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Capetinga
Minas Geraisvillage
Total population
6,562
Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Capetinga, a small village in Minas Gerais, Brazil, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Public datasets list a population of roughly 6,562. Capetinga maps to -20.618°, -47.057° — squarely within the tropical belt. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. The location receives about 1,933 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 76% of daylight hours. Detailed open-data panels follow, covering demographics, climate, geography, wildlife and nearby settlements.
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History & geography
History
In 1923 it was dismembered from São Sebastião do Paraíso. In 1938 the municipality was created. The name, Capetinga, according to data from the local government, means - "capeva"" - grass; and "tinga" - which smells bad. According to other sources, capetinga is formed by caapeb-tinga and means a white leaf.
Geography
The city center of Capetinga is located at an elevation of 900 meters southeast of Passos and west of the Furnas reservoir. Neighboring municipalities are: Cássia (NE), Pratápolis (SE), São Sebastião do Paraíso (S), São Tomás de Aquino (SW), Itirapuã, Patrocínio Paulista and Franca, (W), and Ibiraci (NW). Distances *Belo Horizonte: 352 km *Franca: 35 km to the northeast *Passos: 65 km (north on MG-446 for 35 km, then west on MG-050 for 26 km)
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
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
Events
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Official Identifiers
IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- IBGE code
- 3112406
- UF
- MG
- Mesorregião
- Sul/Sudoeste de Minas
- Microrregião
- Passos
servicodados.ibge.gov.br
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • 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