| Prados | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Official Name: | Municipality of Prados |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Type3: | Intermediate Region |
| Subdivision Type4: | Immediate Region |
| Subdivision Name: |  Brazil |
| Subdivision Name2: | Southeast |
| Subdivision Name3: | Barbacena |
| Subdivision Name4: | São João del-Rei |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1704 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Lester Rezende Dantas Júnior |
| Leader Party: | PSDB |
| Area Total Km2: | 264.115 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 9,128 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Demonym: | pradense |
| Timezone: | BRT |
| Utc Offset: | -3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | 36320-000 to 36324-999 |
| Blank Name: | HDI (2010) |
| Blank Info: | 0.689 – medium[2] |
Prados is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Sao Joao del Rei. In 2020, the estimated population was 9,080.[3]
According to the modern (2017) geographic classification by Brazil's National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the municipality belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei, in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena.[4]
The municipality is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del-Rei.[5]