Paracatu

Paracatu is a municipality in the state of in Brazil. The name is from Tupi para + katu, thus meaning 'good river'.
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  • Town with about 99,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 690 metres (2,260 feet)
  • …is also known as “Paracatu, Minas Gerais”
  • Description: municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil

Places of Interest

Highlights include Paracatu mine.
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Quarry
The is one of the largest gold surface mines in , and also in the world.

Paracatu

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Latitude
-17.2174° or 17° 13′ 3″ south
Longitude
-46.8708° or 46° 52′ 15″ west
Open location code
58JMQ4MH+2M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 246673160
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6321631
Wiki­data ID
Q1755739

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Paracatu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باراكاتو”
  • Basque: “Paracatu”
  • Bishnupriya: “পারাকাটু”
  • Catalan: “Paracatu”
  • Cebuano: “Paracatu”
  • Chechen: “Паракату”
  • Chinese: “帕拉卡图”
  • Dutch: “Paracatu”
  • Esperanto: “Paracatu”
  • French: “Paracatu”
  • Georgian: “პარაკატუ”
  • German: “Paracatu”
  • Hungarian: “Paracatu”
  • Irish: “Paracatu”
  • Italian: “Paracatu”
  • Kazakh: “Parakatw”
  • Kazakh: “Паракату”
  • Kazakh: “پاراكاتۋ”
  • Malagasy: “Paracatu”
  • Mazanderani: “پاراکاتو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Paracatu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Paracatu”
  • Norwegian: “Paracatu”
  • Persian: “پاراکاتو”
  • Polish: “Paracatu”
  • Portuguese: “Paracatu”
  • Romanian: “Paracatu, Minas Gerais”
  • Romanian: “Paracatu”
  • Russian: “Паракату”
  • Spanish: “Paracatu”
  • Swedish: “Paracatu”
  • Tatar: “Паракату”
  • Turkish: “Paracatu”
  • Urdu: “پراکاتو، میناس ژیریش”
  • Vietnamese: “Paracatu”
  • Volapük: “Paracatu”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Paracatu, Minas Gerais”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Paracatu”
  • Welsh: “Paracatu”

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