Mandi-yu

Mandu lies beside the river of that name, a tributary of the Sapucaí in southern Minas Gerais. A settlement grew around a chapel dedicated to Bom Jesus de Matozinhos, and the place later became known as Pouso Alegre. The parish was established in 1810. The river’s Indigenous name has been interpreted as referring to a yellow fish, preserving an older name in the colonial landscape.