Ouro Preto ('Black Gold'), capital of the province of Minas Geraes, Brazil, stands among barren mountains, 3780 feet above sea-level, and 200 miles N. by W. of Rio Janeiro. It contains several handsome official buildings, but otherwise consists mainly of narrow and irregular streets. The gold-mining is now reduced to comparatively unprofitable washings. Pop. (1890) 22,000.
Ouro Preto
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 664
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