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|imagesize = |image_caption = |nickname =|motto = |image_flag = Mariana (Bandeira).jpg|image_seal = Brasao_Mariana.png|image_map = MinasGerais Municip Mariana.svg|mapsize = 250px|image_map1 = Minas Gerais>State of Minas Gerais|pushpin_map = Brazil|pushpin_map_caption = Location in BrazilList of sovereign states>CountryRegions of Brazil>RegionStates of Brazil>StateBrazil}}Southeast Region, Brazil>SoutheastMinas Gerais}}|leader_title = MayorPopular Socialist Party (Brazil)>PPS)HTTP://PREFEITURA2014.PMMARIANA.COM.BR/GABINETE-DO-PREFEITO >TITLE=PREFEITURA DE MARIANA - GABINETE DO PREFEITO TRANS-TITLE=MARIANA CITY HALL - MAYOR'S OFFICE PUBLISHER=MARIANA CITY HALL ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20151123143035/HTTP://PREFEITURA2014.PMMARIANA.COM.BR/GABINETE-DO-PREFEITO, 2015-11-23, |established_title = Founded|established_date = July 16, 1696|area_note =|area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 1194.208|population_as_of = 2021|population_metro = |area_metro_km2 = |population_total = 61,830|population_note = |population_density_km2 = 45.40|population_density_metro_km2 =ACCESS-DATE= 14 MARCH 2022 BRAZILIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND STATISTICS>IBGE, WORK= O BRASIL MUNICíPIO POR MUNICíPIO INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DE GEOGRAFIA E ESTATíSTICA>BRAZILIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND STATISTICS (IBGE), 2015-05-27, Time in Brazil>BRT|utc_offset = −3|timezone_DST =|utc_offset_DST = 20424359region:BR|display=inline,title}}|elevation_m = 899|elevation_ft =Código de Endereçamento Postal>CEP postal code|postal_code = 35420-000List of dialling codes in Brazil>Area code|area_code = +55 31Human Development Index>HDI (2010)URL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=JULY 8, 2014 PUBLISHER=UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP), weblink}}|footnotes =}}Mariana is the oldest city in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is a tourist city, founded on July 16, 1696, and retains the characteristics of a baroque city, with its churches, buildings and museums. It was the first capital of Minas Gerais.Other historical cities in Minas Gerais are Ouro Preto, São João del-Rei, Diamantina, Tiradentes, Congonhas and Sabará.It has an area of {{convert|1194.208|km2}}.WEB,weblink Área territorial oficial, pt, Official Territorial Area, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), 2014-12-03, 2002-10-10, The municipality contains a very small part of the {{convert|31,270|ha}} of Serra do Gandarela National Park, created in 2014.{{citation|ref={{harvid|PARNA de Serra do Gandarela – ISA}} |language= pt |title= PARNA de Serra do Gandarela |publisher= ISA: Instituto Socioambiental |url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/uc/602416|access-date=2016-06-12}}In 2015, it suffered a major dam disaster.

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