Poté
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Poté is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was estimated to be 16,616 people living in a total area of 632 km2. The city is part of the Immediate Geographic Region of Teófilo Otoni. It became a municipality in 1938.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Poté
- Settlement.image_flag
- BANDEIRA Poté MG.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Flag of Poté
- Settlement.image_map
- MinasGerais Municip Pote.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Minas Gerais
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Intermediate Geographic Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Teófilo Otoni
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Immediate Geographic Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Teófilo Otoni
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 549
- Settlement.timezone
- BRT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- −3
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
- Settlement.population_total
- 16,616
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- poteense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Minas Gerais
- Population
- 14676
- Area
- 632.692
- Elevation
- 549
- Shares border with
- Teófilo Otoni
- Official website
- www.pote.mg.gov.br
- Image
- Vista Parcial Poté MG.jpg
- Dialing code
- 33
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- Commons category
- Poté
- electorate
- 12448
- Human Development Index
- 0.642
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Name
- Geography
- Economy
- Health and education
- See also
- References
Poté is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was estimated to be 16,616 people living in a total area of 632 km2. The city is part of the Immediate Geographic Region of Teófilo Otoni. It became a municipality in 1938.
==Name== The name is derived from a semi-legendary figure called Poté, who was an indigenous leader of the Botocudo, the first inhabitants of the region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Poté” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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