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Manhuaçu is a municipality in Eastern Minas Gerais state, in Brazil. Its population was 86,844 (2015) and its area is 628 km².LocationLocated 260 km from the state capital of Belo Horizonte, it is near the important road junction of BR 262 and BR 116 . The total area of the municipality is 629 km² and it lies at an elevation of 635 m in the foothills of the Serra da Chabata or Caparaó, which form the boundary between the states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo. The main rivers are the Ribeirão do Manhuaçuzinho and the Manhuaçu River, which are tributaries of the Doce River.Altitudes range from at Foz do Rio São Mateu to at Serra Pedra Dourada. Temperatures range from to, with an average of. Annual rainfall averages.The municipality holds part of the Sossego Forest Biological Station.EconomyThe economy of the city is based on the production and processing of mountain coffee. It is the center of commercialization of coffee of the Zona da Mata, and there are offices and warehouses of the main exporting and processing companies of the country. There are storage facilities for about one million sacks of coffee. The region harvests about 1.5 million sacks of coffee a yearThere are three schools of higher education, Faculdade do Futuro, Doctum and Facig - Faculdade de Ciências Gerenciais de Manhuaçu.Parque Nacional do CaparaóThe Caparaó National Park is a national park administered by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) and is located approximately 60 km southeast of Manhuaçu on the boundary dividing the states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo. The entrance to the park is at Alto Caparaó. The area of the park is 318 square kilometers.