Santana de Pirapama | |
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Nickname(s): Pirapama | |
Location in Minas Gerais | |
Santana de Pirapama
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Country | Brazil |
Region | Southeast |
State | Minas Gerais |
Founded | 1948 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Alberto Carlos Gomes Tameirão (PMDB) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 8,175 |
Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) |
Santana de Pirapama is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Its population was cauculated in 2006 with 8,175 inhabitants.
Santana de Pirapama's history begun with the foundation of the district of Traíras - the name of a fish, common in that region. In 1948, Pirapama was risen to the status of municipality, independent of the town of Codisburgo.
Santana de Pirapama came from a union of Portuguese and Indian languages. "Santana" is a contraction of "Santa Ana", Portuguese expression referring to Saint Anne, Patron of the city. "Pirapama" came from the language of the natives, and means "furious fish", it's a characteristic of traíra, the fish whose name was used as the name of Pirapama when it was just a district of Codisburgo.
In the month of July, people in Santana de Pirapama make a party to their Patron, Saint Anne. Besides Saint Anne, other saints are claimed in this party. named "Jubileu", in Portuguese, like Our Lady of the Rosary and Saint Sebastian.