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Alpercata
Minas Geraistown
Alpercata
Total population
6,903
Founded
1962
Air quality index
Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Alpercata is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2025 was 7,019 people living in a total area of 167 km2. The city belongs to the meso-region of Vale do Rio Doce and to the micro-region of Governador Valadares. It became a municipality in 1962.
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Geography
The city center of Alpercata is located at an elevation of 192 meters on the important federal highway BR-116 just south of Governador Valadares. Neighboring municipalities are: Governador Valadares (W and N), Tumiritinga (NE), Capitão Andrade, Engenheiro Caldas, and Fernandes Tourinho (S), and Sobrália (SW). Distances *Belo Horizonte: 330 km (north on BR-116 to Governador Valadares, then southwest on BR) *Governador Valadares: 13 km north on BR-116 *Engenheiro Caldas: 34 km south on BR-116
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Synechocystis aquatilis Sauv.Synechocystis aquatilis Sauv. · Cyanobacteriia351
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia (Molina, 1782) · Aves345
- Monoraphidium contortum (Thur.) Komárk.-Legn.Monoraphidium contortum (Thur.) Komárk.-Legn. · Chlorophyceae255
- Planktolyngbya limnetica (Lemmerm.) Komárk.-Legn. & CronbergPlanktolyngbya limnetica (Lemmerm.) Komárk.-Legn. & Cronberg · Cyanobacteriia253
- Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves228
- CylindroRaphidiopsis raciborskii (Wołoszyńska, 1912) Aguilera et al., 2018 · Cyanobacteriia202
- Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing, 1844Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing, 1844 · Bacillariophyceae134
- Melosira varians C.Agardh, 1827Melosira varians C.Agardh, 1827 · Bacillariophyceae134
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Minas Gerais
- São Geraldo de Tumiritinga8.4 mi away
- Senhora da Penha12.7 mi away
- Pedra Corrida12.9 mi away
- Itanhomi14.8 mi away · pop. 11,128
- Penha do Cassiano15.3 mi away
- Edgard Melo15.8 mi away
- Vila Nova Floresta16.9 mi away
- São Sebastião do Baixio19.7 mi away
- Brejaubinha21.1 mi away
- São Francisco do Jataí21.3 mi away
- São Vicente do Rio Doce22 mi away
- São Sebastião da Barra22.6 mi away
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- IBGE code
- 3101805
- UF
- MG
- Mesorregião
- Vale do Rio Doce
- Microrregião
- Governador Valadares
servicodados.ibge.gov.br
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • IBGE — Brazilian national statistics, via servicodados.ibge.gov.br (official municipal code, UF, mesorregião, microrregião, region)
- • IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics — servicodados.ibge.gov.br