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Lagoa da Prata (Lagoa da Prata)
Lagoa da Prata is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. In 2020, its population was estimated to be 52,711. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Central Mineira and to the microregion of Bom Despacho.

In the 18th century, when Tiradentes was dismembered, the municipality of Itapecerica was created, consisting of 34 districts (or divisions) called ordinanças do Reino. Among them, there was a part called Pântano (where the municipality of Lagoa da Prata is located today), the 12th located. Another was Santo Antônio do Monte.

The occupation of the place where the city is today began with a dam, built by a Portuguese named Novato, who wanted mills and monjolos. With the expansion of its embankment and the affluence of the adjacent swamp, the small dam was transformed into a lagoon. Around 1850, Lieutenant Francisco Bernardes acquired a large extension of land on the banks of the São Francisco River. Bernardes acquired a large tract of land on the banks of the São Francisco River and established himself commercially there, later dedicating himself to agriculture. When he died, the farm was acquired by his nephew Colonel Carlos José Bernardes Sobrinho, who transferred it to the vicinity of the aforementioned lake, dedicating himself to the commercialization of coffee and oxen.

In a short time, there were a large number of inhabitants among households, family members and employees. Later, Colonel Carlos Bernardes donated land for the construction of the Church under the patronage of São Carlos, around which the village developed. One day, some missionary friars, passing by the shores of the lake, observed reflections of the sun on the waters. They referred to the place as “Lagoa da Prata”. An excerpt from the book: História de Lagoa da Prata, by Acácio Mendes, tells the story of the origin of the name of what would then be the municipality:

“One day some Franciscan Friars who were preaching Missions came to the edge of this dam and who, naturally to have a snack and rest for a few hours, on a calm day, the sun at its height and when the waters of the dam, serene and gentle, they were shaken by the breath of the breeze that calmly made a reflection on the surface of the water. On that occasion the rays of the sun in those ebbs gave the impression of silver coins falling on the waters; and then from that comment was the memory of silver falling into the pond. And right at the first landing, as in the others, whenever the friars wanted to refer to that lake where they had rested and which still had no name, they would say: – 'In the silver lake', and the friars by "silver lake" and the aka was then replacing the plural by the simplest: Lagoa da Prata. So, when Carlos Bernardes, in 1875, built his mansion in its surroundings, he already found Lagoa da Prata named”.

Carlos Bernardes died suddenly in 1900. At the 1st Mass in the chapel still under construction, Monsignor Otaviano José de Araújo, vicar of Santo Antônio do Monte gave the chapel the name of São Carlos and called on the people to change the name of the place, which is renamed São Carlos do Pântano. However, in 1916, even with the name change, in the creation of the railway and stop that passed through the region, the residents baptized the new station with the name of the lagoon, thus inaugurating the Lagoa da Prata Station. The village was subordinated to the municipality of Santo Antônio do Monte for a while, separating from it over the decades.

In 1923 the District of Lagoa da Prata was created, and in 1938 came its separation and emancipation, becoming the Municipality of Lagoa da Prata. The flat topography and the fertility of the land attracted migrants and companies. The municipality became a major producer of cereals, sugar cane and had a significant bovine herd. With the establishment of the sugar industry and candies and caramels, a new influx of people was created.

 
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