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Paraguaçu Paulista

Paraguaçu Paulista

Municipality in Southeast, Brazil

For the city in Minas Gerais, see Paraguaçu.

Paraguaçu Paulista is a municipality in south-west of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Microregion of Assis, situated in the middle Paranapanema Valley.[4] The population is 45,945 (2020 est.) in an area of 1001.3 km2.[1] It's the second largest population of microregion and the 3rd of mesoregion, and is 422 km away from the capital, São Paulo.[5] Paraguaçu was created as a district of the (then) municipality of Conceição de Monte Alegre in 1923. It became a separate municipality in 1925. Its name was changed to Paraguaçu Paulista in 1948.[6]

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  1. [1]
    Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
  2. [2]
    IBGE (10 October 2002). "Área territorial oficial" (in Portuguese). Resolução da Presidência do IBGE de n° 5 (R.PR-5/02).
  3. [3]
    IBGE 2020
  4. [4]
    Site da Prefeitura da Estância Turístíca de Paraguaçu Paulista. "Conheça Paraguaçu Paulista" (in Portuguese).
  5. [5]
    "Distâncias entre a cidade de São Paulo e todas as cidades do interior paulista" (in Portuguese).
  6. [6]
    IBGE, history
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