Uiraúna
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Uiraúna is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Paraíba.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Uiraúna
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.official_name
- The Municipality of Uirauna
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Igreja Uiraúna.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church of Jesus, Maria and José
- Settlement.nickname
- Land of musicians and priests
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira UIRAUNA.jpg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Brasão de Uiraúna.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- Paraiba Municip Uirauna.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_map1
- Brazil State Paraiba.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Uirauna in the State of Paraíba
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northeast
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- border|22px Paraíba
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- uiraunense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Paraíba
- Population
- 15300
- Area
- 294.499
- Elevation
- 316
- Shares border with
- Poço de José de Moura
- Official website
- www.uirauna.pb.gov.br
- Image
- Igreja Uiraúna.jpg
- Dialing code
- 83
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- Commons category
- Uiraúna
- Human Development Index
- 0.646
- electorate
- 11506
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Emancipation policy
- Geography
- Topography
- Hydrography
- Economy
- Famous people
- References
- External links
Uiraúna is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Paraíba.
== History == It is said that the town starts with the Indians Icós, branch of the tribe of Cariris Old, who chose the region that today is Uiraúna by the presence of fish from the river, which at the time was the main means of survival.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Uiraúna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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