Pirapora

Pirapora is a municipality in northcentral Minas Gerais in Brazil. The population is 56,640 (2020 est.) in an area of . The name Pirapora comes from the Tupi words for "fish" + "jump", referring to the piracema season when a mass migration of fishes ascends the São Francisco River to spawn.

Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_shield: Brasão_do_Município_de_Pirapora-MG.png
Settlement.image_flag: Bandeira_do_Município_de_Pirapora-MG.jpg
Settlement.image_skyline: PIRAPORA-MG.2013.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: View of Pirapora
Settlement.image_map: MinasGerais Municip Pirapora.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Minas Gerais state
Settlement.pushpin_map: Brazil
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Southeast
Settlement.subdivision_type2: State
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Minas Gerais
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Mesoregion
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Microregion
Settlement.subdivision_type5: Metrop. region

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: Piraporense
Population: 46351
Area: 575.460
Elevation: 679
Official website: www.pirapora.mg.gov.br
Image: PIRAPORA-MG.2013.JPG
Dialing code: 38

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Commons category: Pirapora
Human Development Index: 0.731
inception: 1912-01-01
postal code: 39270-000 a 39279-999
electorate: 41242

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Location
Microregion of Pirapora
History
Economy
Health and education
Climate
See also
References
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==Location== Pirapora belongs to its own statistical microregion. The elevation of the municipal seat is 472 meters. It became a municipality in 1912. This municipality is located on the right bank of the São Francisco River and is 340 km from the state capital.