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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic Town of Ouro Preto' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
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| Ouro Preto (Portuguese pronunciation:xc2xa0[xcbx88o(w)xc9xbeu xcbx88pxc9xbeetu], Black Gold), formerly Vila Rica (Portuguese pronunciation:xc2xa0[xcbx88vilxc9x90 xcbx88xcax81ikxc9x90], Rich Town), is a city in and former capital of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a former colonial mining town located in the Serra do Espinhaxc3xa7o mountains and designated a World Heritage site by UNESCO because of its outstanding Baroque Portuguese colonial architecture. | WIKI |
| The city has twelve districts: Amarantina, Antxc3xb4nio Pereira, Cachoeira do Campo, Engenheiro Correia, Glaura, Lavras Novas, Miguel Burnier, Santa Rita, Santo Antxc3xb4nio do Leite, Santo Antxc3xb4nio do Salto, Sxc3xa3o Bartolomeu and Rodrigo Silva. | WIKI |
| The city is linked by unlit winding roads to highways for: | WIKI |
| There is a report of snow in the city in the year of 1843. | WIKI |
| The city centre contains well-preserved Portuguese colonial architecture, with few signs of modern urban development. | WIKI |
| New construction must keep with the city's historical aesthetic. | WIKI |
| The tremendous wealth from gold mining in the 18th century created a city which attracted the intelligentsia of Europe. | WIKI |
| At that time, Vila Rica was the largest city in Brazil, with 100,000 inhabitants. | WIKI |
| The Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (Federal University of Ouro Preto or UFOP) has approximately 10,000 students in the city. | WIKI |
| No other university city in the country has exactly the same characteristics of the student lodgings found there. | WIKI |
| The city contains numerous churches, many known for their religious art and baroque architecture. | WIKI |
| A number of former gold mines in the city offer tours to tourists. | WIKI |
| The most notable of the cityxe2x80x99s architectural works are represented by the religious monuments and administrative buildings, including the Palxc3xa1cio dos Governadores (Governorsxe2x80x99 Palace), today the School of Mines, and the former Casa de Cxc3xa2mara e Cadeia (Administrative and Prison House), home to the Inconfidxc3xaancia Museum. | UNESCO |
| Controlled growth of the cityxe2x80x99s surrounding areas and limits on the scale of new buildings have served to maintain the urban landscape of the 18th and 19th centuries within the property largely unaltered. | UNESCO |
| In regard to the cityxe2x80x99s residential and commercial constructions, inevitable modifications have been authorized while safeguarding the original facades. | UNESCO |
| The first involved Municipal Decrees 13 of 1931 and 25 of 1932 issued by Mayor Joxc3xa3o Velloso, which mandated the xe2x80x9cpreservation of the colonial faxc3xa7ade.xe2x80x9d A year later, President Getxc3xbalio Vargas designated the city a National Monument. | UNESCO |
| Beginning in the 1950s, the city experienced significant expansion and a rise in heavy traffic flows in the light of the regionxe2x80x99s emerging economic development, a direct consequence of intensified steel production and mining activities. | UNESCO |
| In response, the Federal Government built a highway around the city named after SPHANxe2x80x99s first director, Rodrigo Mello Franco de Andrade. | UNESCO |
| A second measure implemented to protect the city from excessive vehicle traffic involved construction of a bus terminal on the outskirts of Ouro Preto to clear the central section of intra- and interstate and tourist buses. | UNESCO |
| With a view to enhancing management of Ouro Pretoxe2x80x99s cultural heritage, IPHAN opened a Technical Office in the city in the 1980s staffed with a multidisciplinary team of professionals. | UNESCO |
| On September 5, 1980, the city became Brazilxe2x80x99s first cultural property entered on the World Heritage List. | UNESCO |
| In the 1990s, the Technical Advisory Group (Grupo de Assessoramento Txc3xa9cnico xe2x80x93 GAT) was established, composed of technical experts representing IPHAN and the Municipal Government, in addition to other government agencies devoted to the cityxe2x80x99s preservation efforts. | UNESCO |
| The group developed a series of guidelines to control land use and occupation in the city center, officially referred to as the Special Protection Zone (Zona de Protexc3xa7xc3xa3o Especial). | UNESCO |
| Also in 2010, IPHAN issued two normative rules aimed at enhancing the cityxe2x80x99s management: Directive 187 of June 11, 2010, governing the procedures for conducting investigations into alleged administrative violations involving conduct and acts which are deemed to be harmful to or damage the cityxe2x80x99s cultural heritage structures, and Directive 420 of December 22, 2010, which sets out the procedures for authorizing interventions in protected heritage structures and the respective surrounding areas. | UNESCO |
| A number of challenges remain to ensure proper management of the city, enhance urban expansion planning through additional controls on the occupation of the surrounding hillsides, regulate general traffic planning in the urban zone surrounding the protected area, and effectively develop the areaxe2x80x99s tourist-cultural potential, transforming the city into an international cultural destination, recognized for its rich cultural heritage. | UNESCO |