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{{Infobox settlement
| name = São João del-Rei
| official_name = Municipality of São João del-Rei
| settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Brazil|Municipality]]
| nickname =
| motto =
| image_skyline = {{multiple image|total_width=300px|perrow=1/2/2|border=infobox
| image1 = Pillory in Sao Joao del-Rei 02.jpg
| image2 = Cassia Marquez (9).jpg
| image3 = Apreciando São João del Rei 1.jpg
| image4 = Igreja de São Francisco de Assis em São João del-Rei - Fachada.jpg
| image5 = Teatro Municipal de São João del Rei.jpg
}}
| image_flag = Bandeira de São João del-Rei.jpg
| image_seal = Brasao sao joao del rei.png
| image_map = MinasGerais Municip SaoJoaodelRei.svg
| mapsize = 250px
| map_caption = Location in Minas Gerais
| pushpin_map =
| pushpin_map_caption =
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States of Brazil|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Regions of Brazil|Region]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of Intermediate and Immediate Geographic Regions|Intermediate Region]]
| subdivision_type4 = Immediate Region
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Brazil}}
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Minas Gerais}}
| subdivision_name2 = [[Southeast Region, Brazil|Southeast]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena|Barbacena]]
| subdivision_name4 = [[Immediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei|São João del-Rei]]
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 8 December 1713
| leader_title = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name = Nivaldo José de Andrade
| leader_party = [[Brazil Union|UNIÃO]]
| area_note =
| area_total_km2 = 1,452.002
| population_as_of = 2022
| population_total = 90,225
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |title=IBGE São João del Rei |url=https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/mg/sao-joao-del-rei/panorama |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=cidades.ibge.gov.br}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_metro =
| population_demonym = ''são-joanense''
| timezone = [[Time in Brazil|BRT]]
| utc_offset = −3
| postal_code_type = [[Código de Endereçamento Postal|Postal Code]]
| postal_code = 36300-000 to 36319-999
| area_code_type = [[List of dialling codes in Brazil|Area code]]
| area_code = +55 32
| coordinates = {{coord|21|08|09|S|44|15|36|W|region:BR|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_m = 904
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=São João del Rei - Informações sobre o município e a prefeitura |url=https://www.cidade-brasil.com.br/municipio-sao-joao-del-rei.html |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=www.cidade-brasil.com.br}}</ref>
| blank_name = '''[[Human Development Index|HDI]]''' (2010)
| blank_info = 0.758 – <span style="color:#090">high</span><ref>{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.pnud.org.br/arquivos/ranking-idhm-2010.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233352/http://www.pnud.org.br/arquivos/ranking-idhm-2010.pdf |archive-date=July 8, 2014 |access-date=August 1, 2013 |publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]] (UNDP)
}}</ref>
| blank_name_sec2 = Major airport
| blank_info_sec2 = [[São João del-Rei Airport]]
| website = {{URL|saojoaodelrei.mg.gov.br}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''São João del-Rei'''{{Efn|Also spelled São João del Rei or São João del Rey in older references.}} is a Brazilian municipality in the state of [[Minas Gerais]]. Founded in 1713 in homage to king [[John V of Portugal]], the city is famed for its historic [[Portuguese colonial architecture]]. The current population is estimated at 90,225 inhabitants.<ref name=":0" />

== Geography ==
It is located in the drainage basin of the [[Rio Grande (Paraná River)|Rio Grande]] and its terrain is located in the [[Mantiqueira mountains]]. It is a centre for the cities in the south and southeast of [[Minas Gerais]].

The municipality contains part of the [[Ritápolis National Forest]].<ref>{{citation|language=pt |title=Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional de Ritápolis|publisher=MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente |url=http://sistemas.mma.gov.br/cnuc/index.php?ido=relatorioparametrizado.exibeRelatorio&relatorioPadrao=true&idUc=105|access-date=2016-05-19}}</ref>

According to the [[List of Intermediate and Immediate Geographic Regions of Minas Gerais|modern (2017) geographic classification]] by Brazil's National Institute of Geography and Statistics ([[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]]), the municipality belongs to the [[Immediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei]], in the [[Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Divisões Regionais do Brasil {{!}} IBGE |url=https://www.ibge.gov.br/geociencias/cartas-e-mapas/redes-geograficas/15778-divisoes-regionais-do-brasil.html |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=www.ibge.gov.br}}</ref>

=== Districts ===
The municipality has five rural districts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-10 |title=Dados de distritos de MG |url=http://www.fjp.mg.gov.br/index.php/docman/diteg/707-relacao-de-distritos-de-minas-gerais-junho-de-2017/file |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=IBGE (Wayback Machine)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810193449/http://www.fjp.mg.gov.br/index.php/docman/diteg/707-relacao-de-distritos-de-minas-gerais-junho-de-2017/file |archive-date=2017-08-10 }}</ref>

* Rio das Mortes
* São Gonçalo do Amarante
* São Miguel do Cajuru
* Emboabas
* São Sebastião da Vitória

== History ==
The city was founded by the [[bandeirantes]]; Tomé Portes del-Rei is considered the city's founder. The original small village situated in southern [[Minas Gerais]] was created as a staging post on the [[Estrada Real]], a trade route from the coast at [[Paraty]] to cities in the central region of Minas Gerais such as [[Ouro Preto]], [[Mariana, Minas Gerais|Mariana]] and [[Conselheiro Lafaiete]]. Later huge amounts of gold were found near the city itself.

== Culture ==
Today, São João del-Rei is a university town. The campus of the [[Federal University of São João del-Rei]] (UFSJ) and a number of other educational institutions are present in the city. A second medical school is to be established at the University.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

The city has many famous religious festivals through the year, most of them preserving the way it was celebrated by the time of the foundation, with baroque music and special celebrations that attracts tourists from all over the world, particularly during Holy Week, when the town receives the greatest influx of visitors.

=== Tourism ===
The city is 12 km from [[Tiradentes, Minas Gerais|Tiradentes]]. Other historical cities in Minas Gerais are [[Ouro Preto]], [[Diamantina, Minas Gerais|Diamantina]], [[Mariana, Minas Gerais|Mariana]], [[Congonhas]] and [[Sabará]].

=== Cathedrals and churches ===
* [[Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, São João del Rei|Catedral Basílica Nossa Senhora do Pilar]] (1721), a [[Minor Basilica]], dedicated to [[Our Lady of the Pillar]], the episcopal seat of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del Rei]].<ref>http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/brazil/0936.htm GCatholic, with Google satellite map</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Silveira |first=Lucas |title=Diocese ganha novo mapa territorial após criação de novas foranias |url=https://diocesedesaojoaodelrei.com.br/diocese-ganha-novo-mapa-territorial-apos-criacao-de-novas-foranias/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Diocese de São João del Rei|date=16 September 2016 }}</ref>
* Our Lady of Rosário (1720)
* Our Lady of Carmo (1733)
* Our Lady of Mercês e Bonfim (1769)
* [[Saint Francis of Assisi Church (São João del-Rei)|São Francisco de Assis]] (1774)
* Santo Antônio (Senhor dos Montes neighborhood)
* Nossa Senhora da Piedade do Bom Despacho

== Sports ==
The city is home to [[Athletic Club (MG)|Athletic Club]] (1909), an [[association football]] team that plays in the First Division of [[Campeonato Mineiro]], along with [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]], [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético]] and [[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América]].

== Notable people ==

=== Folk ===
* [[Tiradentes]], national hero

=== Sports ===
* [[Thiago Galhardo]], [[association football]] professional player

=== Entrepreneur ===
* [[Nadir Dias de Figueiredo]], [[Glass production|glass]] industrialist

=== Writers ===

* [[Otto Lara Resende]], writer ([[Chronicle|chronicler]])
* [[Bárbara Heliodora (poet)|Bárbara Heliodora]], writer and thinker from [[Inconfidência Mineira]]

=== Music ===
* [[Chico Lobo]], [[composer]] of [[viola caipira]]

=== Politicians ===

* [[Tancredo Neves]], former [[president of Brazil]]
* [[Manuel Jacinto Nogueira da Gama]], [[Empire of Brazil|Imperial]] [[Senate of brazil|senator]]

=== Catholic Church ===

*Blessed [[Nhá Chica|Francisca de Paula de Jesus]], Afro-Brazilian Catholic [[Laity|laywoman]]
* [[Antônio de Almeida Lustosa]], [[Archbishop of Fortaleza]], [[Servant of God]]
* [[Lucas Moreira Neves]], Catholic [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]]
* [[Miguel Afonso de Andrade Leite]], Catholic priest, [[Servant of God]]
* [[José Maria Xavier]], [[Religious music|sacred music]] [[composer]] and Catholic priest

== Estrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas ==
São João del-Rei was an important station on the [[Estrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas]], a [[narrow gauge railway]] characterised by woodburning steam locomotives, and the location of a major [[Railway roundhouse|roundhouse]]. The station and surrounding facilities have been turned into Brazil's largest railway museum, and a tourist railway operates from the station to the well preserved colonial town of [[Tiradentes, Minas Gerais|Tiradentes]].

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = São João del-Rei (1981–2010)
|Jan high C = 28.1
|Feb high C = 28.5
|Mar high C = 27.7
|Apr high C = 27.1
|May high C = 24.7
|Jun high C = 23.9
|Jul high C = 23.7
|Aug high C = 25.3
|Sep high C = 25.9
|Oct high C = 27.0
|Nov high C = 27.0
|Dec high C = 27.1
| year high C = 26.3
|Jan mean C = 21.8
|Feb mean C = 21.9
|Mar mean C = 21.1
|Apr mean C = 20.0
|May mean C = 17.4
|Jun mean C = 15.9
|Jul mean C = 15.7
|Aug mean C = 16.8
|Sep mean C = 18.6
|Oct mean C = 20.1
|Nov mean C = 20.7
|Dec mean C = 21.1
| year mean C = 19.3
|Jan low C = 17.2
|Feb low C = 17.2
|Mar low C = 16.6
|Apr low C = 15.1
|May low C = 12.4
|Jun low C = 10.4
|Jul low C = 10.1
|Aug low C = 10.8
|Sep low C = 13.2
|Oct low C = 15.0
|Nov low C = 16.1
|Dec low C = 16.7
| year low C = 14.2
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 320.4
|Feb precipitation mm = 183.8
|Mar precipitation mm = 192.9
|Apr precipitation mm = 65.1
|May precipitation mm = 41.0
|Jun precipitation mm = 15.1
|Jul precipitation mm = 11.5
|Aug precipitation mm = 22.4
|Sep precipitation mm = 78.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 129.2
|Nov precipitation mm = 195.5
|Dec precipitation mm = 326.8
|year precipitation mm = 1582.0
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 17
| Feb precipitation days = 12
| Mar precipitation days = 11
| Apr precipitation days = 6
| May precipitation days = 4
| Jun precipitation days = 2
| Jul precipitation days = 2
| Aug precipitation days = 3
| Sep precipitation days = 6
| Oct precipitation days = 9
| Nov precipitation days = 13
| Dec precipitation days = 18
| year precipitation days =
| Jan humidity = 77
| Feb humidity = 75.2
| Mar humidity = 77.1
| Apr humidity = 75.9
| May humidity = 75.8
| Jun humidity = 74.1
| Jul humidity = 71.1
| Aug humidity = 66.9
| Sep humidity = 69.3
| Oct humidity = 70.9
| Nov humidity = 74.3
| Dec humidity = 77.3
| year humidity = 73.7
|Jan sun = 187.6
|Feb sun = 199.0
|Mar sun = 195.7
|Apr sun = 179.9
|May sun = 176.2
|Jun sun = 163.4
|Jul sun = 179.8
|Aug sun = 206.8
|Sep sun = 184.2
|Oct sun = 196.1
|Nov sun = 155.8
|Dec sun = 166.2
|year sun = 2190.7
|source 1 = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia<ref name=INMET>{{cite web
| url = http://www.inmet.gov.br/portal/index.php?r=clima/normaisclimatologicas
| title = Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010
| publisher = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia
| language = Portuguese
| accessdate = 21 May 2024}}</ref>
}}

==See also==
* [[List of municipalities in Minas Gerais]]

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{wikivoyage|São João del Rei}}
* {{in lang|pt}} [http://www.guiadelrei.com.br/site/ Guia Turistico e Histórico de São João Del Rei]
* {{in lang|pt}} [http://www.saojoaodelrei.mg.gov.br Municipal website]
* [http://www.guiadelrei.com.br/ Guia del Rei]

{{Municipalities of Minas Gerais}}
{{Authority control}}

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