The New International Encyclopædia/Diamantina

​DIAMANTINA, dē′ȧ-mȧn-tē′nȧ. An episcopal city in the State of Minas Geraes, Brazil, situated 146 miles northeast of Ouro Preto, and 4000 feet above sea-level (Map: Brazil, J 7). It is the centre of a diamond-producing district, and has diamond-cutting and goldsmiths’ establishments, as well as cotton and leather manufactures, and a trade in diamonds amounting almost to $1,000,000 annually. Diamantina was founded in 1730. It formerly bore the name Tejuco. Population, in 1890, 14,000.

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