Santana de Pirapama
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| Santana de Pirapama | |
| Nickname: 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.
[edit] History
Santana de Pirapama's history begun with the fundation 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.
[edit] The name
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.
[edit] Culture
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.
