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Itaipé
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Itaipé
Total population
10,463
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City facts
Overview
Itaipé is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was estimated to be 12,836 people living in a total area of 483 km2. The city is part of the Immediate Geographic Region of Teófilo Otoni. It became a municipality in 1962.
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Geography
Itaipé is located on at an elevation of 847 meters, 66 km. northwest of Teófilo Otoni. The distance to the state capital, Belo Horizonte, is 530 km. Neighboring municipalities are: Novo Cruzeiro, Caraí, Catuji, and Ladainha. The city's name is of Tupi origin and means "Path of Stones", due to the presence in the region of many interesting rock formations. The most spectacular is Pedra do Chifre, with an elevation of 1,100 meters, and located on the municipal boundary of Itaipé and Teófilo Otoni. There are also many waterfalls in the region including Cachoeira das Bicas, 3 km. from the city center. The town began as a district of Araçuai and later Novo Cruzeiro, becoming a municipality in 1962.
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Official Identifiers
IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- IBGE code
- 3132305
- UF
- MG
- Mesorregião
- Vale do Mucuri
- Microrregião
- Teófilo Otoni
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