Paraisópolis

This article is about the city in Minas Gerais. For the neighborhood in São Paulo, see Paraisópolis (São Paulo).
Paraisópolis

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Nickname(s): Paraiso
Paraisópolis
Coordinates: 22°33′14″S 45°46′48″W / 22.55389°S 45.78000°W / -22.55389; -45.78000
Country Brazil
State Minas Gerais
Mesoregion Sul/Sudoeste de Minas (IBGE/2008[1])
Microregion Itajubá (IBGE/2008[1])
Government
  Mayor Sérgio Wagner Bizarria (until 2012)
Area[2]
  Total 331,510 km2 (128,000 sq mi)
Elevation 968 m (3,176 ft)
Population (Census IBGE/2010[3])
  Total 19,392
Demonym(s) paraisopolitano or paraisopolense

Paraisópolis is a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

The municipality contains part of the 180,373 hectares (445,710 acres) Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area, created in 1997.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Divisão Territorial do Brasil". Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). 1 July 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  2. IBGE (10 アウト。 2002). "Área territorial oficial". Resolução da Presidência do IBGE de n° 5 (R.PR-5/02). Retrieved 5 Dec 2010. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. "Censo Populacional 2010". Censo Populacional 2010. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). 29 November 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  4. APA Fernão Dias (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-02


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