Official website (http://www.paracatu.mg.gov.br/)
Paracatu
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Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- Southeast
- State
- Minas Gerais
- Founded
- October 20, 1798
- Mayor
- Olavo Remígio Condé ( PSDB ), (2013-2016)
- Total
- 8,229.588 km (3,177.462 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 688 m (2,257 ft)
- Density
- 10.29/km (26.7/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Paracatuense
- Time zone
- UTC−3 ( BRT )
- Postal code cep
- 38600-000
- Area code
- +55 38
- Website
- www .paracatu .mg .gov .br
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- paracatuense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Minas Gerais
- Population
- 62774
- Area
- 8229.595
- Elevation
- 688
- Shares border with
- Vazante
- Official website
- www.paracatu.mg.gov.br
- Image
- Caverna de Santa Fé - Paracatu.jpg
- Dialing code
- 38
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- Commons category
- Paracatu
- Human Development Index
- 0.744
- inception
- 1798-10-20
- postal code
- 38600-000 a 38609-999
- electorate
- 65566
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Encyclopedic overview
Paracatu is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. The name is from Tupi para ('river') + katu ('good'), thus meaning 'good river'.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paracatu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.