Tiradentes
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town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- State
- Minas Gerais
- Region
- Southeast
- Intermediate region
- Barbacena
- Immediate region
- São João del-Rei
- Founded
- 19 January 1718
- Mayor
- Nilzio Barbosa ( MDB )
- Total
- 83.047 km (32.065 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 903 m (2,963 ft)
- Density
- 93.25/km (241.5/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−3 ( BRT )
- Postal code
- 36325-000 to 36327-999
- Area code
- +55 32
- Hdi 2010
- 0.740 – high
- Website
- tiradentes .mg .gov .br
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Named after
- Tiradentes
- Demonym
- tiradentino
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Minas Gerais
- Population
- 10236
- Area
- 83.209
- Elevation
- 927
- Shares border with
- Santa Cruz de Minas
- Official website
- www.tiradentes.mg.gov.br
- Image
- Tiradentes - Minas Gerais - Brasil. (15463465202).jpg
- Dialing code
- 32
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- Commons category
- Tiradentes (Minas Gerais)
- Human Development Index
- 0.773
- postal code
- 36325-000
- inception
- 1718-01-19
- electorate
- 6105
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Encyclopedic overview
Tiradentes is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is located at 21°06′37″S 44°12′41″W / 21.11028°S 44.21139°W / -21.11028; -44.21139, has an area of 83.5 km (32.2 sq mi), and a maximum elevation above sea level of 927 m. Tiradentes had an estimated population of 10,960 as of 2020. The original village was established in 1702 and became a city on 19 January 1718. In 1889 the city was renamed from Vila de São José do Rio das Mortes in honour of the national hero who was born nearby.
It has been acclaimed as an unspoiled example of Portuguese colonial architecture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tiradentes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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