FROM THE “ZONA DA MATA/MG” TO THE “REGIÃO GEOGRÁFICA INTERMEDIÁRIA DE JUIZ DE FORA/MG”: CONTINUITIES AND DISCONTINUITIES IN IBGE’S REGIONALIZATION PROPOSALS.

Abstract

The work that follows has the main objective of identifying the continuities and discontinuities between the “Zona da Mata/MG” and the “Região Geográfica Intermediária de Juiz de Fora/MG”, two regional cutouts proposed by IBGE at different times (IBGE, 1990; 2017). For this purpose, other regionalizations proposed by the institute for the state of Minas Gerais and the geo-history of the empirical cutout to be analyzed were rescued. Methodologically, there was a bibliographic and documentary survey, in addition to the elaboration of maps and tables that help in the final understanding of the text. It was observed that between the 1990 and 2017 regionalizations there are more permanences than ruptures for the area, with the last regionalization ratifying the centrality of Juiz de Fora as the main pole, in addition to identifying smaller cities that also play important roles and articulate smaller regions.