Piedade do Rio Grande

Piedade do Rio Grande
Municipality
Municipality of Piedade do Rio Grande
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Location in Minas Gerais
Country	Brazil
State	Minas Gerais
Region	Southeast
Intermediate Region	Barbacena
Immediate Region	São João del-Rei
Founded	12 December 1953
Government
•  Mayor	José Fernandes Neto (MDB)
Area
• Total	322.814 km2 (124.639 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	4,436
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Demonym	piedadense
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Postal Code	36227-000 a 36229-999
HDI (2010)	0.678 – medium [2]
Website	piedadedoriogrande.mg.gov.br

Piedade do Rio Grande is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Sao Joao del Rei. In 2020, the estimated population was 4,466. ^[3]

Geography

According to IBGE (2017), the municipality belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei, in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena. ^[4]

Ecclesiastical circumscription

The municipality is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del-Rei. ^[5]

See also

• List of municipalities in Minas Gerais

References

1. "IBGE Piedade do Rio Grande". 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. "Divisões Regionais do Brasil | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
5. Silveira, Lucas. "Diocese ganha novo mapa territorial após criação de novas foranias". Diocese de São João del Rei. Retrieved 2023-02-19.

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