, in the municipality of Paracatu. In 1938 Vazante was raised to the category of district, and in 1952 it became a municipality, despite having only 20 or 25 solid houses, when the law required at least 300 houses.
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The climate is humid sub-tropical with an average maximum of 35 °C (95 °F); a minimum of 16 °C (61 °F); and an annual average between 21 °C (70 °F) and 24 °C (75 °F). The hottest time of the year is between
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The most important tourist site is Lapa Velha (Old Grotto), located in the city itself, where a vision of the Virgin Mary is alleged to have occurred. Every year, on 1, 2 and 3 May, thousands of pilgrims flock to
Vazante to pray to the Virgin. Other caves are Lapa Nova (New Grotto), and Lapa da
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Vazante began on a ranch called Vazante due to an alleged religious vision of the Virgin Mary in a cave. The founding of the town occurred in 1920 when the site of the vision, Lapa, was separated from the ranch. Around a chapel houses were built and soon a small general store
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In the rural area there were 712 farms and a total agricultural area of 133,000 hectares (330,000 acres), of which 34,000 ha (84,000 acres) were planted, 75,000 ha (190,000 acres) were in natural pasture, and 44,000 ha (110,000 acres). were in woodland or forest. 2,000 people were
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There is also a large open-pit zinc mine. The
Vazante Mine is a property of Votorantim Metais and has reserves of around 2 million tons of zinc. It has the largest Brazilian deposit of zinc ore, with a production of 290,000 tons of silicate concentrate. and
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