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Tiros
Minas Geraisvillage
Tiros
Total population
7,883
Founded
1924
Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Tiros is a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 6,424 people living in a total area of 2,093 km2 (808 sq mi). The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaiba and to the microregion of Patos de Minas. It became a municipality in 1924.
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History
The region was first settled during the Portuguese colonial period in the eighteenth century due to the discovery of diamonds. The first settlement was called Vila de Santo Antônio de Tiros. In 1867 it became a parish of the municipality of São Francisco das Chagas do Campo Grande; in 1870 it jointed the municipality of Dores da Marmelada; in 1911, it became a district; in 1923 it became the municipality of Tiros. According to some historians, the name is derived from a firefight between diamond miners and smugglers in 1801.
Geography
The urban center is located at an elevation of 1,034 meters southeast of Patos de Minas in the upper Borrachudo River valley. Neighboring municipalities are: São Gonçalo do Abaeté (N), Morada Nova de Minas, Biquinhas, Paineiras, Cedro do Abaeté (E), Matutina (S), and Arapuá, Carmo do Paranaíba, Patos de Minas, Varjão de Minas(W). *Patos de Minas: 110 km *São Gotardo: 50 km (BR-262) *Belo Horizonte: 365 km
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Nearby places in Minas Gerais
- Quintinos12.8 mi away
- Abaeté dos Mendes14.6 mi away
- Funchal20.8 mi away
- Quartel de São João21 mi away
- Major Porto21.4 mi away
- Guarda dos Ferreiros27.2 mi away
- Bom Sucesso de Patos28.7 mi away
- Paineiras28.9 mi away · pop. 4,224
- Chumbo29.3 mi away
- Pindaíbas29.4 mi away
- Canastrão33.7 mi away
- Biquinhas33.8 mi away · pop. 2,383
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Official Identifiers
IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- IBGE code
- 3168903
- UF
- MG
- Mesorregião
- Triângulo Mineiro/Alto Paranaíba
- Microrregião
- Patos de Minas
servicodados.ibge.gov.br
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • 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