Minas Velhas (Brazil) (Geographic Name)
- Old Mines (Brazil)
Town and country in Brazil, 1971: map on t.p. (Minas Velhas) p. 6 (Minas Velhas (Old Mines); county seat in central Bahia) map on p. 7 (on Rio das Pedras NE of Vila Nova) p. 16-17 (designated a vila (township) in 1725) p. 18 (seat of a large municipio in 1746; had its control reduced in 1746, 1810, 1840, 1847, 1878, and 1921; today the sede (county seat) of county of Minas Velhas)
GNIS, Sept. 12, 2006