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"Location of Romaria in the state of Minas Gerais Romaria is a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was 3,566 people living in a total area of 402 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaiba and to the microregion of Patrocínio. It became a municipality in 1962. Location The municipality is located in the region of the Alto Paranaíba, just north of the important federal highway BR-365, which links the state boundary of Goiás to Montes Claros. The elevation of the town center is 960 meters. Neighboring municipalities are: Estrela do Sul and Monte Carmelo (N); Iraí de Minas (E); Nova Ponte and Indianópolis (S); Araguari (W).Citybrazil Distances *Monte Carmelo: 20 km *Patrocínio: 75 km *Uberlândia: 75 km *Belo Horizonte: 511 km DER MGAonde fica History Água Suja, today Romaria, began as a settlement during the War of Paraguay, when some prospectors found diamonds. The first stone was discovered in 1857 in the Agua Suja stream, a tributary of the Bagagem River. A chapel was built to honor Our Lady of Abadia and an image was brought from Portugal. By 1926 there were already around fifty thousand pilgrims (romeiros) coming to worship the statue of the Virgin and the construction of a sanctuary was begun. The celebration takes place from August 6 to 15 and it attracts thousands of pilgrims who fill the small town.Ferias.tur.br Economic activities The most important economic activities are cattle raising for meat and dairy, commerce, and agriculture, with the main crops being coffee, corn, rice, and citrus fruits. The GDP in 2005 was R$70 million, with 16 million generated by services, 03 million generated by industry, and 48 million generated by agriculture. Romaria is in the middle tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development. As of 2007 there were no banking agencies in the town. There was a modest retail infrastructure serving the surrounding area of cattle and agricultural lands. There were 391 automobiles in all of the municipality (2007), about one for every 08 inhabitants.IBGE Romaria has a small municipal area but had a large agricultural production especially in coffee, corn, and soybeans. In the rural area there were 175 establishments (2006) occupying 27,000 hectares (planted area: 14,000 ha,; natural pasture: 7,000 ha.; and woodland: 5,000 ha.). About 2,000 persons were dependent on agriculture. 68 of the farms had tractors, a ratio of one in 03 farms. There were 7,700 head of cattle in 2006. The main crops were coffee (5,200 hectares), corn (6,500 hecares), cotton, peas, beans, passion fruit, rice, and soybeans (9,500 hectares). Health and education In the health sector there were 02 health clinics and 01 hospital with 16 beds. In the educational sector there was 01 pre-primary schools, 02 primary school, and 01 middle school. *Municipal Human Development Index: 0.775 (2000) *State ranking: 139 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000 *National ranking: 1,196 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000 *Literacy rate: 90% *Life expectancy: 71 (average of males and females)Frigoletto The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas with 0.841, while the lowest was Setubinha with 0.568. Nationally the highest was São Caetano do Sul in São Paulo with 0.919, while the lowest was Setubinha. In more recent statistics (considering 5,507 municipalities) Manari in the state of Pernambuco has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place. References See also * List of municipalities in Minas Gerais Category:Municipalities in Minas Gerais "
"The Grind is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and featuring Lon Chaney. The film is now considered to be lost. Cast * Pauline Bush as Jean Chesney * Queenie Rosson as Rita Chesney * Helene Rosson as Lily Chesney (as Helen Rosson) * Lon Chaney as Henry Leslie * Ray Gallagher as Bob Leslie References External links * Category:1915 films Category:American films Category:1915 short films Category:American silent short films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1915 drama films Category:Lost American films Category:Films directed by Joseph De Grasse Category:Universal Pictures films Category:American drama films Category:1915 lost films Category:Lost drama films "
"Gregor MacKenzie Stevens (born 13 January 1955 in Drumchapel, Glasgow) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played during the 1970s and 1980s. Stevens started his career at Motherwell in 1974 and moved to Leicester City in 1979 for a fee of £165,000. But he was to stay there for only four months before being brought back to Scotland by Rangers manager John Greig who paid City £150,000 for his services. Stevens' Rangers debut came on 6 September 1979 as a sub in a 4-2 win at Dundee United. He went on to make 92 appearances and scored four goals. References ;Sources * *Gregor Stevens at Sportingheroes.net *Gregor Stevens at Londonhearts Category:1955 births Category:Brechin City F.C. players Category:Dumbarton F.C. players Category:Association football defenders Category:Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Category:Leicester City F.C. players Category:Living people Category:Motherwell F.C. players Category:Partick Thistle F.C. players Category:Rangers F.C. players Category:Scottish Football League players Category:Scottish footballers Category:English Football League players Category:Scottish Football League representative players Category:Scotland under-21 international footballers "