Coronel Fabriciano
Coronel Fabriciano (Zip Code 35170-000) is a Brazilian city of the Vale do Aço (Steel Valley) metropolitan area in the State of Minas Gerais.
According to IBGE, the municipal population in 2007 was estimated in 100,805 inhabitants with a per capita income of R$ 4478.21. The municipal area is 221.05 km²
Statistics
- Elevation: 240 mts.
- Climate: Sub-tropical and semi-arid
- Average annual temperature: 22º C
- Latitude South 19°31'07"
- Longitude West: 42°37'44
Distances from other cities (KM)
- Belo Horizonte: 198
- Rio de Janeiro: 560
- São Paulo: 765
- Vitória: 420
- Brasília: 936
- Ipatinga: 13
- Timóteo: 6
- Governador Valadares: 118
- Sete Lagoas: 273
Economy
Gross Domestic Product - 2005
- Value added of agriculture---R$ 889,000
- Value added of industry------R$ 54,342,000
- Value added of services------R$ 356,833,000
- Taxes------------------------------R$ 39,362,000
- GDP at current prices--------R$ 451,426,000
The city is surronded by two large Siderurgic Industries. Usiminas, in the territory of the neighboor city of Ipatinga, is few kilometres North. Arcelor Mittal has the unic stainless steel factory (former Acesita) of all Latin America in the territory of Timóteo by South. This situation affects Fabriciano's economy as the city is part of this industrial Metropolitan Area.
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