Rio Espera

Rio Espera
Municipality
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Interactive map of Rio Espera
Country	Brazil
State	Minas Gerais
Region	Southeast
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)

Rio Espera is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.

As of 2020, the town has 5,402 inhabitants and is 160 km to the southeast of Belo Horizonte.^[1] The town was founded in 1710 when a group of Portuguese explorers, coming from São Paulo, stopped beside a brook to wait for their companions. The site was originally known as Arraial de Espera.

• List of municipalities in Minas Gerais

20°51′18″S 43°28′26″W / 20.85500°S 43.47389°W / -20.85500; -43.47389