Pirapetinga

Pirapetinga is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. Its estimated population in 2020 was 10,772 inhabitants (IBGE).

Geography
The municipality is located in the Meso-region of Zona da Mata near the border with the State of Rio de Janeiro. It is 379 km by road from the capital of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte. It has an area of 192 km2 including the city itself and two districts: Valão Quente and Caiapó.

Topography, climate, hydrology
The city is at an altitude of 160 m, with the highest point being Pedra Bonita at 797 m. The climate is tropical with wet summers and an average annual temperature around 23.5 C, with variations between 18 C (mean minimum) and 31 C (mean maximum).

The district is watered by the River Pirapetinga a tributary of the Paraíba do Sul.

Highways
BR-393

Census Data - 2000
Total Population : 10,034

Urban: 8413 Rural: 1621 Men: 5034 Women: 5000

(Source: AMM )

Population density (inhabitants / km2): 51.8

Infant mortality (per thousand): 25.4

Life expectancy (years): 71.1

Fertility rate (children per woman): 2.2

Literacy Rate: 83.8%

Human Development Index (HDI): 0.759

HDI-M Income: 0.681 HDI-M Longevity: 0.768 HDI-M Education: 0.827

(Source: UNDP / 2000)

History
The city began as a village that grew up around the chapel erected in honour of Saint Anne in 1850. In 1864 the village became a district of Leopoldina with the name of Santana Pirapetinga.

It became independent of the municipality of Além Paraíba in 1938.