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Bicas

Field	Value
official_name	Bicas
image_skyline	File:Brasil.mg.bicas-foto.aerea.1995-2.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	View of Bicas
image_flag	File:Bandeira de Bicas.png
image_seal	File:Brasão de Bicas.png
image_map	MinasGerais Municip Bicas.svg
map_caption	Location in Brazil
pushpin_map	Brazil
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name	Brazil
subdivision_name1	Southeast
subdivision_name2	Minas Gerais
subdivision_type3	Mesoregion
subdivision_name3	Zona da Mata
subdivision_type4	Microregion
subdivision_name4	Juiz de Fora
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Geraldo Magela Longo dos Santos
established_title	Founded
established_date	September 7th, 1923
area_total_km2	139,538
area_footnotes
population_as_of	2020
population_total	14,554
timezone	BRT
utc_offset	−3
coordinates
elevation_m	600.0
blank_name	HDI (2000)
blank_info	0.799
website	Bicas, Minas Gerais

Bicas is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. its population is estimated to be 14,554 inhabitants.

History

Originally, a stopping point for salesmen in the 18th century, Bicas gained its independence from the city of Guarará in 1923. It served as a destination for Italian immigrants and other nationalities.

Until the 1970s, Bicas had a full-working train station and an active RFFSA (the extinct state railroad company) branch for repairing wagons. The entire structure was dismantled and today the train station exists only as a historic site. Currently, Bicas has an economy based on commerce, agriculture and farming.

Annual Farming Expositions, with bull-riding and rodeos, cattle commerce and local products - typically in the last week of July of every year - are a tradition of several cities in Zona da Mata, and the Farming Exposition of Bicas is one of the most famous, attracting thousands of tourists from several parts of the country.

Aerial view of Bicas, in 1995, towards west, showing the city centre and Cruzeiro hill (in the middle), the region of the farming exposition (on the right side) and the highlands (on the left side). Bicas, like many other cities in Zona da Mata region of Minas Gerais state, is surrounded by the typical local geographical relief known as "sea of hills". ]]

Magnified aerial view of the centre of Bicas, in 1995, towards west, showing with details the city centre (in the middle), where it is possible to observe the central square with the main church. The Cruzeiro hill can be seen on the right side, and above the highlands of the city. It is possible to see, in this picture, the RFFSA's local branch's headquarters. In the top of the picture, parts of the road BR-267 can be seen (linking to neighbour cities like [[Juiz de Fora]], [[Guarará]], [[Maripá]], [[Mar de Espanha]] and [[Pequeri]] (this last two after routing through the road MG-126)). Again, the "sea of hills" geographical relief surrounding the city is quite noticeable.

Notable people

Danilo Football player

Aerial photos

File:P217r75 5t19930624 bicas rgb bandas 321.png|Satellite photo, 1993-06-24, real colour. File:P217r75 5t19930624 bicas rgb bandas 321 realcado.png|Satellite photo, 1993-06-24, real colour, sharpened to show smaller roads and details. File:P217r75 5t19930624 bicas rgb bandas 432.png|Satellite photo, 1993-06-24, highlighting dense wood covering (bright red), grass (brown) and buildings (green) File:P217r75 5t19930624 bicas rgb bandas 341.png|Satellite photo, 1993-06-24, strongly contrasting dense wood covering (green), grass (brown), buildings (purple) and naked land areas (orange) File:P217r75 5t19930624 nn1 plus nn3 bicas ressaltando construcoes ENHANCED.png|Satellite photo, 1993-06-24, showing buildings and roads (light grey)

References

(2002-10-10). "Área territorial oficial". [[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.
[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/mg/bicas/panorama IBGE 2020]

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