The Subprefecture of Ipiranga is one of 32

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s of the city of

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. It comprises three districts: Ipiranga,

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, and

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.Official Subprefecture Website (Portuguese)
/ref> This subprefecture hosts the

Ipiranga Museum The Museu Paulista of the University of São Paulo, commonly known as Museu do Ipiranga, is a Brazilian history museum located near the place where Emperor Pedro I proclaimed Brazil's independence on the banks of Ipiranga brook in the Southeast ...

and the Parque da Independência, where the

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was proclaimed.

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