Paraisópolis

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Place in Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Paraiso

22°33′14″S 45°46′48″W / 22.55389°S 45.78000°W / -22.55389; -45.78000CountryBrazilStateMinas GeraisMesoregionSul/Sudoeste de Minas (IBGE/2008)^[1]MicroregionItajubá (IBGE/2008)^[1]Government

• MayorSérgio Wagner Bizarria (until 2012)Area

^[2]

• Total331,510 km² (128,000 sq mi)Elevation

968 m (3,176 ft)Population

(2020 ^[3])

• Total21,221Demonymparaisopolitano or paraisopolense

Paraisópolis is a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a population (2020) of 21,221.

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

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ IBGE (2002). "Área territorial oficial". Resolução da Presidência do IBGE de n° 5 (R.PR-5/02). Retrieved 5 December 2010.
^ IBGE 2020
^ APA Fernão Dias (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2 October 2016