Claim: Santa Rita do Sapucaí in the second most populous state of Minas Gerais Brazil has a population of approximately 42,000.
Evidence: Santa Rita do Sapucaí (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃tɐ ˈʁitɐ ðu sɐpukɐˈi) is a municipality situated in the southernmost part of the State of Minas Gerais. Minas Gerais ([ˈminɐz ʒeˈɾajs (listen)) is a state in Southeastern Brazil. 43.260 According to the last estimate (2019), it has a population of 43 thousand people. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country.