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.
- Town with about 52,900 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 880 metres (2,900 feet)
- Description: town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Also known as“Congonhas do Campo”“Gongonhas”
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Latitude
-20.5015° or 20° 30′ 6″ south
Longitude
-43.8565° or 43° 51′ 23″ west
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BR COG
Open location code
58FRF4XV+9C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Wu Chinese—“Congonhas” goes by many names.
CongonhasBasque
КангоньясBelarusian
কোনগোনহাসBishnupriya
ကွန်ဂိုနာ့စ်မြို့Burmese
CongonhasCatalan
CongonhasCebuano
孔戈尼亚斯Chinese
孔戈尼亞斯Chinese
CongonhasCroatian
CongonhasCzech
Congonhas do CampoCzech
CongonhasDutch
CongonhasEsperanto
CongonhasFinnish
კონგონიასიGeorgian
קונגוניאסHebrew
Bom Jesus do Congonhas-zarándoktemplomHungarian
CongonhasIrish
CongonhasItalian
コンゴーニャスJapanese
コンゴニャスJapanese
ボン・ジェズス・ド・コンゴーニャスの聖所Japanese
KongonʹyasKazakh
КонгоньясKazakh
كونگونياسKazakh
콩고나스Korean
콩고나스의 봉 제수스 성역Korean
콩고냐스Korean
KongonjasasLithuanian
CongonhasMalagasy
کونگونهاسMazanderani
CongonhasMin Nan Chinese
CongonhasNorwegian
CongonhasNorwegian Bokmål
کونگونهاسPersian
CongonhasPolish
CongonhasRomanian
КонгоньясRussian
CongonhasScots
CongonhasSerbian
KongonjasSerbian
КонгоњасSerbian
CongonhasSerbo-Croatian
CongonhasSlovak
Congonhas do CampoSlovak
CongonhasSwedish
CongonhasTurkish
КонгоньясUkrainian
کونگونہاسUrdu
CongonhasUzbek
KongonyasUzbek
CongonhasVietnamese
CongonhasVolapük
CongonhasWaray (Philippines)
孔戈尼亚斯Wu Chinese
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