Aiuruoca is a city in the
Brazilian state
The federative units of Brazil () are subnational entities with a certain degree of autonomy (self-government, self-regulation, and self-collection) and endowed with their own government and constitution, which together form the Federative Repu ...
of
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...
. In 2020 its population was estimated to be 5,976.
Aiuruoca was founded in 1706.
In the 1920s,
Danish immigrants in rural parts of Aiuruoca laid the foundation for the production of the
Brazilian cheese ''
queijo prato''.
The municipality contains 15.76% of the
Serra do Papagaio State Park, created in 1998.
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Municipalities in Minas Gerais
1706 establishments in Brazil
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