Editing Sete Lagoas (section)

==Geography==
===Location===
Sete Lagoas is situated about 70 kilometres from [[Belo Horizonte]], the capital of Minas Gerais. The BR 040 motorway connects Sete Lagoas with Belo Horizonte and the national capital [[Brasília]]. The altitude is 761 metres above sea level.  It is surrounded by the following municipalities:
[[Araçaí]], [[Funilândia]], [[Prudente de Morais]], [[Capim Branco]], [[Esmeraldas, Minas Gerais|Esmeraldas]], [[Inhaúma]], [[Paraopeba]], and [[Caetanópolis]].

===Climate===
According to data from the meteorological station of the municipality, the average temperature of the city between the years 1961 to 1990 was 20.9&nbsp;°C.

The coldest month (July) had an average of 17.5&nbsp;°C while the hottest month (February) had an average of 23.0&nbsp;°C.

The four lowest temperature records at the Sete Lagoas meteorological station were as follows: 0.8&nbsp;°C on July 18, 1926; 1.3&nbsp;°C on October 31, 1942; 1.5&nbsp;°C on June 26, 1937 and also on May 8, 1942.

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|collapsed = Y
|location = Sete Lagoas (1981–2010)
|Jan high C = 	29.6
|Feb high C = 	30.2
|Mar high C = 	29.6
|Apr high C = 	28.8
|May high C = 	27.1
|Jun high C = 	26.4
|Jul high C = 	26.7
|Aug high C = 	28.2
|Sep high C = 	29.6
|Oct high C = 	30.1
|Nov high C = 	29.0
|Dec high C = 	28.7
| year high C = 	28.7
|Jan mean C = 	23.3
|Feb mean C = 	23.5
|Mar mean C = 	23.1
|Apr mean C = 	21.8
|May mean C = 	19.4
|Jun mean C = 	18.0
|Jul mean C = 	18.1
|Aug mean C = 	19.7
|Sep mean C = 	21.7
|Oct mean C = 	23.0
|Nov mean C = 	22.9
|Dec mean C = 	22.9
| year mean C = 	21.5
|Jan low C = 	18.9
|Feb low C = 	18.7
|Mar low C = 	18.5
|Apr low C = 	16.8
|May low C = 	14.0
|Jun low C = 	12.2
|Jul low C = 	12.0
|Aug low C = 	13.3
|Sep low C = 	15.7
|Oct low C = 	17.7
|Nov low C = 	18.5
|Dec low C = 	18.8
| year low C = 	16.3
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 	260.6
|Feb precipitation mm = 	143.3
|Mar precipitation mm = 	168.7
|Apr precipitation mm = 	51.6
|May precipitation mm = 	27.8
|Jun precipitation mm = 	4.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 	6.1
|Aug precipitation mm = 	13.1
|Sep precipitation mm = 	39.5
|Oct precipitation mm = 	87.9
|Nov precipitation mm = 	210.4
|Dec precipitation mm = 	321.3
|year precipitation mm = 	1334.8
 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 	14
| Feb precipitation days = 	10
| Mar precipitation days = 	10
| Apr precipitation days = 	5
| May precipitation days = 	3
| Jun precipitation days = 	1
| Jul precipitation days = 	1
| Aug precipitation days = 	2
| Sep precipitation days = 	4
| Oct precipitation days = 	7
| Nov precipitation days = 	13
| Dec precipitation days =	17
| year precipitation days =
| Jan humidity = 	74.8
| Feb humidity = 	71.9
| Mar humidity = 	74.3
| Apr humidity = 	71.9
| May humidity = 	70.7
| Jun humidity = 	68
| Jul humidity = 	62.5
| Aug humidity = 	56.8
| Sep humidity = 	55.9
| Oct humidity = 	61.6
| Nov humidity = 	71.8
| Dec humidity = 	76.6
| year humidity =	68.1
|Jan sun = 	189.5
|Feb sun = 	203.0
|Mar sun = 	202.5
|Apr sun = 	239.4
|May sun = 	243.4
|Jun sun = 	249.7
|Jul sun = 	266.6
|Aug sun = 	272.5
|Sep sun = 	236.3
|Oct sun = 	211.1
|Nov sun = 	174.3
|Dec sun = 	157.4
|year sun = 	2645.7
|source 1 = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia<ref name=INMET>{{cite web
| url = http://www.inmet.gov.br/portal/index.php?r=clima/normaisclimatologicas
| title = Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010
| publisher = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia
| language = Portuguese
| accessdate = 21 May 2024}}</ref>
}}

===Distances to other cities in Minas Gerais===
*[[Montes Claros]]: 355&nbsp;km.
*[[Uberaba]]: 521&nbsp;km.
*[[Uberlândia]]: 582&nbsp;km.
*[[Três Marias]]: 202&nbsp;km.
*[[Governador Valadares]]: 383&nbsp;km.
*[[Juíz de Fora|Juiz de Fora]]: 331&nbsp;km.<ref>[http://www.aondefica.com/linksdistancias_br.asp Onde Fica]</ref>
*[[Funilandia|Funilândia]]: 28&nbsp;km.

===Statistical Micro-region of Sete Lagoas===
Sete Lagoas is also a statistical micro-region with 20 municipalities: [[Araçaí]], [[Baldim]], [[Cachoeira da Prata]], [[Caetanópolis]], [[Capim Branco]], [[Cordisburgo]], [[Fortuna de Minas]], [[Funilândia]], [[Inhaúma]], [[Jaboticatubas]], [[Jequitibá]], [[Maravilhas]], [[Matozinhos]], [[Papagaios]], [[Paraopeba]], [[Pequi, Minas Gerais|Pequi]], [[Prudente de Morais, Minas Gerais|Prudente de Morais]], [[Santana de Pirapama]], [[Santana do Riacho]], and Sete Lagoas. In 2000 the population of this area was 341,568 inhabitants in a total area of 8,560.40;km².<ref>[http://www.citybrazil.com.br/mg/regioes/setelagoas/ Citybrazil]</ref>