UBERABA

city, western Minas Gerais estado (state), Brazil, in the highlands at 2,575 feet (785 m) above sea level, on the Uberaba River. It was given city status in 1856. Uberaba is the trade centre of an important agricultural area, yielding cattle (the largest source of income), rice, oranges, corn (maize), beans, coffee, sugarcane, and bananas. A well-known cattle and agricultural exhibition is held there each May. The city's well-developed industry includes cement and lime plants, shoe factories, and sugar mills. Freight is transported by rail and road to Belo Horizonte, the state capital (262 miles east), and to neighbouring communities in Minas Gerais and So Paulo states. Uberaba is an archdiocese, the seat of the stock-raising district, called the Triangulo Mineiro (Minas Triangle), and also the seat of the Regional Centre for Economic and Social Research on Latin America. Pop. (1980) 180,228.