Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- Southeast
- State
- Minas Gerais
- Founded
- September 28, 1883
- Mayor
- Sérgio Antônio Ribeiro Ferreira
- Total
- 511.199 km (197.375 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 140 m (460 ft)
- Density
- 69.6/km (180/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−3 ( BRT )
- Website
- alemparaiba.mg.gov.br
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Official name
- Além Paraíba
- Demonym
- além-paraibano
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Minas Gerais
- Population
- 30932
- Area
- 511.199
- Elevation
- 445
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Shares border with
- Leopoldina
- Official website
- www.alemparaiba.mg.gov.br
- Image
- Antiga Estação de Porto Novo.jpg
- Dialing code
- 32
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- Commons category
- Além Paraíba
- postal code
- 36660-000 - 36669-999
- Human Development Index
- 0.777
- electorate
- 27935
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Encyclopedic overview
Além Paraíba is a city in the southeastern Zona da Mata region of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The name indicates its position on the far bank (from Rio de Janeiro) of the Rio Paraíba do Sul. It was known as São José d'Além Parahyba until 1923.
Railways
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Além Paraíba” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.