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Prata

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Prata

Total population

28,342

Air quality index

30Good
Coordinates-19.31°, -48.92°

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City facts

Overview

Prata is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 28,017, living in a total area of 4,856 km2. The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro and Alto Paranaíba and to the statistical microregion of Uberlândia. It became a municipality in 1873.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-19.3072
Longitude
-48.9239
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
30
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
0.9
PM10 (µg/m³)
0.9
Ozone (µg/m³)
64
NO₂ (µg/m³)
1.6

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
4
Distinct species (top 10)
4

Most-observed species

  • Narrow Stingless Bee
    Tetragonisca angustula (Latreille, 1811) · Insecta
    1
  • wolf apple
    Solanum lycocarpum A.St.-Hil. · Magnoliopsida
    1
  • Mountain Ebony
    Bauhinia variegata L. · Magnoliopsida
    1
  • Zarzabacoa Comun
    Desmodium incanum (Sw.) DC. · Magnoliopsida
    1

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
1
Largest magnitude
4.2
Largest event
2024-06-18

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

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Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Minas Gerais

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Geography & sun

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Public attention

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Official Identifiers

IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics

IBGE code
3152808
UF
MG
Mesorregião
Triângulo Mineiro/Alto Paranaíba
Microrregião
Uberlândia

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Sources

  • Wikipedia
  • Wikidata
  • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • 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