Pirapora

Pirapora is a municipality in northcentral in . The population is 56,640 in an area of 550 km2. The name Pirapora comes from the Tupi words for "fish" + "jump", referring to the piracema season when a mass migration of fishes ascends the to spawn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buritizeiro.

Town
is a municipality in the north of the state of . Its population in 2020 was 28,121 inhabitants in a total area of 7,226 km2. It is a major producer of cattle and grains.

Pirapora

Latitude
-17.3494° or 17° 20′ 58″ south
Longitude
-44.9508° or 44° 57′ 3″ west
Population
55,600
Elevation
679 metres (2,228 feet)
Open location code
58JQM22X+6M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415522798
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6321679
Wiki­data ID
Q1756358
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Pirapora” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Pirapora
  • Bishnupriya: পিরাপোরা
  • Catalan: Pirapora
  • Cebuano: Pirapora
  • Chechen: Пирапора
  • Chinese: Pirapora
  • Chinese: 皮拉波拉
  • Dutch: Pirapora
  • Esperanto: Pirapora
  • French: Pirapora
  • Georgian: პირაპორა
  • German: Pirapora
  • Hungarian: Pirapora
  • Irish: Pirapora
  • Italian: Pirapora
  • Kazakh: Pïrapora
  • Kazakh: Пирапора
  • Kazakh: پىيراپورا
  • Malagasy: Pirapora
  • Mazanderani: پیراپورا
  • Min Nan Chinese: Pirapora
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Pirapora
  • Norwegian: Pirapora
  • Polish: Pirapora
  • Portuguese: Pirapora
  • Romanian: Pirapora
  • Russian: Пирапора
  • Scots: Pirapora
  • Serbian: Pirapora
  • Serbian: Пирапора
  • Spanish: Pirapora
  • Swedish: Pirapora
  • Tatar: Пирапора
  • Turkish: Pirapora
  • Urdu: پیراپورا
  • Vietnamese: Pirapora
  • Volapük: Pirapora
  • Waray (Philippines): Pirapora
  • Welsh: Pirapora

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