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Diamantina

Also known as Arraial do Tijuco

Diamantina is a colonial town in Minas Gerais, Brazil, formerly the Arraial do Tijuco. Diamonds were found there in the 1720s, and the Portuguese crown made the area a closed Diamond District under a royal monopoly. Its well-preserved colonial centre is a World Heritage Site; President Juscelino Kubitschek was born there.

Diamantina — Image: Leandro Neumann Ciuffo · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Captaincy of Minas Gerais

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Diamantina. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/diamantina
MLA: “Diamantina.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/diamantina. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Diamantina.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/diamantina.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Diamantina’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/diamantina (Accessed: ).

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