Editing Paraty (section)

{{Short description|Historic municipality in Brazil}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Paraty
| official_name      = Municipality of Paraty
| settlement_type    = [[Municipalities of Brazil|Municipality]]
| image_skyline      = {{multiple image|total_width=300px|perrow=2/2/2|border=infobox
|image1             = Paraty 05.JPG
|image2             = Brazil paraty wide street.jpg
|image3             = Museu de Arte Sacra de Paraty 01.jpg
|image4             = Baia de Paraty (4172148762).jpg
|image5             = Ruas de Paraty.jpg
|image6             = Paraty - Rio de Janeiro (22480619061).jpg
}}
| image_caption      = 
| image_flag         = Bandeira de Paraty.png
| image_seal         = Br-rj-pt-brasao.gif
| image_map          = RiodeJaneiro Municip Parati.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location in Rio de Janeiro state
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Regions of Brazil|Region]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[States of Brazil|State]]
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Brazil}}
| subdivision_name1  = [[Southeast Region, Brazil|Southeast]]
| subdivision_name2  = {{flag|Rio de Janeiro}}
| population_demonym = ''paratiense''
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Carlos José Gama Miranda
| area_note          = 
| area_total_km2     = 928.47
| population_as_of   = 2020
| population_footnotes = <ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rj/paraty/panorama IBGE 2020]</ref>
| population_total   = 43,680
| timezone           = [[Time in Brazil|BRT]]
| utc_offset         = &minus;3
| timezone_DST       = 
| utc_offset_DST     = 
| elevation_m        = 5
| elevation_ft       = 
| blank_name         = '''[[Human Development Index|HDI]]''' (2010)
| blank_info         = 0.693  – <span style="color:#FFD215">medium</span><ref>{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.pnud.org.br/arquivos/ranking-idhm-2010.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233352/http://www.pnud.org.br/arquivos/ranking-idhm-2010.pdf |archive-date=July 8, 2014 |access-date=August 1, 2013 |publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]] (UNDP)
}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|paraty.rj.gov.br}}
| postal_code_type   = [[Código de Endereçamento Postal|CEP]]
| postal_code        = 23970-000
| footnotes          = {{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
 |child    = yes
 |Part_of  = [[Paraty]] and [[Ilha Grande]] – Culture and Biodiversity
 |ID       = 1308rev-005
 |Year     = 2019
 |Criteria = Mixed: v, x
 }}
| population_density_km2 = auto
}}
{{Coord|23|13|10|S|44|42|53|W|scale:30000|display=title}}
'''Paraty''' (or '''Parati''', {{IPA|pt|paɾaˈtʃi}}) is a preserved [[Portuguese empire|Portuguese colonial]] (1500–1822) and [[Brazilian Imperial House|Brazilian Imperial]] (1822–1889) [[Municipalities of Brazil|municipality]] with a population of about 43,000.<ref>''[http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf Estimativas das populações residentes, em 1º de julho de 2009, segundo os Municípios]'', [[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]]</ref> The name "Paraty" originates from the local [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|Guaianá Indians]]' indigenous [[Tupian languages|Tupi language]], named for an abundant local fish native to the region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-09-11 |title=A Change of Pace in Paraty |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/a-change-of-pace-in-paraty |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809135254/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/a-change-of-pace-in-paraty |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=Travel |language=en}}</ref> Paraty is located on the [[Costa Verde (Brazil)|Costa Verde]] (Green Coast), a lush green corridor that runs along the coastline of the state of [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]], in [[Brazil]]. Paraty has become a tourist destination, known for its historic town center and the coast and mountains in the region. The historic center of the city, as well as four areas of the [[Atlantic Forest]], were inscribed on the [[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage List]] in 2019 under the title "Paraty and Ilha Grande".<ref name="unesco">{{cite web |url=https://en.unesco.org/news/five-sites-inscribed-unescos-world-heritage-list |title=Five sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List |publisher=UNESCO |date=2019-07-05 |access-date=2019-07-05 }}</ref>