Congonhas
Congonhas is a municipality in central Minas Gerais, Brazil. Its municipal seat grew during the gold rush of the early eighteenth century and became a regional pilgrimage center after construction of the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de Matosinhos began in 1757.- …has about 48,600 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 940 metres (3,100 feet)
- Also known as“Kongonʹyas”“كونگونياس”“孔戈尼亞斯”
- Location
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Latitude
-20.5316° or 20° 31′ 54″ south
Longitude
-43.8591° or 43° 51′ 33″ west
Open location code
58FRF49R+99
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Wu Chinese—“Congonhas” goes by many names.
CongonhasBasque
কোনগোনহাসBishnupriya
ကွန်ဂိုနာ့စ်မြို့Burmese
CongonhasCatalan
CongonhasCebuano
孔戈尼亚斯Chinese
CongonhasCroatian
CongonhasCzech
CongonhasDutch
CongonhasEsperanto
CongonhasFinnish
კონგონიასიGeorgian
קונגוניאסHebrew
Bom Jesus do Congonhas-zarándoktemplomHungarian
CongonhasItalian
コンゴーニャスJapanese
КонгоньясKazakh
콩고냐스Korean
KongonjasasLithuanian
CongonhasMalagasy
CongonhasMin Nan Chinese
CongonhasNorwegian Bokmål
کونگونهاسPersian
CongonhasPolish
CongonhasRomanian
КонгоньясRussian
CongonhasScots
КонгоњасSerbian
CongonhasSerbo-Croatian
CongonhasSlovak
CongonhasSwedish
CongonhasTurkish
КонгоньясUkrainian
KongonyasUzbek
CongonhasVietnamese
CongonhasVolapük
CongonhasWaray (Philippines)
孔戈尼亚斯Wu Chinese
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