Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- Southeast
- State
- Minas Gerais
- Neighboring municipalities
- Onça de Pitangui , São José da Varginha , Esmeraldas , Florestal , Mateus Leme , Itaúna , Igaratinga , Conceição do Pará
- Distance to capital
- 75 km (47 mi)
- Districts
- Ascensão, Carioca, Córrego do Barro, Pará de Minas (seat), Tavares de Minas, Torneiros
- Foundation
- 20 September 1859 ( 1859-09-20 )
- Emancipation
- 9 October 1848, (abolished on 31 May 1850) , 8 June 1858, (abolished on 15 July 1872) , 23 December 1874
- Mayor
- Inácio Franco (Liberal Party)
- Term end
- present
- Total
- 551 km (213 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 788 m (2,585 ft)
- Density
- 185/km (480/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Paraminense
- Time zone
- UTC−3 ( BRT )
- Postal code
- 35660-000 to 35665-999
- Gdp ibge 2021
- R$4,025,297,487
- Gdp per capita ibge 2021
- R$42,098.58
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- paraminense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Minas Gerais
- Population
- 61193
- Area
- 551
- Elevation
- 777
- Shares border with
- Esmeraldas
- Official website
- www.parademinas.mg.gov.br
- Image
- Parcial de Pará de Minas, MG.JPG
- Dialing code
- 37
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- Commons category
- Pará de Minas
- Human Development Index
- 0.725
- inception
- 1877-11-05
- postal code
- 35660-000 a 35665-999
- electorate
- 64630
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Encyclopedic overview
Pará de Minas is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais, in the Southeast Region of Brazil. It is part of the metropolitan belt of Belo Horizonte and is situated west of the state capital, approximately 75 km (47 mi) away in the Central region of Minas Gerais. The municipality covers an area of 551.247 km (212.838 sq mi), with 9.9 km (3.8 sq mi) within the urban area. Its population was estimated at 102,033 inhabitants in 2024.
The municipality's average annual temperature is 21.8 °C (71.2 °F), and its original vegetation is predominantly Atlantic Forest. With 95% of the population residing in the urban area, the city had 50 healthcare facilities in 2009. Its Human Development Index (HDI) is 0.725, classified as high compared to the national average.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pará de Minas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.