Campina Verde is a municipality in the Triângulo Mineiro of western Minas Gerais, Brazil. It belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region of Uberlândia and the Intermediate Geographic Region of Uberlândia. The municipality covers . Its population was 18,011 in the 2022 census and was estimated at 18,188 in 2025.
The municipality was created on 17 December 1938. It consists of the districts of Campina Verde and Honorópolis. Its waterways drain toward the lower Grande River and the lower Paranaíba River.
History In 1830, João Batista Siqueira and his wife donated the Campo Belo, Perobas, and Fortaleza farms to the Congregation of the Mission. The congregation established a house at Campo Belo. Houses gathered near its church and formed the settlement that became Campina Verde.
The district of Rio Verde had its seat transferred from Monjolinho to Campo Belo in 1911. It was renamed Campina Verde on 7 September 1923 and remained part of Prata.
State Decree-Law No. 148 created the municipality on 17 December 1938. It joined the Campina Verde district, detached from Prata, with São Francisco de Sales, detached from Frutal, and the newly created district of Santa Rosa.
Santa Rosa was renamed Camélia in 1943 and became the municipality of Iturama in 1948. São Francisco de Sales separated from Campina Verde in 1962. The same law created Honorópolis as a district of Campina Verde.
Geography Campina Verde covers in western Minas Gerais. The municipality is divided into the districts of Campina Verde and Honorópolis. Its municipal seat lies near the center of the territory, while Honorópolis occupies its own district farther west.
Campina Verde spans two parts of the Paraná River basin. Some waterways drain toward the lower Grande River, while others flow toward the lower Paranaíba River.
Notable people Elpídio Donizetti, jurist
See also List of municipalities in Minas Gerais
References
External links Official municipal website Municipal Chamber of Campina Verde