Gûará-pirang-a

Piranga lies in the wooded hills of Minas Gerais, near the river that bears its name. The settlement grew from the Guarapiranga goldfields, which João Siqueira Afonso is credited with discovering in 1704. Prospectors moved outward from these workings into neighbouring valleys, while a community formed around the mining camp. The Indigenous name Guarapiranga survived in the name of the place and river.