Cataguases is a city located in the southeastern part of the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. It is mainly an industrial centre (textile, metallurgy, clothes) with a strong influence of coffee plantation in its early history (19th century). The population was estimated at about 62,000 inhabitants in 1996 and is expected to be at about 66,000 in 2001. The population is growing below the average Brazilian rate and there is slightly more women than men. Capital (and largest city) Belo Horizonte Demonym Mineiro Government  -  Governor Aécio Neves  -  Vice Governor Antônio Augusto Junho Anastasia Area  -  Total 588,528. ... Georg Agricola, author of De re metallica, an important early book on metal extraction Metallurgy is a domain of materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their compounds, which are called alloys. ... For other uses, see Coffee (disambiguation). ... This article is about crop plantations. ...

The town was somewhat famous in the 1920s because of the Brazilian cinema pioneer Humberto Mauro and the appearance of a generation of writers around the short-lived Revista Verde. Humberto Mauro shot there some films that earned him a good reputation nationwide. He would later become famous for masterpieces like Braza Dormida (Sleeping Fire) and O Descobrimento do Brasil (The Finding of Brazil) and was a reputed Tupi language scholar. Humberto Duarte Mauro (April 30, 1897 – October 5, 1983) was a Brazilian director. ... Tupi is the name of one of the main ethnic groups of Brazilian indigenous people, together with the related Guarani. ...

Industrialisation changed the town quite a lot and caused some of its citizens to become very rich in the 1920s and 1930s. As a result the city centre was remodeled accordingly to the ultimate architecture styles. Oscar Niemeyer (Architect), Cândido Portinari, Djanira and Emeric Marcier (Painters) are some of the famous Brazilian artists who left contributions there at that time. Oscar Niemeyer Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho (born December 15, 1907) is a Brazilian architect who is considered one of the most important names in international modern architecture. ... Candido Portinari. ...

After three decades of wealth, the town lost its proeminence in the 1970s and 1980s. The economic crisis and the changes due to the modernisation of the industries provoked high unemployment rates and depreciation of salaries, reducing the town's wealth.

In 2003 the town became unfortunately famous throughout the country in the aftermath of an ecological accident caused by the spilling of chemical waste that affected the brook Cágado and the rivers Pomba and Paraíba do Sul, threatening the water supply of more than 20,000,000 Brazilians (including the city of Rio de Janeiro). Paraíba do Sul, also known as the Paraíba River, is a river in Brazil. ... This article is about the Brazilian city. ...

Climate

 Cataguases experiences a humid tropical climate (though there is clearly a dry season from May to August). There isn't much difference between temperature averages in the town, but during the dry season (winter), the weather tends to be milder. Cold days are extremely rare, and an example of that is that the dry season of 2007 was very hot, with temperatures even going up to 35°C (95°F) according to the thermometer in Ruy Barbosa Square (in the downtown) and relatively drier than usual. 

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Temperatures

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