Curvelo is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the geodesic centre of Minas Gerais, 170 km north of the capital, Bel…Curvelo is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the geodesic centre of Minas Gerais, 170 km north of the capital, Belo Horizonte, and connected to the capital by highways MG 135 and BR 040. Its estimated population is 80,616 inhabitants and the total area of the municipality is 3,344 kmª. The city lies at an altitude of 633 metres. Curvelo takes its name from the Brazil-born Portuguese priest Antônio Corvelo de Ávila, when the parish of Santo Antônio da Estrada e o Padre Antônio de Ávila Curvelo was founded in the 18th century.
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