Guiratinga
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Guiratinga (also known as Princess Eastern and initially as Lageado) is a city in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, distant about 320 miles from the capital Cuiabá. Like many cities in the region, its foundation is directly linked to mining activity that began in the 1920s.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Guiratinga is referenced by 147 other articles, and connects out to Brazil, list of sovereign states and Brasília.
The entry is geolocated on the map in BR, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Municipalities in Mato Grosso.
Its subject is documented across 26 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Guiratinga
- Settlement.official_name
- Guiratinga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Guiratinga.png
- Settlement.motto
- Per Aspera Ad Astra - If Reaches For Rough Paths of Glory
- Settlement.image_map
- MatoGrosso Municip Guiratinga.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Guiratinga
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Central-West
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- 22px Mato Grosso
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Mesoregion
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Sudeste Mato-Grossense (IBGE/2008 )
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Microregion
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- guiratinguense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Mato Grosso
- Population
- 14798
- Area
- 5358.322
- Elevation
- 459
- Shares border with
- São José do Povo
- Official website
- guiratinga.mt.gov.br
- Image
- Guiratinga - State of Mato Grosso, Brazil - panoramio.jpg
- Dialing code
- 66
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- Commons category
- Guiratinga
- Human Development Index
- 0.761
- electorate
- 7419
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Foundation of the City
- Political Aspects
- Ordinance Establishing Its Own City
- Law Decree Changing Name Of City
- Location
- Distances from
- Diocese of Guiratinga
- Brief history
- References
- External links
Guiratinga (also known as Princess Eastern and initially as Lageado) is a city in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, distant about 320 miles from the capital Cuiabá. Like many cities in the region, its foundation is directly linked to mining activity that began in the 1920s.
== Etymology == It originates from the Tupi "Guira / gyra," which means, bird, bird or heron + "tinga", relating to the color white, white, clear, white heron.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guiratinga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations