Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Piumhi
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- Municipality
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- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.etymology
- Old Tupi: ''pi'um'y ("river of black flies") or Piauí'' ("fish river")
- Settlement.nickname
- The Caring City
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- Work and Justice
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- yes
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- 10
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- yes
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- none
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- Interactive map outlining Piumhi
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- MinasGerais Municip Piumhi.svg
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- Location within Minas Gerais
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- Brazil
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- right
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- Location within Brazil
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Encyclopedic overview
31 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Official symbols
- Cinema
- Geography
- Location
- Topography
- Piumhi River and the Cururu Swamp lands
- Climate
- COVID-19 pandemic
- Economy
- Agriculture and livestock
- Tourism
- Mining
- Environmental Protection Area (APA) Serras e Águas de Piumhi
- New sunflower species discovered
- Municipal holidays
- Variable dates
- Infrastructure
- Autonomous Water and Sewage Service – SAAE
- Communication
- Airport
- Security
- Olho Vivo surveillance program
- Education
- Health
- Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Piumhi
- SAMU
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
Piumhi () is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It serves as the seat of the Immediate Geographic Region of Piumhi within the Intermediate Geographic Region of Varginha. According to the 2022 census, it has a population of 36,062 inhabitants.
It is ranked as the 45th municipality in quality of life among the 853 municipalities of Minas Gerais, with a life expectancy of 67.1 years. In a ranking of moderate socio-economic development, Piumhi was placed 110th in Minas Gerais, with an index of 0.7564.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Piumhi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.