Governador Valadares is a brazilian city of Minas Gerais' state. its estimated population in 2004 was 255.651 people.

Its localization, by the geographic coordinates, is 18° 51' 12" south and 41° 56' 42" west.

The area is 2 348,9 km2, by the Instituto de Geociências Aplicadas - IGA (Aplicated Geosciences Institute).

Name's Evolution

• Arraial de Porto de Dom Manoel - 1734
• Porto das Canoas - 1808
• Santo Antônio da Figueira - September 23, 1888 - Provincial Laugh
• Distrito de Santo Antônio do Bonsucesso - State Law of September 14, 1889
• Figueira - September 7, 1923; Law 843
• Figueira do Rio doce - 1937 - Decreto do governador Benedito Valadares
• Governador Valadares - January 31, 1938