Aiuruoca

Aiuruoca
Municipality
Municipality of Aiuruoca
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Location in Minas Gerais
Country	Brazil
State	Minas Gerais
Region	Southeast
Intermediate Region	Pouso Alegre
Immediate Region	Caxambu-Baependi
Founded	1706
Government
•  Mayor	Erlisson Vitor Lopes (PSD)
Area
• Total	649.680 km2 (250.843 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	5,949
• Density	9.2/km2 (24/sq mi)
Demonym	aiuruocano
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Postal Code	37450-000 to 37451-999
HDI (2010)	0.668 – medium [2]
Website	aiuruoca.mg.gov.br

Aiuruoca is a city in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. In 2020 its population was estimated to be 5,976. ^[3]

Aiuruoca was founded in 1706.

In the 1920s, Danish immigrants in rural parts of Aiuruoca laid the foundation for the production of the Brazilian cheese queijo prato . ^[4]

The municipality contains 15.76% of the 22,917 hectares (56,630 acres) Serra do Papagaio State Park, created in 1998. ^[5]

21°58′S44°36′W / 21.967°S 44.600°W / -21.967; -44.600

References

1. "IBGE Aiuruoca". IBGE . Retrieved 11 October 2022.
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
3. IBGE 2020
4. "Reportagens". revistagloborural.globo.com. Archived from the original on 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
5. PES da Serra do Papagaio (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-27

External links

Media related to Aiuruoca at Wikimedia Commons