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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Belo Horizonte
| settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Brazil|Municipality]]
| official_name = {{Plainlist|
* ''Município de Belo Horizonte''
* Municipality of Belo Horizonte
}}
| nicknames = {{Plainlist|
* ''BH'' (pronounced "beagá")
* ''The Garden City''
* ''Belô''
}}
| image_skyline = [[File:Belo Horizonte Collage.png|280px]]
| image_caption = From the top, clockwise: Tiradentes Palace in the Administrative City, the seat of the Minas Gerais government; panorama of Avenida Afonso Pena with the Serra do Curral in the background; statue of the Monument to Civilization Mineira, in [[Praça Rui Barbosa|Rui Barbosa Square]], with the Museum of Arts and Crafts; [[Church of Saint Francis of Assisi]], part of the [[Pampulha Modern Ensemble]]; [[Mineirão]] stadium with the [[Lake Pampulha]] in the background and the Alta Vila Tower, on the border with the municipality of [[Nova Lima]]
| image_flag = Bandeira de Belo Horizonte.svg
| image_shield = Brasão de Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais).svg
| image_map = Brazil Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte location map.svg
| mapsize = 250px
| map_caption = Location in Minas Gerais
| motto =
| pushpin_map = Brazil Minas Gerais state#Brazil
|pushpin_label_position =
|pushpin_map_alt =
|pushpin_map_caption = Localization in Brazil
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Brazil|Region]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[States of Brazil|State]]
| subdivision_name = {{BRA}}
| subdivision_name1 = [[Southeast Region, Brazil|Southeast]]
| subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Minas Gerais}}
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = [[Alexandre Kalil]]
| leader_party = [[Humanist Party of Solidarity (Brazil)|PHS]]
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = December 12, 1897
| established_title2 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]] (as city)
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_magnitude = 1 E8
| area_total_km2 = 330.9
| elevation_m = 760
| elevation_footnotes = {{Citation needed|date=May 2015}}
| area_land_km2 =
| area_water_km2 =
| area_water_percent =
| area_urban_km2 = 282.3
| area_metro_km2 = 9459.1
| population_as_of = 2014
| population_metro = 5,156,217 (3rd)<ref>{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.ibge.gov.br/Estimativas_de_Populacao/Estimativas_2014/estimativa_dou_2014.pdf |title=2014 population estimates. Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) (1 July 2014). |publisher=Ibge.gov.br |date= |accessdate=September 14, 2014}}</ref>
| population_total = 2,502,557
| population_rank = [[List of largest cities in Brazil|6th]]
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 =
| population_density_metro_km2 =
| population_demonym = Belo-horizontino
| timezone = [[Time in Brazil|BRT]]
| utc_offset = −3
| coordinates = {{coord|19|55|S|43|56|W|type:city|display=inline,title}}
| area_code = (+55) 31
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 30000-000
| website = [http://www.pbh.gov.br/ Belo Horizonte, MG]
| footnotes =
}}
'''Belo Horizonte''' ({{IPA-pt|ˈbɛlu oɾiˈzõtʃi|br|Pt-br Belo Horizonte (local).ogg}}, {{IPA-pt|ˌbɛloɾiˈzõtʃi|local|Pt-br Belo Horizonte.ogg}};{{efn|{{IPA-pt|ˈbɛlu ɔɾiˈzõtɨ|eu}}.}} "Beautiful Horizon") is the [[List of largest cities in Brazil|sixth-largest city]] in [[Brazil]], with a population of approximately 2.5 million. It is the [[List of cities in South America|thirteenth-largest city]] in South America and the [[Largest cities in the Americas|eighteenth-largest]] in the Americas. The metropolis is anchor to the [[Greater Belo Horizonte|Belo Horizonte metropolitan area]], ranked as the [[List of metropolitan areas in Brazil|third most populous metropolitan area]] in Brazil and the [[List of metropolitan areas in the Americas|seventeenth most populous]] in the Americas. Belo Horizonte is the capital of [[States of Brazil|the state]] of [[Minas Gerais]], Brazil's [[List of Brazilian states by population|second most populous state]]. It is the first planned modern city in Brazil.
The region was first settled in the early 18th century, but the city as it is known today was planned and constructed in the 1890s, to replace [[Ouro Preto]] as the capital of Minas Gerais. The city features a mixture of contemporary and classical buildings, and is home to several modern Brazilian architectural icons, most notably the [[Pampulha Modern Ensemble|Pampulha Complex]]. In planning the city, [[Aarão Reis]] and [[Francisco Bicalho]] sought inspiration in the urban planning of Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.v-brazil.com/tourism/minas-gerais/belo-horizonte.html |title=Belo Horizonte in Brazil Travel |publisher=V-brazil.com |date= |accessdate=2011-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080712110715/http://www.v-brazil.com/tourism/minas-gerais/belo-horizonte.html |archive-date=July 12, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> The city has employed notable programs in urban revitalization and [[food security]], for which it has been awarded international accolades.
The city is built on several hills and is completely surrounded by mountains.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world66.com/southamerica/brazil/belohorizonte |title=About Belo Horizonte |publisher=World66.com |accessdate=2011-04-17 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514054220/http://www.world66.com/southamerica/brazil/belohorizonte |archivedate=May 14, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> There are several large parks in the immediate surroundings of Belo Horizonte. The Mangabeiras Park (Parque das Mangabeiras), {{convert|6|km|0|abbr=on}} southeast of the city centre in the hills of Curral Ridge (Serra do Curral), has a broad view of the city. It has an area of {{convert|2.35|km2|acre|abbr=on}}, of which {{convert|0.9|km2|acre|abbr=on}} is covered by the native forest. The Jambeiro Woods (Mata do Jambeiro) nature reserve extends over {{convert|912|ha|acre}}, with vegetation typical of the [[Atlantic Forest]]. More than 100 species of birds inhabit the reserve, as well as 10 species of mammals.
Belo Horizonte was one of the host cities of the [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]] and the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]]. Additionally, the city shared as host of the [[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup]] and the [[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics|football tournament]] during the [[2016 Summer Olympics]].
==History==
[[File:Planta BH.jpg|thumb|left|Belo Horizonte plan in 1895.]]
The metropolis was once a small village, founded by João Leite da Silva Ortiz, a [[bandeirante]] explorer from [[São Paulo (city)|São Paulo]]. The explorer settled in the region in 1701, leaving a gold rush expedition. He then established a farm called "Curral d'el Rey", archaic Portuguese for the "King's Corral", which in modern Portuguese would be spelled ''Curral do Rei''. The farm's wealth and success encouraged people from surrounding places to move into the region, and Curral del Rey became a village surrounded by farms.<ref>[http://curraldelrei.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/history-of-belo-horizonte/ History of BH] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303170018/http://curraldelrei.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/history-of-belo-horizonte/ |date=March 3, 2014 }} {{en icon}}</ref>
Another important factor contributing to the growth of the village was immigration from the [[São Francisco River]] region, who had to pass through Curral d'el Rey to reach southern parts of Brazil. Travelers usually visited a small wooden chapel, where they prayed for a safe trip. Due to this fact, the chapel was named Capela da Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem, which means "Chapel of Our Lady of the Good Journey." After the construction of Belo Horizonte, the old baroque chapel was replaced by a [[neo-gothic]] church that became the city's cathedral.<ref>[http://www.traveltill.com/destination/Brazil/Belo-Horizonte/history.php About Belo Horizonte] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904085205/http://www.traveltill.com/destination/Brazil/Belo-Horizonte/history.php |date=September 4, 2015 }} {{en icon}}</ref>
[[File:Inauguracaobh.jpg|thumb|right|Founding of the city in 1897]]
The previous capital of [[Minas Gerais]], [[Ouro Preto]] (meaning "black gold", due to dark rocks with gold inside found on the region), originally called "Vila Rica" ("wealthy village"), was a symbol of both the monarchic [[Brazilian Empire]] and the period when most of Brazilian income was due to mining. That never pleased the members of the [[Inconfidência Mineira]], republican intellectuals who conspired against the Portuguese dominion of Brazil. In 1889, Brazil became a republic, and it was agreed that a new state capital, in tune with a modern and prosperous Minas Gerais, had to be established.<ref>[http://www.pampulhanews.com.br/2011/10/belo-horizonte-1949-brazil.html BH – History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904085205/http://www.pampulhanews.com.br/2011/10/belo-horizonte-1949-brazil.html |date=September 4, 2015 }} {{en icon}}</ref>
In 1893, due to the climatic and topographic conditions, Curral Del Rey was selected by Minas Gerais governor [[Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena|Afonso Pena]] among other cities as the location for the new economic and cultural center of the state, under the new name of "Cidade de Minas," or City of Minas.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}
Aarão Reis, an [[urbanist]] from the State of [[Pará]], was then chosen to design the second [[planned city]] of Brazil (the first one is [[Teresina]]). Cidade de Minas was inaugurated in 1897, with many unfinished buildings as the [[Politics of Brazil|Brazilian government]] set a deadline for its completion. The local government encouraged growth through subsidies. It offered free lots and funding for building houses. An interesting feature of Reis' downtown street plan for Belo Horizonte was the inclusion of a symmetrical array of perpendicular and diagonal streets named after [[States of Brazil|Brazilian states]] and Brazilian [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous]] tribes.<ref>[http://www.primidi.com/belo_horizonte/history History of Belo Horizonte] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904085205/http://www.primidi.com/belo_horizonte/history |date=September 4, 2015 }} {{en icon}}</ref>
[[File:Belo Horizonte (MG).tif|thumb|Belo Horizonte, 1970s, [[Brazilian National Archives|National Archives of Brazil]] ]]
In 1906, the name was changed to Belo Horizonte. At that time the city was experiencing a considerable [[industry|industrial expansion]] that increased its commercial and [[tertiary sector of the economy|service]] sectors. From its very beginning, the city's original plan prohibited workers from living inside the urban area which was defined by Avenida do Contorno (a long avenue which goes around the city's central areas), reserved for government workers (hence the name of the trendy neighbourhood "Funcionários"), and bringing about an accelerated occupation outside the city's area well provided with infrastructure since its very beginning. Obviously, the city's original planners did not count on its ongoing population growth, which proved especially intense in the last 20 years of the 20th century.
In the 1940s, a young [[Oscar Niemeyer]] designed the Pampulha Neighbourhood to great acclaim, a commission he got thanks to then-mayor and soon-to-be-president [[Juscelino Kubitschek]]. These two men are largely responsible for the wide [[Avenue (landscape)|avenue]]s, large lakes, parks and jutting skylines that characterize the city today.<ref>[http://www.discoverbraziltours.com/cgi-local/city.pl?CityID=BHZ Belo Horizonte, Brazil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904085205/http://www.discoverbraziltours.com/cgi-local/city.pl?CityID=BHZ |date=September 4, 2015 }} {{en icon}}</ref> A 1949 American government film favorably reviewed the planning and building of the city.<ref>{{Citation|last=U.S. Office of Inter-Amer Affairs|title=Belo Horizonte|date=1949|url=https://archive.org/details/BeloHori1949|accessdate=2017-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716095116/https://archive.org/details/BeloHori1949|archive-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
Belo Horizonte is fast becoming a regional center of commerce. The Latin American Research and development center of Google, situated in Belo Horizonte, was responsible for the management and operation of the former [[social networking]] website [[Orkut]]. It continues to be a trendsetter in the arts, particularly where music, literature, architecture and the avant-garde are concerned.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.belotur.com.br/ing/a_cidade_historia.php |title=History of Belo Horizonte |publisher=Belotur.com.br |accessdate=2011-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110125428/http://www.belotur.com.br/ing/a_cidade_historia.php |archive-date=January 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
==Geography==
:''See also: {{illm|List of bairros of Belo Horizonte|pt|Lista de bairros de Belo Horizonte}}''
===Surrounding cities and metropolitan area===
[[File:Belo Horizonte at night.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|Belo Horizonte from [[ISS]] at night]]
The term "Grande BH" ("Greater Belo Horizonte") denotes any of various definitions for the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte. The legally defined ''Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte'' consists of 34 municipalities in total, and a population of around five million inhabitants ({{As of|2007|lc=y}}, according to IBGE).<ref name="IBGE_Pop_2007">{{cite web | url = http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/contagem2007/popmunic2007layoutTCU14112007.xls | title = Estimativas / Contagem da População 2007 | date = November 14, 2007 | publisher = Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) | accessdate = 2008-05-29 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080611205529/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/contagem2007/popmunic2007layoutTCU14112007.xls | archivedate = June 11, 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="SIDRA">{{cite web | url = http://www.sidra.ibge.gov.br/bda/tabela/listabl.asp?z=cd&o=17&i=P&c=793 | title = Tabela 793 – População residente, em 1º de abril de 2007: Publicação Completa | date = November 14, 2007 | publisher = Sistema IBGE de Recuperação Automática (SIDRA) | accessdate = 2008-05-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110614223617/http://www.sidra.ibge.gov.br/bda/tabela/listabl.asp?z=cd&o=17&i=P&c=793 | archive-date = June 14, 2011 | url-status = live }}</ref>
The intense process of urbanization that is taking place in the metropolitan region has made some of the political boundaries between municipalities in the region obsolete.
The city is now composed of a relatively contiguous urban area, centred on Belo Horizonte, which extends out into municipalities such as [[Contagem]], [[Betim]], [[Nova Lima]], [[Raposos]], [[Ribeirão das Neves]], [[Ibirité]], [[Santa Luzia, Minas Gerais|Santa Luzia]] and [[Sabará]], among others.
The municipality bounded to the north by [[Vespasiano]], to the north east by Santa Luzia, by Sabará to the east, by Nova Lima to the southeast, [[Brumadinho]] to the south and Ribeirão das Neves, Contagem and [[Ibirité]] to the west.
===Geology and geomorphology===
[[File:Belo Horizonte (2).jpg|thumb|Praça da Liberdade (Liberty Square) and Downtown Belo Horizonte]]
Belo Horizonte lies on a region of contact between different geological series of the [[Proterozoic]]. The geology largely comprises [[crystalline rock]]s, which give rise to the varied morphology of the landscape. It is located in a large geological unit known as the [[craton]] of [[São Francisco River|San Francisco]], referring to extensive crustal nucleus of central-eastern Brazil, tectonically stable at the end of the [[Paleoproterozoic]] and bordering areas that suffered the regeneration at the [[Neoproterozoic]].
The [[archean]] rocks members of Belo Horizonte complex and supracrustal sequences of the Paleoproterozoic is predominant. The area of Belo Horizonte complex includes the geomorphological unit called ''Depression of Belo Horizonte'', which represents about 70% of the municipality area and has its greatest expression in the northern [[Ribeirão Arrudas]] (Rues Stream) pipeline. The [[metasedimentary]] rocks has its area of occurrence on the south of [[Ribeirão Arrudas]] pipeline, constituting about 30% of the area of Belo Horizonte. The characteristics of this area are lithological diversities and rugged topography, which has its maximum expression in the ''Serra do Curral'' (Corral Ridge), the southern boundary of the municipality.
Its soil comprises a succession of layers of rocks of varied composition, represented by itabirite, [[Dolomite (rock)|dolomite]], [[quartzite]], filities and [[schist]]s different from the general direction northwest-southeast and dip to the southeast. The hills of Belo Horizonte are part of the [[Espinhaço Mountains]] and belong to the larger Itacolomi mountain chain. The highest point in the municipality is in the ''Serra do Curral'', reaching {{convert|1538|m|ft}}.
===Parks===
[[Image:PESRM - Parque Estadual da Serra do Rola Moça.jpg|thumb|left|[[Serra do Rola-Moça State Park]]]]
A centre for conservation and preservation of animals and plants it has also developed environmental education projects. The Zoo, which encompasses a total area of 1.4 million square meters, is located at the Foundation's headquarters and is regarded as one of the most complete in Latin America. It has a collection of close to 900 animals representing 200 species, from Brazil and other parts of the world, as well as the first public butterfly sanctuary in South America.
Pampulha Ecological Park is administered by the Zoo-Botanical Foundation of Belo Horizonte and was inaugurated in May 21, 2004. It's {{convert|30|acres|0|abbr=on}} of green area that offers to the population and the tourists a permanent programming of [[Natural environment|environmental]], cultural and patrimonial education.
The city contains the {{convert|102|ha}} [[Baleia State Park]], created in 1988 but still not implemented as of 2014.<ref>{{citation|language=pt|accessdate=2017-01-16|ref={{harvid|MPMG aciona Justiça para assegurar implantação ...}}|title=MPMG aciona Justiça para assegurar implantação do Parque Estadual da Baleia em BH|date=October 6, 2014|publisher=Ministério Público de Minas Gerais|url=https://www.mpmg.mp.br/areas-de-atuacao/defesa-do-cidadao/meio-ambiente/noticias/mpmg-aciona-justica-para-assegurar-implantacao-do-parque-estadual-da-baleia-em-bh.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323092530/https://www.mpmg.mp.br/areas-de-atuacao/defesa-do-cidadao/meio-ambiente/noticias/mpmg-aciona-justica-para-assegurar-implantacao-do-parque-estadual-da-baleia-em-bh.htm|archive-date=March 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
It contains part of the {{convert|3941|ha}} [[Serra do Rola-Moça State Park]], created in 1994.<ref>{{citation|language=pt|ref={{harvid|Parque Estadual da Serra do Rola-Moça – IEF}}|title=Parque Estadual da Serra do Rola-Moça|publisher=IEF|url=http://www.ief.mg.gov.br/component/content/198?task=view|accessdate=2017-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711133333/http://www.ief.mg.gov.br/component/content/198?task=view|archive-date=July 11, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
{{wide image|Mineirão Pampulha Panorama.jpg|700px|<center>Panorama of the [[Lake Pampulha]] along with its main touristc complex</center>}}
===Climate===
{{Further|Climate of Brazil}}
[[File:Tempestade BH.jpg|thumb|right|Storm over the city]]
Belo Horizonte's [[latitude]] at 19'55"South places it in the [[tropical zone]]. Yearly temperatures average between {{convert|9|and|35|C|F|}}. The [[Köppen climate classification]] of the region is [[tropical savanna climate]] (''Aw''), milder due to the elevation, with humid/warm summers and dry/mild winters. Belo Horizonte is located about {{convert|300|km|mi|}} from the sea.
Even though inter-seasonal differences are not as pronounced as they are in temperate places, there is a contrast between spring and summer, and between fall and winter. The coldest month is generally July, with a lowest recorded temperature of {{convert|2|°C|0|abbr=on}}. The hottest month is usually January, with a highest recorded temperature of {{convert|37.4|°C|0|abbr=on}}.
The {{convert|852|m|ft|adj=on}} elevation{{Citation needed|date=May 2015}} of Belo Horizonte helps a little in cooling the city, suppressing high maximum air temperatures experienced in nearby cities at lower altitudes. Belo Horizonte's climate is mild throughout the year. Temperatures vary between {{convert|11|and|31|C|F}}, the average being {{convert|22|°C|0|abbr=on}}. Winter is dry and mostly sunny, and summer is rainy.
{{Weather box
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|Feb record high C = 35.2
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|Jul record high C = 30.8
|Aug record high C = 33.8
|Sep record high C = 36.1
|Oct record high C = 36.2
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|source 1 = [[Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia]]<ref name=INMET>{{cite web
| url = http://www.inmet.gov.br/portal/index.php?r=clima/normaisclimatologicas
| title = Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010
| publisher = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia
| language = Portuguese
| accessdate = 20 October 2018
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{{cite web
| url = http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/station-1220-Belo_horizonte.php
| title = Station Belo Horizonte
| publisher = Meteo Climat
|language = French
| accessdate = 20 October 2018}}</ref>
}}
==Demographics==
According to the [[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|2010 IBGE Census]], there were 2,258,096 people residing in the city of Belo Horizonte.<ref>[http://www.censo2010.ibge.gov.br/dados_divulgados/index.php?uf=31] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514145715/http://www.censo2010.ibge.gov.br/dados_divulgados/index.php?uf=31|date=May 14, 2012}}</ref> The census revealed the following numbers: 1,110,034 [[White Brazilian|White]] people (46.7%), 995,167 [[Pardo]] ([[Multiracial#Brazil|Multiracial]]) people (41.9%), 241,155 [[Afro-Brazilian|Black]] people (10.2%), 25,270 [[Asian Brazilian|Asian]] people (1.1%), 3,477 [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|Amerindian]] people (0.1%).<ref name=autogenerated3>{{cite web |url=http://www.censo2010.ibge.gov.br/painel/?nivel=mn |title=IBGE :: Censo 2010 |publisher=Censo2010.ibge.gov.br |date= |accessdate=2012-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514145708/http://www.censo2010.ibge.gov.br/painel/?nivel=mn |archive-date=May 14, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2010, the city had 428,893 opposite-sex couples and 1,090 [[same-sex couple]]s. The population of Belo Horizonte was 53.1% female and 46.9% male.<ref name="autogenerated3"/>
The Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, called [[Greater Belo Horizonte]], is the [[List of largest cities in Brazil|3rd most populous of Brazil]], after only [[Greater São Paulo]] (with 19,672,582 people, first in Brazil and [[List of metropolitan areas by population|5th in the world]]) and [[Rio de Janeiro|Greater Rio de Janeiro]] (with 14,387,000 people). The city is the [[List of largest cities in Brazil|6th most populous of the country]].
During the 18th century, Minas Gerais received many [[Portuguese Brazilian|Portuguese]] immigrants, mainly from [[Northern Portugal]] as well as many enslaved Africans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asminasgerais.com.br/?item=CONTEUDO&codConteudoRaiz=88&codConteudoAtual=165 |title=Portuguese immigration |publisher=Asminasgerais.com.br |date=February 19, 2002 |accessdate=2011-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820085916/http://www.asminasgerais.com.br/?item=CONTEUDO&codConteudoRaiz=88&codConteudoAtual=165 |archive-date=August 20, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Belo Horizonte has a notable [[Italian Brazilian|Italian influence]]; around 30% of the city's population have some [[Italian Brazilian|Italian origin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insieme.com.br/portal/conteudo.php?sid=226&cid=1467&parent=0 |title=Italian origin in BH |publisher=Insieme.com.br |accessdate=2011-04-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706153130/http://www.insieme.com.br/portal/conteudo.php?sid=226&cid=1467&parent=0 |archivedate=July 6, 2011 }}</ref> The [[Italian culture]] is present in the cuisine, dance, and language.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmbh.mg.gov.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23501&Itemid=367&filter=&nj=1 |title=Italian Culture in BH |publisher=Cmbh.mg.gov.br |date=April 29, 2008 |accessdate=2011-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107195925/http://www.cmbh.mg.gov.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23501&Itemid=367&filter=&nj=1 |archive-date=January 7, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> People of [[German Brazilian|German]], [[Spanish Brazilian|Spanish]], and [[Arab Brazilian|Syrian-Lebanese]] ancestries also make up sizeable groups.
===Religion===
[[File:Catedral Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem - panoramio.jpg|thumb|[[Our Lady of Good Voyage Cathedral, Belo Horizonte|Our Lady of Good Voyage Cathedral]] is the seat of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte]]]]
{{Main|Religion in Brazil}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#87CEFA; color:white" | Religion
! style="background:#87CEFA; color:white" | Percentage
! style="background:#87CEFA; color:white" | Number
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[Catholic]]
|59.87%
|1,422,084
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[Protestant]]
|25.06%
|595,244
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[Irreligion in Brazil|No religion]]
|8.02%
|190,414
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[Spiritism|Spiritist]]
|4.07%
|96,639
|}
''Source: [[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]] 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sidra.ibge.gov.br/bda/tabela/protabl.asp?c=2094&z=cd&o=7&i=P |title=Sistema IBGE de Recuperação Automática – SIDRA |publisher=Sidra.ibge.gov.br |accessdate=October 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150323020023/http://www.sidra.ibge.gov.br/bda/tabela/protabl.asp?c=2094&i=P&nome=on&qtu8=137&qtu14=3¬arodape=on&tab=2094&opn8=0&opn14=0&unit=0&pov=3&poc133=2&OpcTipoNivt=1&opn1=2&nivt=0&orc86=3&orp=5&qtu3=27&qtu13=47&opv=1&poc86=1&opc133=1&pop=1&opn2=0&opn15=0&orv=2&orc133=4&qtu2=5&qtu15=3&sev=93&sev=1000093&opc86=1&sec133=95263&sec133=100430&sec133=2803&sec133=95277&sec133=95264&sec133=100403&sec133=100404&sec133=100405&sec133=99741&sec133=100406&sec133=100407&sec133=99743&sec133=100408&sec133=95265&sec133=100409&sec133=99746&sec133=100410&sec133=100411&sec133=99745&sec133=100412&sec133=100413&sec133=100414&sec133=100415&sec133=12881&sec133=12882&sec133=99748&sec133=100416&sec133=100417&sec133=100418&sec133=100419&sec133=95266&sec133=121096&sec133=12891&sec133=100420&sec133=100421&sec133=100422&sec133=100423&sec133=2824&sec133=95267&sec133=2826&sec133=2827&sec133=2829&sec133=2828&sec133=12883&sec133=100424&sec133=100425&sec133=95269&sec133=100427&sec133=100428&sec133=100429&sec133=95270&sec133=100426&sec133=95273&sec133=95274&sec133=95275&sec133=2836&sec133=12884&sec133=12885&sec133=12886&sec133=12887&sec133=12888&sec133=12889&sec133=95276&sec133=12890&sec133=2837&opp=f1&opn3=0&qtu6=5565&opn13=0&sec86=0&ascendente=on&sep=38559&orn=1&qtu7=36&pon=2&qtu9=558&opn6=3&digt6=Fortaleza&OpcCara=44&proc=1&qtu1=1&opn9=0&cabec=on&opn7=0&decm=99 |archive-date=March 23, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''
===Human development===
[[File:Praça Savassi em Belo Horizonte.JPG|thumb|[[Savassi]] is a developed neighbourhood in Belo Horizonte]]
The human development of Belo Horizonte varies greatly by locality, reflecting the city's spatial social inequality and vast socioeconomic inequalities. There are neighborhoods that had very high [[human development index]]es in 2000 (equal to or greater than the indexes of some Scandinavian countries), but those in the lower range (in line with, for example, [[Magreb|North Africa]]).<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.pnud.org.br/pobreza_desigualdade/reportagens/index.php?id01=2480&lay=pde|title=HDI|publisher=PNUD|location=Belo Horizonte, Brazil|format=PDF|isbn=85-240-3919-1|accessdate=2008-01-09|year=2000|language=Portuguese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519235600/http://www.pnud.org.br/pobreza_desigualdade/reportagens/index.php?id01=2480&lay=pde|archive-date=May 19, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Carmo/Sion (0.973): greater than Iceland - 0.968; Cruzeiro/Anchieta/Funcionários (0.970): greater than Iceland - 0.968; Grajau/Gutierrez (0.965): greater than Australia - 0.962; Belvedere/Mangabeiras/Comiteco (0.964): greater than Australia – 0.962; Serra/São Lucas (0.953): equal to Japan, Netherlands – 0.953.
In 1993, under mayor Patrus Ananias de Souza, the city started a series of innovations based on its citizens having the "[[right to food]]". These include, for example, creating [[farmers' market]]s in the town to enable direct sales and regularly surveying market prices and posting the results across the city.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.alternatives.ca/auteur/cecilia-rocha?lang=en|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110728120641/http://www.alternatives.ca/auteur/cecilia-rocha?lang=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-07-28|title=Belo Horizonte: The Beautiful Horizon of Community Food Sovereignty|publisher=Alternatives International Journal|location=Quebec, Canada|accessdate=2009-11-10|year=2008|author=Wayne Roberts and Cecilia Rocha}}</ref> The city's process of [[participatory budgeting]] was linked with these innovations, as a result of which the [[infant mortality rate]] was reduced by 50% in a decade.<ref>FRANCIS MOORE LAPPÉ, ''CounterPunch'', March 18, 2009, [http://www.counterpunch.org/lappe03182009.html The City That Ended Hunger] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321113242/http://www.counterpunch.org/lappe03182009.html |date=March 21, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="thesis">M. Jahi Chappell, PhD Thesis, 2009, [http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/62417 ''From Food Security to Farm to Formicidae: Belo Horizonte, Brazil's Secretaria Municipal de Abastecimento and Biodiversity in the Fragmented Atlantic Rainforest''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730062515/http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/62417 |date=July 30, 2013 }}</ref> There is some evidence that these programs have helped support a higher quality of life for the local farmers partnering with the city and that this may be having positive effects on biodiversity in the Atlantic rainforest around the city.<ref name="thesis"/><ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity/publications/papers/UrbanFoodPolicy.pdf |format=PDF |title=Urban Food Policies and Rural Sustainability: How the Municipal Government of Belo Horizonte, Brazil is Promoting Rural Sustainability |publisher=Centre for Studies in Food Security, and Department of Nutrition, Ryerson University |location=Toronto, Canada |accessdate=2009-11-10 |year=2003 |author=Cecilia Rocha and Adriana Aranha |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090625191507/http://www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity/publications/papers/UrbanFoodPolicy.pdf |archivedate= June 25, 2009 }}</ref> The city's development of these policies garnered the first "Future Policy Award" in 2009, awarded by the [[World Future Council]], a group of 50 activists (including [[Frances Moore Lappé]], [[Vandana Shiva]], [[Wes Jackson]], and [[Youssou N'Dour]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/the_councillors.html |title=Councillors |publisher=The World Future Council |accessdate=2011-04-17 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523063243/http://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/the_councillors.html |archivedate=May 23, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>) concerned with the development and recognition of policies to promote a just and sustainable future.
The city has undertaken an internationally heralded project called Vila Viva ("Living Village" in Portuguese) that promises to "urbanize" the poorest areas (''[[favela]]s''), relocating families from areas with high risk of floods and landslides but keeping them in the same neighborhood, paving main avenues to allow public transportation, police and postal service to have access. All the work is done with 80% of locals, reducing unemployment and increasing family income.<ref name="mayor">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldmayor.com/manifestos05/belohorizonte_05.html |title=Belo Horizonte Mayor Fernando Damata Pimentel: A program of financial efficiency and social boldness |publisher=Worldmayor.com |accessdate=2011-04-17| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110514220216/http://www.worldmayor.com/manifestos05/belohorizonte_05.html| archivedate= May 14, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.favelaeissoai.com.br/noticias.php?cod=59 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20101128030815/http://www.favelaeissoai.com.br/noticias.php?cod=59 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-11-28 |language=Portuguese |title=Favela é isso ai |publisher=Favelaeissoai.com.br |date=January 18, 2010 |accessdate=2011-04-17 }}</ref> Former mayor [[Fernando da Mata Pimentel]] was nominated for [[World Mayor]] in 2005 on the strength of these and other programs.<ref name="mayor"/>
==Economy==
{{Main|Economy of Belo Horizonte}}
[[Image:Belo_Horizonte_-_Avenida_Afonso_Pena.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Afonso Pena Avenue]]
Belo Horizonte receives large numbers of visitors, as it is in the Brazilian main economic axis, exerting influence even on other states. Multinational and Brazilian companies, such as Google and [[Oi (mobile phone network)|Oi]], maintain offices in the city. The service sector plays a very important role in the economy of Belo Horizonte, being responsible for 85% of the city's gross domestic product (GDP), with the industry making up for most of the remaining 15%. Belo Horizonte has a developed industrial sector, being traditionally a hub of the Brazilian [[siderurgy|siderurgical]] and [[metallurgy|metallurgical]] industries, as the state of Minas Gerais has always been very rich in [[minerals]], specifically iron ore.
Belo Horizonte is the distribution and processing centre of a rich agricultural and mining region and the nucleus of a burgeoning [[Industry|industrial complex]]. Production is centred on steel, steel products, [[automobile]]s, and textiles. Gold, [[manganese]], and [[gemstone]]s mined in the surrounding region are processed in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasil/belo.html |title=BH city |publisher=Darkwing.uoregon.edu |accessdate=2011-04-17| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110513235809/http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasil/belo.html| archivedate= May 13, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>
The main industrial district of the city was set during the 1940s in [[Contagem]], a part of greater Belo Horizonte. Multinational companies like [[FIAT]] (which opened its plant in Betim in 1974), [[Arcelor]], and [[Toshiba]] have subsidiaries in the region, along with other textile like Group Rachelle Textil, Ematex and Cedro Textil, [[Cosmetics|cosmetic]], food, [[chemicals]], [[pharmaceuticals]], [[furnishing]] and [[refractory]] companies. Among the companies headquartered in the city we can list steel producer Açominas (held by [[Gerdau]], one of the largest multinationals originated in Brazil); [[Usiminas]]; Belgo-Mineira (held by [[Arcelor]]); [[Acesita]] (partially held by Arcelor); mobile communication [[Vivo S.A.|Vivo]]; and [[Telecom Italia Mobile]], [[Dasein executive search]], [[executive coaching]] company, as well as the [[NYSE]]-listed electrical company CEMIG. Leading steel product makers Sumitomo Metals of Japan and Vallourec of France have also plans to construct an integrated steel works on the outskirts of the city.
[[File:Usiminas.JPG|thumb|Headquarters of [[Usiminas]] in Pedro Melo Square]]
[[File:Praça_ABC_-_panoramio_(cropped).jpg|thumb|Business district of the city]]
There are also a large number of small enterprises in the technological sector with regional to nationwide success, particularly in the fields of [[computing]] and biotechonology. Because of both governmental and private funding in the diversification of its economy, the city has become an international reference in Information Technology and [[Biotechnology]], and is also cited because of the advanced corporate and university research in [[Biodiesel]] fuel. The number of jobs in the Information sector has been growing at annual rates above 50%. The Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area, composed of 33 cities under the capital's direct influence, is home to 16% of the country's biotechnology companies, with annual sales of over R$550 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.belotur.com.br/ing/a_cidade_economia.php |title=Economy of the city of Belo Horizonte |publisher=Belotur.com.br |accessdate=2011-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110113010/http://www.belotur.com.br/ing/a_cidade_economia.php |archive-date=January 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
Projects in these fields are likely to expand because of integration between universities, the oil company [[Petrobras]] and the [[Brazilian Government]]. One of the largest events that ever took place in the city, the [[Inter-American Development Bank]] meeting, occurred in 2005 and attracted people from everywhere in the world.
For a long time it was marked by the predominance of its [[industrial sector]], but from the 1990s there has been a constant expansion of the [[service sector]] economy, particularly in [[computer science]], [[biotechnology]], [[business tourism]], fashion and the making of jewelry. The city is considered to be a strategic leader in the [[Economy of Brazil|Brazilian economy]]. The move towards [[business tourism]] transformed the capital into a national hub for this segment of the [[tourist industry]].
* In 2008, the city's GDP was [[Brazilian real|R$]]42 billion (or about of [[United States dollar|US$]]26,2 billion).<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/presidencia/noticias/noticia_impressao.php?id_noticia=1288|title=GDP|publisher=[[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]]|location=Belo Horizonte, Brazil|format=PDF|isbn=85-240-3919-1|accessdate=2009-07-21|year=2006|language=Portuguese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701054146/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/presidencia/noticias/noticia_impressao.php?id_noticia=1288|archive-date=July 1, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2008, the [[Greater Belo Horizonte]]'s GDP was [[Brazilian real|R$]]98,5 billion (or about of [[United States dollar|US$]]61 billion).<ref name="IBGE_PIB">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf |title=Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002–2005 |publisher=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) |accessdate=May 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002024524/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf |archivedate=October 2, 2008 }}</ref>
* In 2008, the city's per capita income was [[Brazilian real|R$]]17,313 (or [[United States dollar|US$]]10,820).<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/presidencia/noticias/noticia_impressao.php?id_noticia=1288|title=per capita income|publisher=[[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]]|location=Belo Horizonte, Brazil|format=PDF|isbn=85-240-3919-1|accessdate=2010-01-10|year=2007|language=Portuguese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701054146/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/presidencia/noticias/noticia_impressao.php?id_noticia=1288|archive-date=July 1, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, it was R$15,830<ref name="pnbonline.com.br">{{cite book|url=http://www.pnbonline.com.br/display.asp?id=36736 |title=per capita income |accessdate=2009-07-21 |year=2006 |language=Portuguese }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> (about of US$9,893).<ref name="pnbonline.com.br"/>
==Government and politics==
:''See also: [[List of mayors of Belo Horizonte]] and {{illm|Câmara Municipal de Belo Horizonte|pt}}''
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==Education==
{{Main|Education in Brazil}}
[[File:Puc-minas.gif|thumb|right|[[Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais|Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais]]]]
[[File:Laguinhoreitoria.JPG|thumb|right|[[Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais|Federal University of Minas Gerais]]]]
===Educational institutions===
Several higher education institutions are located in Belo Horizonte, including:
* [[Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais]] (UFMG);
* [[Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais]] (CEFET-MG);
* [[Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais]] (PUC-MG);
* [[Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais]] (UEMG) (State University of Minas Gerais);
* [http://www.unibh.br/ Centro Universitário de Belo Horizonte] (UNI-BH);
* [http://www.faculdadepitagoras.com.br/ Faculdade Pitágoras de Belo Horizonte] (FP-BH);
* [http://www.kennedy.br/ Faculdades Kennedy] (FKBH);
* [http://www.una.br/ Centro Universitário] (UNA);
* [[FUMEC University|Universidade FUMEC]] (FUMEC);
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110430085242/http://unifenas.br/ Universidade José do Rosário Vellano] (UNIFENAS);
* [http://www.newtonpaiva.br/ Centro Universitário Newton Paiva];
* [http://www.domhelder.edu.br/ Escola Superior Dom Helder Câmara – Especializada em Direito];
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121003000808/http://www.faculdadejesuita.edu.br/ Faculdade Jesuíta de Filosofia e Teologia] (FAJE)
* [[Skema Business School]] (SK).
==Transport==
[[File:Aeroporto de Confins.jpg|thumb|right|[[Tancredo Neves International Airport|Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport]]]]
[[File:Onibus BRT Belo Horizonte.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bus rapid transit|BRT]] on Cristiano Machado Avenue]]
[[File:Anel Rodoviario BH-MG MapQuestOpen.png|thumb|right|Map of the [[ring road]] of Belo Horizonte]]
[[File:TUE33 Charles Tôrres.jpg|thumb|right|[[Belo Horizonte Metro]]]]
[[File:AfonsoPenacomBahia-BH.jpg|thumb|Afonso Pena Avenue at night]]
===Airports===
Belo Horizonte is served by three airports:
*[[Tancredo Neves International Airport|Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport]], dedicated to domestic and international traffic. It is located in the municipalities of [[Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais|Lagoa Santa]] and [[Confins]], {{convert|38|km|mi}} from Belo Horizonte, and was opened in January 1984. Plans for gradual expansion to meet growing demand had been already drawn up from the airport's inception. The airport has one of the lowest rates of shutdown for bad weather in the country. It ran at limited capacity until 2005, when a large proportion of Pampulha Airport air traffic was transferred to Confins. There are direct international flights to/from [[Fort Lauderdale]], [[Orlando]], [[Lisbon]], [[Buenos Aires]] and [[Panama City]].
*[[Belo Horizonte/Pampulha - Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport|Pampulha – Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport]], dedicated to domestic traffic;
*[[Carlos Prates Airport]], dedicated to general aviation.
===Highways===
The city is connected to the rest of Minas Gerais state and the country by a number of roadways. [[Minas Gerais]] has the country's largest federal highway network.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/interna/0,,OI1422832-EI306,00.html|title=Tempo bom e trânsito lento marcam volta de feriado|publisher=Terra|location=Belo Horizonte, Brazil|format=PDF|isbn=85-240-3919-1|accessdate=2007-02-22|year=2007|language=Portuguese|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307014129/http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/interna/0%2C%2COI1422832-EI306%2C00.html|archivedate=March 7, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Brazilian Highway System#BR-040|BR-040]] connects Belo Horizonte to [[Rio de Janeiro]] (going south) and [[Brasília]] (going northwest). It also links other cities in the state, such as [[Juiz de Fora]], [[Conselheiro Lafaiete]], [[Barbacena]], [[Sete Lagoas]], and [[Paracatu, Minas Gerais|Paracatu]].
* [[BR-262]] begins in [[Mato Grosso do Sul]] and ends in [[Espírito Santo]], crossing [[Minas Gerais]] from west to east. It links Belo Horizonte to [[Pará de Minas]], [[Araxá]], [[Manhuaçu]], [[Uberaba]], [[Governador Valadares]], and [[Vitória, Brazil|Vitória]], the capital of [[Espírito Santo]] state.
* [[Rodovia Fernão Dias|BR-381]] is an important federal highway. It connects Belo Horizonte to [[São Paulo]].
* MG-010 is a state highway that connects the capital to the [[Tancredo Neves International Airport]], itself located in the municipalities of Confins and Lagoa Santa, which are part of the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte. Starting in 2005, several flights were transferred from the [[Pampulha Regional Airport]] to the international airport. To improve access to the international airport, MG-010 is being expanded (effectively duplicating its lanes).<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.linhaverde.mg.gov.br/|title=Linha Verde|publisher=Governo do Estado de Minas Gerais|location=Belo Horizonte, Brazil|format=PDF|isbn=85-240-3919-1|accessdate=2007-01-30|year=2007|language=Portuguese|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125231316/http://www.linhaverde.mg.gov.br/|archivedate=January 25, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
The city is also served by other minor roads such as state highways MG-020, MG-050, MG-030, and MG-433. There is also an East-West Express Way, which goes from the city to the nearby industrial centres of [[Contagem]] and [[Betim]] (together having a population of ca. 900,000), and Anel Rodoviário, a kind of "beltway" – indeed it is not circumferential, but connects many highways, such as the federal (BR-ones) so it is not necessary for a large number of cars and trucks to pass through the city centre. Many of these roads are in poor condition, but in the last years many revitalization and rebuilding projects have been started.
===Bus system===
The bus system has a large number of bus lines going through all parts in the city, and is administrated by ''BHTRANS''. Among the upcoming projects are the expansion of the integration between bus lines and the [[rapid transit|metro]], with integrated stations, many already in use. And the construction of bus corridors, with lanes and bus stops exclusively for the bus lines. Keeping buses from traffic congestions, making the trips more viable for commuters.
===Railways===
[[Belo Horizonte Metro]] or MetroBH started operating at the end of the 1970s. There is one line, with 19 stations, from Vilarinho to Eldorado Station, in [[Contagem]], transporting over 160,000 people daily. The current projects of expansion include Line 2, linking the existing Calafate Station to the region of Barreiro. And Line 3, from the city's main bus terminal to São Inácio de Loyola, [[Savassi]] economical district. Line 2 is planned to be overground (similar to the current line) and Line 3 is planned to be underground, passing through the city's financial centre, Praça Sete and Afonso Pena Avenue. Also, Line 1 is planned to be extended to Novo Eldorado Station.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metrominas.mg.gov.br/ |title=Metrominas – Trem Metropolitano de Belo Horizonte |publisher=Metrominas.mg.gov.br |date= |accessdate=2012-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401083953/http://www.metrominas.mg.gov.br/ |archive-date=April 1, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Belo Horizonte Public Transportation statistics===
The average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit in Belo Horizonte, for example to and from work, on a weekday is 85 min. 26% of public transit riders, ride for more than 2 hours every day. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transit is 23 min, while 50% of riders wait for over 20 minutes on average every day. The average distance people usually ride in a single trip with public transit is 8.7 km, while 19% travel for over 12 km in a single direction.<ref>{{cite web|title=Belo Horizonte Public Transportation Statistics|publisher=Global Public Transit Index by Moovit|url=https://moovitapp.com/insights/en/Moovit_Insights_Public_Transit_Index_Brazil_Belo_Horizonte-843|accessdate=June 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901063012/https://moovitapp.com/insights/en/Moovit_Insights_Public_Transit_Index_Brazil_Belo_Horizonte-843|archive-date=September 1, 2017|url-status=live}} [[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px]] Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016050101/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |date=October 16, 2017 }}.</ref>
==Culture==
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===Theatre and dance===
[[File:Praça da Estação FIT-BH 2010.jpg|thumb|left|Estação Square during the International Festival of Theatre]]
Every two years, FIT BH, The International Theater Festival of Belo Horizonte, takes place in the city. This attracts artists from all over Brazil and worldwide. With the merger of two projects that would happen separately in 1994, one stage based, organized by the Francisco Nunes Theater, and the other street based, idealized by Grupo Galpão, came FIT-BH Palco & Rua. Produced every two years, under responsibility from the Belo Horizonte [[City Hall]], through the Municipal Culture Office and the Association Movimento Teatro de Grupo of Minas Gerais, in the program there are street and stage shows, and also seminars, workshops, courses, talks, etc. The Annual Campaign for the Popularisation of Theatre takes place every year in January and February, offering dozens of plays in theatres all over the city at affordable prices.
Several notable artistic groups originated in Belo Horizonte. [[Grupo Corpo]], which is perhaps the most famous [[contemporary dance]] group in the country, was formed in the city in 1975. In March and April is the performance program from FID promoting contemporary dance in Belo Horizonte. The program presents groups from Belo Horizonte. For this project the priority invitations go to the shows created by groups and choreographers living in the city. The purpose is to take shows and other activities such as workshops, talks and video screenings to the less privileged regions of the city regarding access to cultural assets. Belo Horizonte is also host to the Centro Mineiro de Danças Clássicas school.
===Music===
[[File:Sala Minas Gerais 02.jpg|thumb|[[Sala Minas Gerais]] is the house of the [[Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra]].]]
[[Clube da Esquina]] is one of the most important musical movements in the musical history of Brazil. It originated in the mid-1960s, and since then its members have been hugely influential in Brazilian and even international music, some like Milton Nascimento and Toninho Horta achieving worldwide acclaim. Other people involved in the movement include musicians, songwriters, composers, conductors and lyricists, such as Tavinho Moura, [[Wagner Tiso]], [[Andersen Viana]], [[Milton Nascimento]], [[Lô Borges]], [[Beto Guedes]], Flávio Venturini, [[Toninho Horta]], [[Márcio Borges]] and [[Fernando Brant]], among others.
The band [[Uakti (band)|Uakti]] – known for performing with self-built musical instruments – originated in Belo Horizonte under the influence of Walter Smetak and the Composition School from Bahia. Also, several nationally famous rock groups have been founded in Belo Horizonte, including [[Jota Quest]], [[Pato Fu]], [[Skank (band)|Skank]], [[14 Bis (Band)|14 Bis]] and Tianastácia. In later years, Belo Horizonte has been more frequently included in Brazilian tours of foreign mainstream and independent acts.
Belo Horizonte is also known as the Brazilian Capital of Metal, hence the huge number of heavy metal bands (and the likes) founded there, especially in the 1980s. Most importantly, Overdose, the first metal band from BH and one of the first to gain prominence in Brazil; [[Sepultura]], the world's best known Brazilian metal band; and [[Sarcófago]], one of the founders of modern [[black metal]]. The [[contemporary Christian music]] band [[Diante do Trono]], is also of Belo Horizonte. A short instrumental song by American band [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] is named after the city on their album [[Now, Then & Forever]].
===Museums===
[[File:Museu de Arte da Pampulha - Patio.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Pampulha Art Museum]]]]
Belo Horizonte features a number of museums including the Mineiro Museum, the Abílio Barreto Historic Museum, Arts and Workmanship Museum, a Natural History Museum and the UFMG [[Botanic Garden]]s, a telephone museum, the Pampulha Art Museum, the Professor Taylor Gramke Mineralogy Museum, and the UFMG Conservatory. The puppet theatre group Giramundo was established here in 1970, and continues to maintain a puppetry museum hosting a collection of their creations.
There is also The Circuito Cultural Praça da Liberdade, located in the central region of Belo Horizonte is currently the largest cultural circuit in Brazil. In all, there are eleven functioning museums and cultural spaces: Arquivo Público Mineiro (Minas Gerais Public Archive), Biblioteca Pública Estadual Luiz de Bessa (Luiz de Bessa State Public Library), Cefar Liberdade, Centro de Arte Popular Cemig (Cemig Center of Popular Art), Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (Culture Center Bank of Brazil), Espaço do Conhecimento UFMG (UFMG Knowledge Space), Horizonte Sebrae – Casa da Economia Criativa (Sebrae Horizon – The House of Creative Economy), Memorial Minas Gerais Vale (Minas Gerais Memorial), Museu das Minas e do Metal (Mines and Metal Museum), Museu Mineiro (Minas Gerais Museum) and Palácio da Liberdade (Liberty Palace). Besides these, another three spaces are already in the process of being implemented: the Casa Fiat de Cultura (Fiat Culture House), CENA and Oi Futuro. The proposal, according to the Circuit manager, Cristiana Kumaira, is to strengthen the circuit in the world cultural context. “We are already on this path and are being careful to ensure that the activities, services and assistance fulfill the needs and expectations of both the local population and the tourists who come to Belo Horizonte from around the world. The Circuit is establishing itself as one more source of pride for the people of Minas Gerais”, she stresses.
Inaugurated in 2010, the Circuito Cultural Praça da Liberdade was created with the goal of exploring cultural diversity – with interactive options open to the public – in an area of great symbolic, historical and architectural value for Belo Horizonte. The opportunity came with the transference of the Minas Gerais Government headquarters to the Cidade Administrativa (Administrative City), in Serra Verde. After they had been adapted, the old department buildings opened their doors and began to house museums and cultural spaces.
The Circuito Cultural Praça da Liberdade is co-managed by the Instituto Sérgio Magnani (Institute) since June 2012, through a partnership signed with the Minas Gerais Government, and the museums/spaces are mostly run by private companies, which carry out investments in heritage recovery and building maintenance. According to Kumaira, this public-private partnership model allows large companies to participate and effectively contribute to the cultural advance of the city. “Beyond their fields of activities, the partners invest in the implantation and maintenance of museums, learning spaces, exhibitions rooms and shows, as well as memory centers that consolidate the history of Minas Gerais, presenting it either for free or at affordable prices”, she adds.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.circuitoculturalliberdade.com.br/plus/modulos/conteudo/index.php?tac=historia&layout=conheca|title=Circuito Cultural Praça da Liberdade – History|last=PLUS|website=Circuito Cultural Praça da Liberdade|access-date=November 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125064315/http://en.circuitoculturalliberdade.com.br/plus/modulos/conteudo/index.php?tac=historia&layout=conheca|archive-date=November 25, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
[[File:Jardimbotanico6.jpg|thumb|Botanical garden of [[UFMG]]]]
[[File:Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brasil (cropped).jpg|thumb|Palace of Arts Museum]]
The Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden holds an important treasure of folk art – the Nativity of Pipiripau. Created during the 20th century, the craftsman Raimundo Machado, synchronizes 586 figures, distributed in 45 scenes, which tell the story of life and death of Jesus, mixed with its variety of arts and crafts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mhnjb.ufmg.br/index.html |title=UFMG Museum of Natural History and Botanic Garden |location=Belo Horizonte, Brazil |accessdate=September 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917190138/http://www.mhnjb.ufmg.br/index.html |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> With 600,000 sq. m. of green area, the [[Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais|UFMG]] Museum of Natural History and Botanic Garden (MHN-JB) is a privileged ecological space that enables visitors to experience nature in a rich, multidisciplinary way. For 30 years, the mission of the MHN-JB has been to do research, to educate, and to meet the community's demand for service. It covers the areas of [[Anthropology]], [[Archeology]], Environmental Education, [[Natural History]], [[Mineralogy]], and [[Paleontology]]. It has an Ecological Amphitheater, a Free Art Atelier, a [[Greenhouse]], and an Interactive Room. One of its traditional exhibitions is the Pipiripau Nativity Crèche.
Palácio das Artes, inaugurated in 1970, is the largest and most varied cultural complex in Minas Gerais. It comprises three theaters, three art galleries, a movie theater, a bookstore a coffee shop and photography exhibition space. It offers high quality programs for the several expressions in arts. The building was designed by Oscar Niemeyer and it also houses the Minas Gerais Handcraft Center. The Pampulha Art Museum is located at the Pampulha Lake in Belo Horizonte in a building that originally housed the Pampulha Casino. The building was designed by Oscar Niemeyer, commissioned by the then mayor and future president of Brazil Juscelino Kubitschek in the early 1940s, with external grounds by landscaper [[Roberto Burle Marx]]. The building was the first project of Oscar Niemeyer, opened as a casino, and closed in 1946. In 1957, it was re-opened as the Art Museum. His design was influenced by the principles of Le Corbusier. The gardens of [[Burle Marx]] are an tribute to the tropical green. There is three sculptures by Ceschiatti, Zamoiski and José Pedrosa. In 1996, it won new multimedia rooms, library, café bar, souvenir shop and technical infrastructure. The MAP has an impressive collection of 1.600 works.<ref name="BH_GUIDE">{{cite web |url=http://www.youblisher.com/files/publications/30/174017/pdf.pdf |title=Belo Horizonte: um guia completo da capital de todos os mineiros |location=Belo Horizonte, Brazil|format=PDF |date= |accessdate=September 30, 2011}}</ref> The Museum is an integral part of the "Pampulha Architectural Complex" a watershed in the history of modern architecture in Brazil and internationally.
===Architecture===
[[File:Oscar Niemeyer's Church of St Francis in Belo Horizonte2.jpg|thumb|upright|left|São Francisco de Assis Church in Pampulha Park]]
Belo Horizonte has several significant cultural landmarks, many of them situated in the [[Pampulha (Belo Horizonte)|Pampulha]] district, where there are notable examples of Brazilian [[contemporary architecture]].<ref>[http://www.dottransfers.com/brazil/belo-horizonte/ Info BH] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630204053/http://www.dottransfers.com/brazil/belo-horizonte/ |date=June 30, 2014 }} {{en icon}}</ref> Under the leadership of the then mayor of city, [[Juscelino Kubitschek]], architects and artists such as [[Oscar Niemeyer]], landscaper [[Burle Marx]], and painter [[Candido Portinari]], started a type of modern architecture and art here that was greatly developed later with the construction of Brazil's new capital, [[Brasilia]], also led by the now president Juscelino (aka JK). It is at the [[Pampulha (Belo Horizonte)|Pampulha]] complex that one can see the routes of this new architecture movement. The modern and protomodern architecture can also be seen all over Belo Horizonte, either in emblematic 1950's buildings such as Edificio Acaiaca, Conjunto JK, Hotel Amazonas<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/gerais/2015/07/15/interna_gerais,668573/hotel-no-centro-de-belo-horizonte-abriga-paineis-de-artista-frances.shtml|title=Hotel no Centro de Belo Horizonte abriga painéis de artista francês|first=Estado de|last=Minas|publisher=|access-date=October 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811201813/http://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/gerais/2015/07/15/interna_gerais,668573/hotel-no-centro-de-belo-horizonte-abriga-paineis-de-artista-frances.shtml|archive-date=August 11, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and former Hotel Excelsior,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/economia/2013/09/18/internas_economia,450154/hotel-excelsior-vira-residencial-no-centro-de-bh.shtml|title=Hotel Excelsior vira residencial no Centro de BH|first=Estado de|last=Minas|publisher=|access-date=October 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124025004/http://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/economia/2013/09/18/internas_economia,450154/hotel-excelsior-vira-residencial-no-centro-de-bh.shtml|archive-date=November 24, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> all reflecting the modernity culture of the first planned capital of Brazil.
The [[Pampulha Park]] area includes one of the largest soccer stadiums in the world, the [[Mineirão]] stadium, and the [[Church of Saint Francis of Assisi|São Francisco de Assis Church]], widely known as Igreja da Pampulha, designed by Brazilian [[Modern movement|Modernist]] architect [[Oscar Niemeyer]]. In Pampulha there is also the [[Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais]] campus, whose buildings themselves are important contributions to the city's architecture. Other notable buildings include the Mesbla and Niemeyer buildings, in addition to the headquarters of corporations such as [[Usiminas]], Seculus, and Telemig Celular.<ref>[http://www.brazil-carnival.info/683/coisas-de-minas-belo-horizonte-brazil-travel-guide/ Things of BH] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714204025/http://www.brazil-carnival.info/683/coisas-de-minas-belo-horizonte-brazil-travel-guide/ |date=July 14, 2014 }} {{en icon}}</ref>
In the downtown area, landmarks include the church of São José, the Praça da Estação (Station Square), which is an old train station that now is also the Museum of Arts and Workmanship, the Municipal Park, the famous Sete de Setembro Square, where an obelisk built in 1922 marks the one hundred years of [[Brazilian independence]] from Portugal.<ref>[http://www.reference.com/browse/belo+horizonte Downtown BH] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714185528/http://www.reference.com/browse/belo+horizonte |date=July 14, 2014 }} {{en icon}}</ref> Near Central the area, in the Lourdes neighborhood, the Lourdes Basilica, is an example of [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival style]]. The Nossa Senhora de Fátima Church, in Santo Agostinho neighborhood, is situated in [[Carlos Chagas]] Square. Both churches are referred to as the Assembléia Church and the Assembléia Square because of their proximity to the state's legislative assembly.
[[File:Ipê na Praça da Liberdade 2 By Sergio Cirino 2006.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Oscar Niemeyer|Niemeyer]] Building at [[Praça da Liberdade|Liberty Square]]]]
Next to the downtown region is the Savassi district, known for fine restaurants and as a centre of cultural events as well as the best of the city's nightlife. Many landmarks are located there, such as the Praça da Liberdade (Liberty Square), and its surrounding buildings, including the former Executive Offices of the governor called the Palácio da Liberdade (Liberty Palace), the first building to be finished during the city's planned development in the late 1890s.
The government offices moved to the "Cidade Administrativa" in 2010. This complex is made by a few massive buildings just outside the city. Nowadays, the "palaces" are being turned into museums. Still on Savassi, the meeting point of many social groups, especially the youth, is "Praça da Savassi" (Savassi Square), which is not exactly a square, and more a crossing between two major avenues ([[Getúlio Vargas]] and Cristóvão Colombo), and gathers some of the busiest bars and pubs (called locally "botecos" or "botequins") in town.
Another important landmark is Praça do Papa (Pope's Square), located at a high point south of the downtown area, with its great view of the entire city. It is named for July 1, 1980, visit by [[John Paul II]], who held a youth mass there. The nearby Parque das Mangabeiras (Mangabeiras Park) features extensive wildlife, and-owing to its considerable size-has its own bus service, which operates solely within the confines of the park. On Sundays, Afonso Pena Avenue hosts Latin America's biggest open-air market. This is the Market of Arts and Handicrafts, most commonly known as Feira Hippie (hippie fair). Every Sunday morning 70,000 visitors find food, drinks, clothes, furniture, earrings, shoes and almost anything else.<ref>{{cite web |author=FeiraHippiebh.com |url=http://www.feirahippiebh.com |title=Feira Hippie WebSite |publisher=Feirahippiebh.com |accessdate=2011-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805011558/http://feirahippiebh.com/ |archive-date=August 5, 2018 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
{{wide image|Panorama_Pampulha.jpg|1000px|[[Pampulha Modern Ensemble]], a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/minas-gerais/noticia/2016/07/conjunto-da-pampulha-ganha-titulo-de-patrimonio-mundial-da-unesco.html|title=Conjunto da Pampulha ganha título de Patrimônio Mundial da Unesco|date=July 17, 2016|publisher=|accessdate=November 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022201209/http://g1.globo.com/minas-gerais/noticia/2016/07/conjunto-da-pampulha-ganha-titulo-de-patrimonio-mundial-da-unesco.html|archive-date=October 22, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://veja.abril.com.br/brasil/unesco-coloca-conjunto-da-pampulha-em-lista-de-patrimonio-da-humanidade/|title=Conjunto da Pampulha torna-se Patrimônio da Humanidade - VEJA.com|date=July 17, 2016|publisher=|accessdate=November 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918103610/http://veja.abril.com.br/brasil/unesco-coloca-conjunto-da-pampulha-em-lista-de-patrimonio-da-humanidade/|archive-date=September 18, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2016/07/1792609-conjunto-da-pampulha-e-declarado-patrimonio-mundial-da-humanidade.shtml|title=Conjunto da Pampulha é declarado Patrimônio Mundial da Humanidade – 17/07/2016 – Ilustrada – Folha de S.Paulo|publisher=|accessdate=November 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925131148/http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2016/07/1792609-conjunto-da-pampulha-e-declarado-patrimonio-mundial-da-humanidade.shtml|archive-date=September 25, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
===Food and drink===
[[File:Pao de queijo com cafe.jpg|thumb|[[Pão de queijo]] with coffee is a traditional light meal of [[Minas Gerais]].]]
The regional Minas Gerais' food and the now internationally known drink of [[cachaça]] are very popular and highly rated in the capital.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world66.com/southamerica/brazil/belohorizonte/nightlife_and_ente |title=Regional food and drink BH |publisher=World66.com |date=September 25, 2006 |accessdate=2011-04-17 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514112839/http://www.world66.com/southamerica/brazil/belohorizonte/nightlife_and_ente |archivedate=May 14, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>]]
Belo Horizonte is internationally known as the "capital of neighborhood bars."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.belotur.com.br/ing/gastronomia.php |title=Cuisine in Belo Horizonte |publisher=Belotur.com.br |accessdate=2011-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005013240/http://www.belotur.com.br/ing/gastronomia.php |archive-date=October 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Every year, the city hosts the Comida di Buteco festival ("Pub Foods", in an approximate translation), in which a panel selects 41 bars to be visited, and then elects the one with the best appetizers using the theme ingredient of each year.
Minas Gerais' cuisine is famous for its traditional dishes, like [[pão de queijo]], feijão tropeiro, tutu de feijão, pork ribs, chicken-and-okra (served with a rich, brown gravy and rice) and other usually heavy, comfort-like food. The city also abounds with pizza places, barbecue houses, fine restaurants of many nationalities and other options.
==Sports==
{{See also|Sport in Brazil}}
===Football===
[[File:Mineirão (Top View).jpg|thumb|left|[[Mineirão]]]]
[[File:Arena Independência - Atlético x Fluminense.jpg|thumb|left|[[Estádio Independência|Independência Stadium]]]]
{{See also|Football in Brazil|Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Campeonato Mineiro}}
As in the rest of Brazil, [[Association football|football]] is the most popular sport. The city's major teams are [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]], [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]] and [[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América Mineiro]].
The city also has one of the biggest football stadiums in the world, the [[Mineirão]], which opened in 1965. The older [[Estádio Independência|Independência Stadium]] was the site of the [[FIFA World Cup 1950]] game, when the [[England v United States (1950)|United States beat England]] in a 1–0 win.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://national.soccerhall.org/Monthly%20Column/MC.May.2005.htm|title=Soccerhall|publisher=Soccerhall|location=Belo Horizonte, Brazil|format=PDF|isbn=85-240-3919-1|accessdate=2007-07-18|year=2005|language=Portuguese|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715154838/http://national.soccerhall.org/Monthly%20Column/MC.May.2005.htm|archivedate=July 15, 2010}}</ref>
Mineirão, officially called Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto, was built to provide the city of Belo Horizonte with a larger alternative for Independência Stadium, then the prime venue of the city. The stadium was meant to become the most modern stadium of Brazil and the new home of Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro. Construction took almost five years, and on September 5, 1965 Mineirão officially opened. Mineirão hardly changed in the following decades, and in the 1990s still had its original capacity. When Brazil [[2014 FIFA World Cup bids|won their bid]] to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup, it was clear that Mineirão needed to undergo a large redevelopment.
The project included the complete reconstruction of the bottom tier, an extension of the roof, and further refurbishments to upgrade the stadium to [[FIFA]] standards. Building works took a total of three years, and were completed in December 2012. The first match at the reopened Mineirão was played on February 3, 2013 with a state championship match between Cruzeiro and Atlético. While Cruzeiro agreed on a lease to play the next 25 years at Mineirão, Atlético have not yet come to an agreement and will keep playing at Independência Stadium until doing so. Mineirão hosted a total of six matches during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, including one round of 16 match and the historical semi-final referred to as Mineirazo in which [[Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup)|Brazil lost 1–7 against Germany]]. The stadium also was one of the playing venues of the [[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup]] and the [[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic football tournament]] in 2016<ref>[http://www.stadiumguide.com/mineirao/ Mineirão Stadium] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706225903/http://www.stadiumguide.com/mineirao/ |date=July 6, 2013 }} {{en icon}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Football/soccer teams
|-
! Club
! League
! Venue
! Established (team)
|-
! [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]
|[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Série A]]
|[[Mineirão]]
61.846 (132,834 record)
|1921
|-
! [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]]
|[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Série A]]
|[[Estádio Independência|Independência Stadium]] / Mineirão
23,018 (32,721 record) / 61.846 (115,142 record)
|1908
|-
! [[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América Mineiro]]
|[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Série A]]
|[[Estádio Independência|Independência Stadium]]
23,018 (32,721 record)
|1912
|}
In addition to football, Belo Horizonte has one of the largest attendances at [[volleyball]] matches in the entire country. They are played either at [[Mineirinho]], home of [[Brazil men's national volleyball team|Brazil's national volleyball team]], or at [[Minas Tênis Clube]].
===Tennis===
Belo Horizonte is home to [[2015 French Open – Men's Doubles|2015 French Open men's doubles]] champion and former World no. 1 doubles player [[Marcelo Melo]] as well as [[2016 Australian Open – Men's Doubles|2016 Australian Open men's doubles]] and [[2016 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles|mixed doubles]] champion [[Bruno Soares]].
==International relations==
===Twin towns – Sister cities===
Belo Horizonte's [[Town twinning|sister cities]] are:<ref name=sisterbh>{{cite web |url=http://portalpbh.pbh.gov.br/pbh/ecp/comunidade.do?evento=portlet&pIdPlc=ecpTaxonomiaMenuPortal&app=relacoesinternacionais&tax=11465&lang=pt_BR&pg=5781&taxp=0& |title=Relações Internacionais – Cidades Irmãs |accessdate=December 29, 2008 |author=Prefeitura Municipal de Belo Horizonte |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826043354/http://portalpbh.pbh.gov.br/pbh/ecp/comunidade.do?evento=portlet&pIdPlc=ecpTaxonomiaMenuPortal&app=relacoesinternacionais&tax=11465&lang=pt_BR&pg=5781&taxp=0& |archive-date=August 26, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="sister">{{cite web |url=http://www.pbh.gov.br/bh-internacional/bhz-acordos_irmas.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223020811/http://www.pbh.gov.br/bh-internacional/bhz-acordos_irmas.htm |archivedate=December 23, 2007 |title=Mayor's International Council Sister Cities Program |publisher=Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais|accessdate = 2008-08-18}}</ref>
{{Div col}}
*{{flagicon|ANG}} '''[[Luanda|San Paolo de Loanda]]''', Angola (1968)
*{{flagicon|LIB}} '''[[Zahlé]]''', Lebanon (1974)
*{{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Granada]]''', Spain (1975)
*{{flagicon|POR}} '''[[Porto]]''', Portugal (1986)
*{{flagicon|BLR}} '''[[Minsk]]''', Belarus (1987)<ref name="Minsk">{{cite web |url=http://minsk.gov.by/ru/city/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502075333/http://minsk.gov.by/ru/city/ |title=Twin towns and Sister cities of Minsk ''[via WaybackMachine.com]'' |publisher=The department of protocol and international relations of Minsk City Executive Committee |archivedate=May 2, 2013 |accessdate=2013-07-21 |language=Russian}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|CUB}} '''[[Havana]]''', Cuba (1995)
*{{flagicon|PRC}} '''[[Nanjing]]''', China (1996)
*{{flagicon|PSE}} '''[[Bethlehem]]''', [[State of Palestine]] (2001)
*{{flagicon|SYR}} '''[[Homs]]''', Syria (2001)
*{{flagicon|NCA}} '''[[Masaya]]''', Nicaragua (2002)
*{{flagicon|LBY}} '''[[Tripoli]]''', Libya (2003)
*{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Fort Lauderdale]]''', United States (2003)
*{{flagicon|HON}} '''[[Tegucigalpa]]''', Honduras (2004)
*{{flagicon|ECU}} '''[[Cuenca, Ecuador|Cuenca]]''', Ecuador (2004)
*{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Newark, New Jersey]]''', United States (2006)
*{{flagicon|NGA}} '''[[Lagos]]''', Nigeria (2011)
{{Colend}}
== See also ==
*[[Zona Boêmia]]
==Notes==
{{notelist}}
==References==
{{Reflist|40em}}
==External links==
{{Sister project links|Belo Horizonte|voy=Belo Horizonte}}
===Official===
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.pbh.gov.br/ City Hall of Belo Horizonte website]
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.mg.gov.br/ Government of the State of Minas Gerais website]
===Education===
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.pucminas.br/ PUC-MG] – the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.unibh.br/ UNI-BH] – the University of Belo Horizonte
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.ufmg.br/ UFMG] – [[Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais|Federal University of Minas Gerais]]
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.cefetmg.br/ CEFET-MG] – [[Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais|Federal Center of Technologic Education of Minas Gerais]]
*{{en icon}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20080112074058/http://www.eabh.com.br/eng/home.html Escola Americana de Belo Horizonte] – (American School of Belo Horizonte)
*{{en icon}} [http://www.skema.edu/ SKEMA Business School] (SKEMA Business School)
===Photos===
* [http://belohorizonte.nafoto.net/ Images of Belo Horizonte]
* [https://archive.org/details/BeloHori1949 ''Belo Horizonte: A Planned City with a Plan''] – a 1949 [[Federal government of the United States|U. S. Government]] film about this city available for free download and viewing at [[Internet Archive|The Internet Archive]]
===Architecture===
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.arqbh.com.br/ ARQBH]
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.guiaarqbh.wordpress.com/ Guia Arquitetônico de Belo Horizonte]
===Tourism===
* [http://www.trilhacultural.com.br/belo-horizonte-mg/ Tourism Belo Horizonte]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090104143756/http://www.what-they-say.com/Belo-Horizonte-1.html Information about Belo Horizonte]
* [http://www.belo-horizonte.travel/destination_guide Travel Information]
* [http://www.aboutbrasil.com/modules/brazil-brasil/rio-de-janeiro_sao-paulo_fortaleza.php?hoofd=3&sub=15&art=154 AboutBrasil/Belo Horizonte – Metropolis on the Horizon]
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.belohorizonte.com/ BeloHorizonte.com – City Portal with services and business links]
*{{pt icon}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20120101162538/http://www.belotur.com.br/por/index.php Maplink – Belo Horizonte Street Guide and Maps]
*{{pt icon}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20080229075950/http://www.webbusca.com.br/pagam/guia_belo_horizonte.htm Belo Horizonte Yellow Pages]
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.idasbrasil.com.br/idasbrasil/cidades/BeloHorizonte/port/cultura.asp Culture in Belo Horizonte]
===Food security===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612233103/http://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/future_policy_award_film_en.html Video] about Belo Horizonte's receipt of the World Future Policy award
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110607152011/http://www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity/projects/brazil/beloresources.html Presentations and papers on Belo Horizonte] by Brazilian Canadian economist Cecilia Rocha, Toronto Food Policy Council coordinator [[Wayne Roberts (activist)|Wayne Roberts]], and former city food security administrator Adriana Aranha at [[Ryerson University]]'s [http://www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity/index.html Centre for Studies in Food Security]
* [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/food-for-everyone/the-city-that-ended-hunger "The City that Ended Hunger"], Frances Moore Lappé's essay on Belo Horizonte's programs in Yes! Magazine
===Culture===
*{{pt icon}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20100326124244/http://www.comidadibuteco.com.br/home.php?i=1 Comida di Buteco] Festival of bar appetizers.
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* Municipality of Belo Horizonte
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* ''The Garden City''
* ''Belô''
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| image_skyline = [[File:Belo Horizonte Collage.png|280px]]
| image_caption = From the top, clockwise: Tiradentes Palace in the Administrative City, the seat of the Minas Gerais government; panorama of Avenida Afonso Pena with the Serra do Curral in the background; statue of the Monument to Civilization Mineira, in [[Praça Rui Barbosa|Rui Barbosa Square]], with the Museum of Arts and Crafts; [[Church of Saint Francis of Assisi]], part of the [[Pampulha Modern Ensemble]]; [[Mineirão]] stadium with the [[Lake Pampulha]] in the background and the Alta Vila Tower, on the border with the municipality of [[Nova Lima]]
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| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = [[Alexandre Kalil]]
| leader_party = [[Humanist Party of Solidarity (Brazil)|PHS]]
| established_title = Founded
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| established_title2 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]] (as city)
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| population_as_of = 2014
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'''Belo Horizonte''' ({{IPA-pt|ˈbɛlu oɾiˈzõtʃi|br|Pt-br Belo Horizonte (local).ogg}}, {{IPA-pt|ˌbɛloɾiˈzõtʃi|local|Pt-br Belo Horizonte.ogg}};{{efn|{{IPA-pt|ˈbɛlu ɔɾiˈzõtɨ|eu}}.}} "Beautiful Horizon") is the [[List of largest cities in Brazil|sixth-largest city]] in [[Brazil]], with a population of approximately 2.5 million. It is the [[List of cities in South America|thirteenth-largest city]] in South America and the [[Largest cities in the Americas|eighteenth-largest]] in the Americas. The metropolis is anchor to the [[Greater Belo Horizonte|Belo Horizonte metropolitan area]], ranked as the [[List of metropolitan areas in Brazil|third most populous metropolitan area]] in Brazil and the [[List of metropolitan areas in the Americas|seventeenth most populous]] in the Americas. Belo Horizonte is the capital of [[States of Brazil|the state]] of [[Minas Gerais]], Brazil's [[List of Brazilian states by population|second most populous state]]. It is the first planned modern city in Brazil.
The region was first settled in the early 18th century, but the city as it is known today was planned and constructed in the 1890s, to replace [[Ouro Preto]] as the capital of Minas Gerais. The city features a mixture of contemporary and classical buildings, and is home to several modern Brazilian architectural icons, most notably the [[Pampulha Modern Ensemble|Pampulha Complex]]. In planning the city, [[Aarão Reis]] and [[Francisco Bicalho]] sought inspiration in the urban planning of Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.v-brazil.com/tourism/minas-gerais/belo-horizonte.html |title=Belo Horizonte in Brazil Travel |publisher=V-brazil.com |date= |accessdate=2011-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080712110715/http://www.v-brazil.com/tourism/minas-gerais/belo-horizonte.html |archive-date=July 12, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> The city has employed notable programs in urban revitalization and [[food security]], for which it has been awarded international accolades.
The city is built on several hills and is completely surrounded by mountains.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world66.com/southamerica/brazil/belohorizonte |title=About Belo Horizonte |publisher=World66.com |accessdate=2011-04-17 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514054220/http://www.world66.com/southamerica/brazil/belohorizonte |archivedate=May 14, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> There are several large parks in the immediate surroundings of Belo Horizonte. The Mangabeiras Park (Parque das Mangabeiras), {{convert|6|km|0|abbr=on}} southeast of the city centre in the hills of Curral Ridge (Serra do Curral), has a broad view of the city. It has an area of {{convert|2.35|km2|acre|abbr=on}}, of which {{convert|0.9|km2|acre|abbr=on}} is covered by the native forest. The Jambeiro Woods (Mata do Jambeiro) nature reserve extends over {{convert|912|ha|acre}}, with vegetation typical of the [[Atlantic Forest]]. More than 100 species of birds inhabit the reserve, as well as 10 species of mammals.
Belo Horizonte was one of the host cities of the [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]] and the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]]. Additionally, the city shared as host of the [[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup]] and the [[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics|football tournament]] during the [[2016 Summer Olympics]].
==History==
[[File:Planta BH.jpg|thumb|left|Belo Horizonte plan in 1895.]]
The metropolis was once a small village, founded by João Leite da Silva Ortiz, a [[bandeirante]] explorer from [[São Paulo (city)|São Paulo]]. The explorer settled in the region in 1701, leaving a gold rush expedition. He then established a farm called "Curral d'el Rey", archaic Portuguese for the "King's Corral", which in modern Portuguese would be spelled ''Curral do Rei''. The farm's wealth and success encouraged people from surrounding places to move into the region, and Curral del Rey became a village surrounded by farms.<ref>[http://curraldelrei.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/history-of-belo-horizonte/ History of BH] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303170018/http://curraldelrei.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/history-of-belo-horizonte/ |date=March 3, 2014 }} {{en icon}}</ref>
Another important factor contributing to the growth of the village was immigration from the [[São Francisco River]] region, who had to pass through Curral d'el Rey to reach southern parts of Brazil. Travelers usually visited a small wooden chapel, where they prayed for a safe trip. Due to this fact, the chapel was named Capela da Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem, which means "Chapel of Our Lady of the Good Journey." After the construction of Belo Horizonte, the old baroque chapel was replaced by a [[neo-gothic]] church that became the city's cathedral.<ref>[http://www.traveltill.com/destination/Brazil/Belo-Horizonte/history.php About Belo Horizonte] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904085205/http://www.traveltill.com/destination/Brazil/Belo-Horizonte/history.php |date=September 4, 2015 }} {{en icon}}</ref>
[[File:Inauguracaobh.jpg|thumb|right|Founding of the city in 1897]]
The previous capital of [[Minas Gerais]], [[Ouro Preto]] (meaning "black gold", due to dark rocks with gold inside found on the region), originally called "Vila Rica" ("wealthy village"), was a symbol of both the monarchic [[Brazilian Empire]] and the period when most of Brazilian income was due to mining. That never pleased the members of the [[Inconfidência Mineira]], republican intellectuals who conspired against the Portuguese dominion of Brazil. In 1889, Brazil became a republic, and it was agreed that a new state capital, in tune with a modern and prosperous Minas Gerais, had to be established.<ref>[http://www.pampulhanews.com.br/2011/10/belo-horizonte-1949-brazil.html BH – History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904085205/http://www.pampulhanews.com.br/2011/10/belo-horizonte-1949-brazil.html |date=September 4, 2015 }} {{en icon}}</ref>
In 1893, due to the climatic and topographic conditions, Curral Del Rey was selected by Minas Gerais governor [[Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena|Afonso Pena]] among other cities as the location for the new economic and cultural center of the state, under the new name of "Cidade de Minas," or City of Minas.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}
Aarão Reis, an [[urbanist]] from the State of [[Pará]], was then chosen to design the second [[planned city]] of Brazil (the first one is [[Teresina]]). Cidade de Minas was inaugurated in 1897, with many unfinished buildings as the [[Politics of Brazil|Brazilian government]] set a deadline for its completion. The local government encouraged growth through subsidies. It offered free lots and funding for building houses. An interesting feature of Reis' downtown street plan for Belo Horizonte was the inclusion of a symmetrical array of perpendicular and diagonal streets named after [[States of Brazil|Brazilian states]] and Brazilian [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous]] tribes.<ref>[http://www.primidi.com/belo_horizonte/history History of Belo Horizonte] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904085205/http://www.primidi.com/belo_horizonte/history |date=September 4, 2015 }} {{en icon}}</ref>
[[File:Belo Horizonte (MG).tif|thumb|Belo Horizonte, 1970s, [[Brazilian National Archives|National Archives of Brazil]] ]]
In 1906, the name was changed to Belo Horizonte. At that time the city was experiencing a considerable [[industry|industrial expansion]] that increased its commercial and [[tertiary sector of the economy|service]] sectors. From its very beginning, the city's original plan prohibited workers from living inside the urban area which was defined by Avenida do Contorno (a long avenue which goes around the city's central areas), reserved for government workers (hence the name of the trendy neighbourhood "Funcionários"), and bringing about an accelerated occupation outside the city's area well provided with infrastructure since its very beginning. Obviously, the city's original planners did not count on its ongoing population growth, which proved especially intense in the last 20 years of the 20th century.
In the 1940s, a young [[Oscar Niemeyer]] designed the Pampulha Neighbourhood to great acclaim, a commission he got thanks to then-mayor and soon-to-be-president [[Juscelino Kubitschek]]. These two men are largely responsible for the wide [[Avenue (landscape)|avenue]]s, large lakes, parks and jutting skylines that characterize the city today.<ref>[http://www.discoverbraziltours.com/cgi-local/city.pl?CityID=BHZ Belo Horizonte, Brazil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904085205/http://www.discoverbraziltours.com/cgi-local/city.pl?CityID=BHZ |date=September 4, 2015 }} {{en icon}}</ref> A 1949 American government film favorably reviewed the planning and building of the city.<ref>{{Citation|last=U.S. Office of Inter-Amer Affairs|title=Belo Horizonte|date=1949|url=https://archive.org/details/BeloHori1949|accessdate=2017-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716095116/https://archive.org/details/BeloHori1949|archive-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
Belo Horizonte is fast becoming a regional center of commerce. The Latin American Research and development center of Google, situated in Belo Horizonte, was responsible for the management and operation of the former [[social networking]] website [[Orkut]]. It continues to be a trendsetter in the arts, particularly where music, literature, architecture and the avant-garde are concerned.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.belotur.com.br/ing/a_cidade_historia.php |title=History of Belo Horizonte |publisher=Belotur.com.br |accessdate=2011-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110125428/http://www.belotur.com.br/ing/a_cidade_historia.php |archive-date=January 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
==Geography==
:''See also: {{illm|List of bairros of Belo Horizonte|pt|Lista de bairros de Belo Horizonte}}''
===Surrounding cities and metropolitan area===
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BULL SHIT [[ISS]] at night]]
The term "Grande BH" ("Greater Belo Horizonte") denotes any of various definitions for the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte. The legally defined ''Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte'' consists of 34 municipalities in total, and a population of around five million inhabitants ({{As of|2007|lc=y}}, according to IBGE).<ref name="IBGE_Pop_2007">{{cite web | url = http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/contagem2007/popmunic2007layoutTCU14112007.xls | title = Estimativas / Contagem da População 2007 | date = November 14, 2007 | publisher = Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) | accessdate = 2008-05-29 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080611205529/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/contagem2007/popmunic2007layoutTCU14112007.xls | archivedate = June 11, 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="SIDRA">{{cite web | url = http://www.sidra.ibge.gov.br/bda/tabela/listabl.asp?z=cd&o=17&i=P&c=793 | title = Tabela 793 – População residente, em 1º de abril de 2007: Publicação Completa | date = November 14, 2007 | publisher = Sistema IBGE de Recuperação Automática (SIDRA) | accessdate = 2008-05-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110614223617/http://www.sidra.ibge.gov.br/bda/tabela/listabl.asp?z=cd&o=17&i=P&c=793 | archive-date = June 14, 2011 | url-status = live }}</ref>
The intense process of urbanization that is taking place in the metropolitan region has made some of the political boundaries between municipalities in the region obsolete.
The city is now composed of a relatively contiguous urban area, centred on Belo Horizonte, which extends out into municipalities such as [[Contagem]], [[Betim]], [[Nova Lima]], [[Raposos]], [[Ribeirão das Neves]], [[Ibirité]], [[Santa Luzia, Minas Gerais|Santa Luzia]] and [[Sabará]], among others.
The municipality bounded to the north by [[Vespasiano]], to the north east by Santa Luzia, by Sabará to the east, by Nova Lima to the southeast, [[Brumadinho]] to the south and Ribeirão das Neves, Contagem and [[Ibirité]] to the west.
===Geology and geomorphology===
[[File:Belo Horizonte (2).jpg|thumb|Praça da Liberdade (Liberty Square) and Downtown Belo Horizonte]]
Belo Horizonte lies on a region of contact between different geological series of the [[Proterozoic]]. The geology largely comprises [[crystalline rock]]s, which give rise to the varied morphology of the landscape. It is located in a large geological unit known as the [[craton]] of [[São Francisco River|San Francisco]], referring to extensive crustal nucleus of central-eastern Brazil, tectonically stable at the end of the [[Paleoproterozoic]] and bordering areas that suffered the regeneration at the [[Neoproterozoic]].
The [[archean]] rocks members of Belo Horizonte complex and supracrustal sequences of the Paleoproterozoic is predominant. The area of Belo Horizonte complex includes the geomorphological unit called ''Depression of Belo Horizonte'', which represents about 70% of the municipality area and has its greatest expression in the northern [[Ribeirão Arrudas]] (Rues Stream) pipeline. The [[metasedimentary]] rocks has its area of occurrence on the south of [[Ribeirão Arrudas]] pipeline, constituting about 30% of the area of Belo Horizonte. The characteristics of this area are lithological diversities and rugged topography, which has its maximum expression in the ''Serra do Curral'' (Corral Ridge), the southern boundary of the municipality.
Its soil comprises a succession of layers of rocks of varied composition, represented by itabirite, [[Dolomite (rock)|dolomite]], [[quartzite]], filities and [[schist]]s different from the general direction northwest-southeast and dip to the southeast. The hills of Belo Horizonte are part of the [[Espinhaço Mountains]] and belong to the larger Itacolomi mountain chain. The highest point in the municipality is in the ''Serra do Curral'', reaching {{convert|1538|m|ft}}.
===Parks===
[[Image:PESRM - Parque Estadual da Serra do Rola Moça.jpg|thumb|left|[[Serra do Rola-Moça State Park]]]]
A centre for conservation and preservation of animals and plants it has also developed environmental education projects. The Zoo, which encompasses a total area of 1.4 million square meters, is located at the Foundation's headquarters and is regarded as one of the most complete in Latin America. It has a collection of close to 900 animals representing 200 species, from Brazil and other parts of the world, as well as the first public butterfly sanctuary in South America.
Pampulha Ecological Park is administered by the Zoo-Botanical Foundation of Belo Horizonte and was inaugurated in May 21, 2004. It's {{convert|30|acres|0|abbr=on}} of green area that offers to the population and the tourists a permanent programming of [[Natural environment|environmental]], cultural and patrimonial education.
The city contains the {{convert|102|ha}} [[Baleia State Park]], created in 1988 but still not implemented as of 2014.<ref>{{citation|language=pt|accessdate=2017-01-16|ref={{harvid|MPMG aciona Justiça para assegurar implantação ...}}|title=MPMG aciona Justiça para assegurar implantação do Parque Estadual da Baleia em BH|date=October 6, 2014|publisher=Ministério Público de Minas Gerais|url=https://www.mpmg.mp.br/areas-de-atuacao/defesa-do-cidadao/meio-ambiente/noticias/mpmg-aciona-justica-para-assegurar-implantacao-do-parque-estadual-da-baleia-em-bh.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323092530/https://www.mpmg.mp.br/areas-de-atuacao/defesa-do-cidadao/meio-ambiente/noticias/mpmg-aciona-justica-para-assegurar-implantacao-do-parque-estadual-da-baleia-em-bh.htm|archive-date=March 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
It contains part of the {{convert|3941|ha}} [[Serra do Rola-Moça State Park]], created in 1994.<ref>{{citation|language=pt|ref={{harvid|Parque Estadual da Serra do Rola-Moça – IEF}}|title=Parque Estadual da Serra do Rola-Moça|publisher=IEF|url=http://www.ief.mg.gov.br/component/content/198?task=view|accessdate=2017-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711133333/http://www.ief.mg.gov.br/component/content/198?task=view|archive-date=July 11, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
{{wide image|Mineirão Pampulha Panorama.jpg|700px|<center>Panorama of the [[Lake Pampulha]] along with its main touristc complex</center>}}
===Climate===
{{Further|Climate of Brazil}}
[[File:Tempestade BH.jpg|thumb|right|Storm over the city]]
Belo Horizonte's [[latitude]] at 19'55"South places it in the [[tropical zone]]. Yearly temperatures average between {{convert|9|and|35|C|F|}}. The [[Köppen climate classification]] of the region is [[tropical savanna climate]] (''Aw''), milder due to the elevation, with humid/warm summers and dry/mild winters. Belo Horizonte is located about {{convert|300|km|mi|}} from the sea.
Even though inter-seasonal differences are not as pronounced as they are in temperate places, there is a contrast between spring and summer, and between fall and winter. The coldest month is generally July, with a lowest recorded temperature of {{convert|2|°C|0|abbr=on}}. The hottest month is usually January, with a highest recorded temperature of {{convert|37.4|°C|0|abbr=on}}.
The {{convert|852|m|ft|adj=on}} elevation{{Citation needed|date=May 2015}} of Belo Horizonte helps a little in cooling the city, suppressing high maximum air temperatures experienced in nearby cities at lower altitudes. Belo Horizonte's climate is mild throughout the year. Temperatures vary between {{convert|11|and|31|C|F}}, the average being {{convert|22|°C|0|abbr=on}}. Winter is dry and mostly sunny, and summer is rainy.
{{Weather box
|location = Belo Horizonte (1981–2010, extremes 1949–present)
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|Jan record high C = 35.4
|Feb record high C = 35.2
|Mar record high C = 33.5
|Apr record high C = 32.7
|May record high C = 31.4
|Jun record high C = 30.5
|Jul record high C = 30.8
|Aug record high C = 33.8
|Sep record high C = 36.1
|Oct record high C = 36.2
|Nov record high C = 34.7
|Dec record high C = 34.8
|year record high C = 36.2
|Jan high C = 28.4
|Feb high C = 29.0
|Mar high C = 28.5
|Apr high C = 27.7
|May high C = 25.8
|Jun high C = 24.8
|Jul high C = 24.7
|Aug high C = 26.1
|Sep high C = 27.4
|Oct high C = 28.1
|Nov high C = 27.7
|Dec high C = 27.8
|year high C = 27.2
|Jan mean C = 23.4
|Feb mean C = 23.8
|Mar mean C = 23.4
|Apr mean C = 22.5
|May mean C = 20.5
|Jun mean C = 19.3
|Jul mean C = 19.1
|Aug mean C = 20.3
|Sep mean C = 21.6
|Oct mean C = 22.6
|Nov mean C = 22.7
|Dec mean C = 22.9
|year mean C = 21.8
|Jan low C = 19.8
|Feb low C = 19.9
|Mar low C = 19.7
|Apr low C = 18.6
|May low C = 16.4
|Jun low C = 15.0
|Jul low C = 14.7
|Aug low C = 15.7
|Sep low C = 17.1
|Oct low C = 18.5
|Nov low C = 18.9
|Dec low C = 19.4
|year low C = 17.8
|Jan record low C = 10.4
|Feb record low C = 12.8
|Mar record low C = 11.7
|Apr record low C = 8.8
|May record low C = 7.5
|Jun record low C = 3.1
|Jul record low C = 5.4
|Aug record low C = 7.2
|Sep record low C = 9.8
|Oct record low C = 11.4
|Nov record low C = 9.1
|Dec record low C = 13.5
|year record low C = 3.1
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|Jan precipitation mm = 329.1
|Feb precipitation mm = 181.4
|Mar precipitation mm = 198.0
|Apr precipitation mm = 74.7
|May precipitation mm = 28.1
|Jun precipitation mm = 9.7
|Jul precipitation mm = 7.9
|Aug precipitation mm = 14.8
|Sep precipitation mm = 55.5
|Oct precipitation mm = 104.7
|Nov precipitation mm = 239.8
|Dec precipitation mm = 358.9
|year precipitation mm = 1602.6
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|Jan precipitation days = 16
|Feb precipitation days = 11
|Mar precipitation days = 11
|Apr precipitation days = 6
|May precipitation days = 3
|Jun precipitation days = 1
|Jul precipitation days = 1
|Aug precipitation days = 2
|Sep precipitation days = 4
|Oct precipitation days = 8
|Nov precipitation days = 14
|Dec precipitation days = 18
|year precipitation days =
|Jan humidity = 73.0
|Feb humidity = 70.0
|Mar humidity = 71.4
|Apr humidity = 69.2
|May humidity = 67.4
|Jun humidity = 66.2
|Jul humidity = 62.4
|Aug humidity = 57.8
|Sep humidity = 60.4
|Oct humidity = 64.1
|Nov humidity = 70.5
|Dec humidity = 74.0
|year humidity = 67.2
|Jan sun = 176.0
|Feb sun = 190.8
|Mar sun = 194.9
|Apr sun = 210.7
|May sun = 221.2
|Jun sun = 229.9
|Jul sun = 240.5
|Aug sun = 241.5
|Sep sun = 202.5
|Oct sun = 196.5
|Nov sun = 166.9
|Dec sun = 153.3
|year sun = 2424.7
|source 1 = [[Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia]]<ref name=INMET>{{cite web
| url = http://www.inmet.gov.br/portal/index.php?r=clima/normaisclimatologicas
| title = Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010
| publisher = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia
| language = Portuguese
| accessdate = 20 October 2018
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140905073726/http://www.inmet.gov.br/portal/index.php?r=clima%2FnormaisClimatologicas
| archive-date = September 5, 2014
| url-status = live
}}</ref>
|source 2 = Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)<ref name = meteoclimat>
{{cite web
| url = http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/station-1220-Belo_horizonte.php
| title = Station Belo Horizonte
| publisher = Meteo Climat
|language = French
| accessdate = 20 October 2018}}</ref>
}}
==Demographics==
According to the [[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|2010 IBGE Census]], there were 2,258,096 people residing in the city of Belo Horizonte.<ref>[http://www.censo2010.ibge.gov.br/dados_divulgados/index.php?uf=31] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514145715/http://www.censo2010.ibge.gov.br/dados_divulgados/index.php?uf=31|date=May 14, 2012}}</ref> The census revealed the following numbers: 1,110,034 [[White Brazilian|White]] people (46.7%), 995,167 [[Pardo]] ([[Multiracial#Brazil|Multiracial]]) people (41.9%), 241,155 [[Afro-Brazilian|Black]] people (10.2%), 25,270 [[Asian Brazilian|Asian]] people (1.1%), 3,477 [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|Amerindian]] people (0.1%).<ref name=autogenerated3>{{cite web |url=http://www.censo2010.ibge.gov.br/painel/?nivel=mn |title=IBGE :: Censo 2010 |publisher=Censo2010.ibge.gov.br |date= |accessdate=2012-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514145708/http://www.censo2010.ibge.gov.br/painel/?nivel=mn |archive-date=May 14, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2010, the city had 428,893 opposite-sex couples and 1,090 [[same-sex couple]]s. The population of Belo Horizonte was 53.1% female and 46.9% male.<ref name="autogenerated3"/>
The Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, called [[Greater Belo Horizonte]], is the [[List of largest cities in Brazil|3rd most populous of Brazil]], after only [[Greater São Paulo]] (with 19,672,582 people, first in Brazil and [[List of metropolitan areas by population|5th in the world]]) and [[Rio de Janeiro|Greater Rio de Janeiro]] (with 14,387,000 people). The city is the [[List of largest cities in Brazil|6th most populous of the country]].
During the 18th century, Minas Gerais received many [[Portuguese Brazilian|Portuguese]] immigrants, mainly from [[Northern Portugal]] as well as many enslaved Africans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asminasgerais.com.br/?item=CONTEUDO&codConteudoRaiz=88&codConteudoAtual=165 |title=Portuguese immigration |publisher=Asminasgerais.com.br |date=February 19, 2002 |accessdate=2011-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820085916/http://www.asminasgerais.com.br/?item=CONTEUDO&codConteudoRaiz=88&codConteudoAtual=165 |archive-date=August 20, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Belo Horizonte has a notable [[Italian Brazilian|Italian influence]]; around 30% of the city's population have some [[Italian Brazilian|Italian origin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insieme.com.br/portal/conteudo.php?sid=226&cid=1467&parent=0 |title=Italian origin in BH |publisher=Insieme.com.br |accessdate=2011-04-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706153130/http://www.insieme.com.br/portal/conteudo.php?sid=226&cid=1467&parent=0 |archivedate=July 6, 2011 }}</ref> The [[Italian culture]] is present in the cuisine, dance, and language.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmbh.mg.gov.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23501&Itemid=367&filter=&nj=1 |title=Italian Culture in BH |publisher=Cmbh.mg.gov.br |date=April 29, 2008 |accessdate=2011-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107195925/http://www.cmbh.mg.gov.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23501&Itemid=367&filter=&nj=1 |archive-date=January 7, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> People of [[German Brazilian|German]], [[Spanish Brazilian|Spanish]], and [[Arab Brazilian|Syrian-Lebanese]] ancestries also make up sizeable groups.
===Religion===
[[File:Catedral Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem - panoramio.jpg|thumb|[[Our Lady of Good Voyage Cathedral, Belo Horizonte|Our Lady of Good Voyage Cathedral]] is the seat of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte]]]]
{{Main|Religion in Brazil}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#87CEFA; color:white" | Religion
! style="background:#87CEFA; color:white" | Percentage
! style="background:#87CEFA; color:white" | Number
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[Catholic]]
|59.87%
|1,422,084
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[Protestant]]
|25.06%
|595,244
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[Irreligion in Brazil|No religion]]
|8.02%
|190,414
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[Spiritism|Spiritist]]
|4.07%
|96,639
|}
''Source: [[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]] 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sidra.ibge.gov.br/bda/tabela/protabl.asp?c=2094&z=cd&o=7&i=P |title=Sistema IBGE de Recuperação Automática – SIDRA |publisher=Sidra.ibge.gov.br |accessdate=October 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150323020023/http://www.sidra.ibge.gov.br/bda/tabela/protabl.asp?c=2094&i=P&nome=on&qtu8=137&qtu14=3¬arodape=on&tab=2094&opn8=0&opn14=0&unit=0&pov=3&poc133=2&OpcTipoNivt=1&opn1=2&nivt=0&orc86=3&orp=5&qtu3=27&qtu13=47&opv=1&poc86=1&opc133=1&pop=1&opn2=0&opn15=0&orv=2&orc133=4&qtu2=5&qtu15=3&sev=93&sev=1000093&opc86=1&sec133=95263&sec133=100430&sec133=2803&sec133=95277&sec133=95264&sec133=100403&sec133=100404&sec133=100405&sec133=99741&sec133=100406&sec133=100407&sec133=99743&sec133=100408&sec133=95265&sec133=100409&sec133=99746&sec133=100410&sec133=100411&sec133=99745&sec133=100412&sec133=100413&sec133=100414&sec133=100415&sec133=12881&sec133=12882&sec133=99748&sec133=100416&sec133=100417&sec133=100418&sec133=100419&sec133=95266&sec133=121096&sec133=12891&sec133=100420&sec133=100421&sec133=100422&sec133=100423&sec133=2824&sec133=95267&sec133=2826&sec133=2827&sec133=2829&sec133=2828&sec133=12883&sec133=100424&sec133=100425&sec133=95269&sec133=100427&sec133=100428&sec133=100429&sec133=95270&sec133=100426&sec133=95273&sec133=95274&sec133=95275&sec133=2836&sec133=12884&sec133=12885&sec133=12886&sec133=12887&sec133=12888&sec133=12889&sec133=95276&sec133=12890&sec133=2837&opp=f1&opn3=0&qtu6=5565&opn13=0&sec86=0&ascendente=on&sep=38559&orn=1&qtu7=36&pon=2&qtu9=558&opn6=3&digt6=Fortaleza&OpcCara=44&proc=1&qtu1=1&opn9=0&cabec=on&opn7=0&decm=99 |archive-date=March 23, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''
===Human development===
[[File:Praça Savassi em Belo Horizonte.JPG|thumb|[[Savassi]] is a developed neighbourhood in Belo Horizonte]]
The human development of Belo Horizonte varies greatly by locality, reflecting the city's spatial social inequality and vast socioeconomic inequalities. There are neighborhoods that had very high [[human development index]]es in 2000 (equal to or greater than the indexes of some Scandinavian countries), but those in the lower range (in line with, for example, [[Magreb|North Africa]]).<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.pnud.org.br/pobreza_desigualdade/reportagens/index.php?id01=2480&lay=pde|title=HDI|publisher=PNUD|location=Belo Horizonte, Brazil|format=PDF|isbn=85-240-3919-1|accessdate=2008-01-09|year=2000|language=Portuguese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519235600/http://www.pnud.org.br/pobreza_desigualdade/reportagens/index.php?id01=2480&lay=pde|archive-date=May 19, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Carmo/Sion (0.973): greater than Iceland - 0.968; Cruzeiro/Anchieta/Funcionários (0.970): greater than Iceland - 0.968; Grajau/Gutierrez (0.965): greater than Australia - 0.962; Belvedere/Mangabeiras/Comiteco (0.964): greater than Australia – 0.962; Serra/São Lucas (0.953): equal to Japan, Netherlands – 0.953.
In 1993, under mayor Patrus Ananias de Souza, the city started a series of innovations based on its citizens having the "[[right to food]]". These include, for example, creating [[farmers' market]]s in the town to enable direct sales and regularly surveying market prices and posting the results across the city.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.alternatives.ca/auteur/cecilia-rocha?lang=en|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110728120641/http://www.alternatives.ca/auteur/cecilia-rocha?lang=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-07-28|title=Belo Horizonte: The Beautiful Horizon of Community Food Sovereignty|publisher=Alternatives International Journal|location=Quebec, Canada|accessdate=2009-11-10|year=2008|author=Wayne Roberts and Cecilia Rocha}}</ref> The city's process of [[participatory budgeting]] was linked with these innovations, as a result of which the [[infant mortality rate]] was reduced by 50% in a decade.<ref>FRANCIS MOORE LAPPÉ, ''CounterPunch'', March 18, 2009, [http://www.counterpunch.org/lappe03182009.html The City That Ended Hunger] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321113242/http://www.counterpunch.org/lappe03182009.html |date=March 21, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="thesis">M. Jahi Chappell, PhD Thesis, 2009, [http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/62417 ''From Food Security to Farm to Formicidae: Belo Horizonte, Brazil's Secretaria Municipal de Abastecimento and Biodiversity in the Fragmented Atlantic Rainforest''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730062515/http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/62417 |date=July 30, 2013 }}</ref> There is some evidence that these programs have helped support a higher quality of life for the local farmers partnering with the city and that this may be having positive effects on biodiversity in the Atlantic rainforest around the city.<ref name="thesis"/><ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity/publications/papers/UrbanFoodPolicy.pdf |format=PDF |title=Urban Food Policies and Rural Sustainability: How the Municipal Government of Belo Horizonte, Brazil is Promoting Rural Sustainability |publisher=Centre for Studies in Food Security, and Department of Nutrition, Ryerson University |location=Toronto, Canada |accessdate=2009-11-10 |year=2003 |author=Cecilia Rocha and Adriana Aranha |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090625191507/http://www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity/publications/papers/UrbanFoodPolicy.pdf |archivedate= June 25, 2009 }}</ref> The city's development of these policies garnered the first "Future Policy Award" in 2009, awarded by the [[World Future Council]], a group of 50 activists (including [[Frances Moore Lappé]], [[Vandana Shiva]], [[Wes Jackson]], and [[Youssou N'Dour]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/the_councillors.html |title=Councillors |publisher=The World Future Council |accessdate=2011-04-17 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523063243/http://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/the_councillors.html |archivedate=May 23, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>) concerned with the development and recognition of policies to promote a just and sustainable future.
The city has undertaken an internationally heralded project called Vila Viva ("Living Village" in Portuguese) that promises to "urbanize" the poorest areas (''[[favela]]s''), relocating families from areas with high risk of floods and landslides but keeping them in the same neighborhood, paving main avenues to allow public transportation, police and postal service to have access. All the work is done with 80% of locals, reducing unemployment and increasing family income.<ref name="mayor">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldmayor.com/manifestos05/belohorizonte_05.html |title=Belo Horizonte Mayor Fernando Damata Pimentel: A program of financial efficiency and social boldness |publisher=Worldmayor.com |accessdate=2011-04-17| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110514220216/http://www.worldmayor.com/manifestos05/belohorizonte_05.html| archivedate= May 14, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.favelaeissoai.com.br/noticias.php?cod=59 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20101128030815/http://www.favelaeissoai.com.br/noticias.php?cod=59 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-11-28 |language=Portuguese |title=Favela é isso ai |publisher=Favelaeissoai.com.br |date=January 18, 2010 |accessdate=2011-04-17 }}</ref> Former mayor [[Fernando da Mata Pimentel]] was nominated for [[World Mayor]] in 2005 on the strength of these and other programs.<ref name="mayor"/>
==Economy==
{{Main|Economy of Belo Horizonte}}
[[Image:Belo_Horizonte_-_Avenida_Afonso_Pena.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Afonso Pena Avenue]]
Belo Horizonte receives large numbers of visitors, as it is in the Brazilian main economic axis, exerting influence even on other states. Multinational and Brazilian companies, such as Google and [[Oi (mobile phone network)|Oi]], maintain offices in the city. The service sector plays a very important role in the economy of Belo Horizonte, being responsible for 85% of the city's gross domestic product (GDP), with the industry making up for most of the remaining 15%. Belo Horizonte has a developed industrial sector, being traditionally a hub of the Brazilian [[siderurgy|siderurgical]] and [[metallurgy|metallurgical]] industries, as the state of Minas Gerais has always been very rich in [[minerals]], specifically iron ore.
Belo Horizonte is the distribution and processing centre of a rich agricultural and mining region and the nucleus of a burgeoning [[Industry|industrial complex]]. Production is centred on steel, steel products, [[automobile]]s, and textiles. Gold, [[manganese]], and [[gemstone]]s mined in the surrounding region are processed in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasil/belo.html |title=BH city |publisher=Darkwing.uoregon.edu |accessdate=2011-04-17| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110513235809/http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasil/belo.html| archivedate= May 13, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>
The main industrial district of the city was set during the 1940s in [[Contagem]], a part of greater Belo Horizonte. Multinational companies like [[FIAT]] (which opened its plant in Betim in 1974), [[Arcelor]], and [[Toshiba]] have subsidiaries in the region, along with other textile like Group Rachelle Textil, Ematex and Cedro Textil, [[Cosmetics|cosmetic]], food, [[chemicals]], [[pharmaceuticals]], [[furnishing]] and [[refractory]] companies. Among the companies headquartered in the city we can list steel producer Açominas (held by [[Gerdau]], one of the largest multinationals originated in Brazil); [[Usiminas]]; Belgo-Mineira (held by [[Arcelor]]); [[Acesita]] (partially held by Arcelor); mobile communication [[Vivo S.A.|Vivo]]; and [[Telecom Italia Mobile]], [[Dasein executive search]], [[executive coaching]] company, as well as the [[NYSE]]-listed electrical company CEMIG. Leading steel product makers Sumitomo Metals of Japan and Vallourec of France have also plans to construct an integrated steel works on the outskirts of the city.
[[File:Usiminas.JPG|thumb|Headquarters of [[Usiminas]] in Pedro Melo Square]]
[[File:Praça_ABC_-_panoramio_(cropped).jpg|thumb|Business district of the city]]
There are also a large number of small enterprises in the technological sector with regional to nationwide success, particularly in the fields of [[computing]] and biotechonology. Because of both governmental and private funding in the diversification of its economy, the city has become an international reference in Information Technology and [[Biotechnology]], and is also cited because of the advanced corporate and university research in [[Biodiesel]] fuel. The number of jobs in the Information sector has been growing at annual rates above 50%. The Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area, composed of 33 cities under the capital's direct influence, is home to 16% of the country's biotechnology companies, with annual sales of over R$550 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.belotur.com.br/ing/a_cidade_economia.php |title=Economy of the city of Belo Horizonte |publisher=Belotur.com.br |accessdate=2011-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110113010/http://www.belotur.com.br/ing/a_cidade_economia.php |archive-date=January 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
Projects in these fields are likely to expand because of integration between universities, the oil company [[Petrobras]] and the [[Brazilian Government]]. One of the largest events that ever took place in the city, the [[Inter-American Development Bank]] meeting, occurred in 2005 and attracted people from everywhere in the world.
For a long time it was marked by the predominance of its [[industrial sector]], but from the 1990s there has been a constant expansion of the [[service sector]] economy, particularly in [[computer science]], [[biotechnology]], [[business tourism]], fashion and the making of jewelry. The city is considered to be a strategic leader in the [[Economy of Brazil|Brazilian economy]]. The move towards [[business tourism]] transformed the capital into a national hub for this segment of the [[tourist industry]].
* In 2008, the city's GDP was [[Brazilian real|R$]]42 billion (or about of [[United States dollar|US$]]26,2 billion).<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/presidencia/noticias/noticia_impressao.php?id_noticia=1288|title=GDP|publisher=[[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]]|location=Belo Horizonte, Brazil|format=PDF|isbn=85-240-3919-1|accessdate=2009-07-21|year=2006|language=Portuguese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701054146/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/presidencia/noticias/noticia_impressao.php?id_noticia=1288|archive-date=July 1, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2008, the [[Greater Belo Horizonte]]'s GDP was [[Brazilian real|R$]]98,5 billion (or about of [[United States dollar|US$]]61 billion).<ref name="IBGE_PIB">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf |title=Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002–2005 |publisher=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) |accessdate=May 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002024524/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf |archivedate=October 2, 2008 }}</ref>
* In 2008, the city's per capita income was [[Brazilian real|R$]]17,313 (or [[United States dollar|US$]]10,820).<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/presidencia/noticias/noticia_impressao.php?id_noticia=1288|title=per capita income|publisher=[[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]]|location=Belo Horizonte, Brazil|format=PDF|isbn=85-240-3919-1|accessdate=2010-01-10|year=2007|language=Portuguese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701054146/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/presidencia/noticias/noticia_impressao.php?id_noticia=1288|archive-date=July 1, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, it was R$15,830<ref name="pnbonline.com.br">{{cite book|url=http://www.pnbonline.com.br/display.asp?id=36736 |title=per capita income |accessdate=2009-07-21 |year=2006 |language=Portuguese }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> (about of US$9,893).<ref name="pnbonline.com.br"/>
==Government and politics==
:''See also: [[List of mayors of Belo Horizonte]] and {{illm|Câmara Municipal de Belo Horizonte|pt}}''
{{expand section|date=September 2018}}
==Education==
{{Main|Education in Brazil}}
[[File:Puc-minas.gif|thumb|right|[[Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais|Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais]]]]
[[File:Laguinhoreitoria.JPG|thumb|right|[[Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais|Federal University of Minas Gerais]]]]
===Educational institutions===
Several higher education institutions are located in Belo Horizonte, including:
* [[Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais]] (UFMG);
* [[Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais]] (CEFET-MG);
* [[Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais]] (PUC-MG);
* [[Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais]] (UEMG) (State University of Minas Gerais);
* [http://www.unibh.br/ Centro Universitário de Belo Horizonte] (UNI-BH);
* [http://www.faculdadepitagoras.com.br/ Faculdade Pitágoras de Belo Horizonte] (FP-BH);
* [http://www.kennedy.br/ Faculdades Kennedy] (FKBH);
* [http://www.una.br/ Centro Universitário] (UNA);
* [[FUMEC University|Universidade FUMEC]] (FUMEC);
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110430085242/http://unifenas.br/ Universidade José do Rosário Vellano] (UNIFENAS);
* [http://www.newtonpaiva.br/ Centro Universitário Newton Paiva];
* [http://www.domhelder.edu.br/ Escola Superior Dom Helder Câmara – Especializada em Direito];
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121003000808/http://www.faculdadejesuita.edu.br/ Faculdade Jesuíta de Filosofia e Teologia] (FAJE)
* [[Skema Business School]] (SK).
==Transport==
[[File:Aeroporto de Confins.jpg|thumb|right|[[Tancredo Neves International Airport|Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport]]]]
[[File:Onibus BRT Belo Horizonte.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bus rapid transit|BRT]] on Cristiano Machado Avenue]]
[[File:Anel Rodoviario BH-MG MapQuestOpen.png|thumb|right|Map of the [[ring road]] of Belo Horizonte]]
[[File:TUE33 Charles Tôrres.jpg|thumb|right|[[Belo Horizonte Metro]]]]
[[File:AfonsoPenacomBahia-BH.jpg|thumb|Afonso Pena Avenue at night]]
===Airports===
Belo Horizonte is served by three airports:
*[[Tancredo Neves International Airport|Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport]], dedicated to domestic and international traffic. It is located in the municipalities of [[Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais|Lagoa Santa]] and [[Confins]], {{convert|38|km|mi}} from Belo Horizonte, and was opened in January 1984. Plans for gradual expansion to meet growing demand had been already drawn up from the airport's inception. The airport has one of the lowest rates of shutdown for bad weather in the country. It ran at limited capacity until 2005, when a large proportion of Pampulha Airport air traffic was transferred to Confins. There are direct international flights to/from [[Fort Lauderdale]], [[Orlando]], [[Lisbon]], [[Buenos Aires]] and [[Panama City]].
*[[Belo Horizonte/Pampulha - Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport|Pampulha – Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport]], dedicated to domestic traffic;
*[[Carlos Prates Airport]], dedicated to general aviation.
===Highways===
The city is connected to the rest of Minas Gerais state and the country by a number of roadways. [[Minas Gerais]] has the country's largest federal highway network.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/interna/0,,OI1422832-EI306,00.html|title=Tempo bom e trânsito lento marcam volta de feriado|publisher=Terra|location=Belo Horizonte, Brazil|format=PDF|isbn=85-240-3919-1|accessdate=2007-02-22|year=2007|language=Portuguese|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307014129/http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/interna/0%2C%2COI1422832-EI306%2C00.html|archivedate=March 7, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Brazilian Highway System#BR-040|BR-040]] connects Belo Horizonte to [[Rio de Janeiro]] (going south) and [[Brasília]] (going northwest). It also links other cities in the state, such as [[Juiz de Fora]], [[Conselheiro Lafaiete]], [[Barbacena]], [[Sete Lagoas]], and [[Paracatu, Minas Gerais|Paracatu]].
* [[BR-262]] begins in [[Mato Grosso do Sul]] and ends in [[Espírito Santo]], crossing [[Minas Gerais]] from west to east. It links Belo Horizonte to [[Pará de Minas]], [[Araxá]], [[Manhuaçu]], [[Uberaba]], [[Governador Valadares]], and [[Vitória, Brazil|Vitória]], the capital of [[Espírito Santo]] state.
* [[Rodovia Fernão Dias|BR-381]] is an important federal highway. It connects Belo Horizonte to [[São Paulo]].
* MG-010 is a state highway that connects the capital to the [[Tancredo Neves International Airport]], itself located in the municipalities of Confins and Lagoa Santa, which are part of the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte. Starting in 2005, several flights were transferred from the [[Pampulha Regional Airport]] to the international airport. To improve access to the international airport, MG-010 is being expanded (effectively duplicating its lanes).<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.linhaverde.mg.gov.br/|title=Linha Verde|publisher=Governo do Estado de Minas Gerais|location=Belo Horizonte, Brazil|format=PDF|isbn=85-240-3919-1|accessdate=2007-01-30|year=2007|language=Portuguese|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125231316/http://www.linhaverde.mg.gov.br/|archivedate=January 25, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
The city is also served by other minor roads such as state highways MG-020, MG-050, MG-030, and MG-433. There is also an East-West Express Way, which goes from the city to the nearby industrial centres of [[Contagem]] and [[Betim]] (together having a population of ca. 900,000), and Anel Rodoviário, a kind of "beltway" – indeed it is not circumferential, but connects many highways, such as the federal (BR-ones) so it is not necessary for a large number of cars and trucks to pass through the city centre. Many of these roads are in poor condition, but in the last years many revitalization and rebuilding projects have been started.
===Bus system===
The bus system has a large number of bus lines going through all parts in the city, and is administrated by ''BHTRANS''. Among the upcoming projects are the expansion of the integration between bus lines and the [[rapid transit|metro]], with integrated stations, many already in use. And the construction of bus corridors, with lanes and bus stops exclusively for the bus lines. Keeping buses from traffic congestions, making the trips more viable for commuters.
===Railways===
[[Belo Horizonte Metro]] or MetroBH started operating at the end of the 1970s. There is one line, with 19 stations, from Vilarinho to Eldorado Station, in [[Contagem]], transporting over 160,000 people daily. The current projects of expansion include Line 2, linking the existing Calafate Station to the region of Barreiro. And Line 3, from the city's main bus terminal to São Inácio de Loyola, [[Savassi]] economical district. Line 2 is planned to be overground (similar to the current line) and Line 3 is planned to be underground, passing through the city's financial centre, Praça Sete and Afonso Pena Avenue. Also, Line 1 is planned to be extended to Novo Eldorado Station.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metrominas.mg.gov.br/ |title=Metrominas – Trem Metropolitano de Belo Horizonte |publisher=Metrominas.mg.gov.br |date= |accessdate=2012-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401083953/http://www.metrominas.mg.gov.br/ |archive-date=April 1, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Belo Horizonte Public Transportation statistics===
The average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit in Belo Horizonte, for example to and from work, on a weekday is 85 min. 26% of public transit riders, ride for more than 2 hours every day. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transit is 23 min, while 50% of riders wait for over 20 minutes on average every day. The average distance people usually ride in a single trip with public transit is 8.7 km, while 19% travel for over 12 km in a single direction.<ref>{{cite web|title=Belo Horizonte Public Transportation Statistics|publisher=Global Public Transit Index by Moovit|url=https://moovitapp.com/insights/en/Moovit_Insights_Public_Transit_Index_Brazil_Belo_Horizonte-843|accessdate=June 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901063012/https://moovitapp.com/insights/en/Moovit_Insights_Public_Transit_Index_Brazil_Belo_Horizonte-843|archive-date=September 1, 2017|url-status=live}} [[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px]] Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016050101/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |date=October 16, 2017 }}.</ref>
==Culture==
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===Theatre and dance===
[[File:Praça da Estação FIT-BH 2010.jpg|thumb|left|Estação Square during the International Festival of Theatre]]
Every two years, FIT BH, The International Theater Festival of Belo Horizonte, takes place in the city. This attracts artists from all over Brazil and worldwide. With the merger of two projects that would happen separately in 1994, one stage based, organized by the Francisco Nunes Theater, and the other street based, idealized by Grupo Galpão, came FIT-BH Palco & Rua. Produced every two years, under responsibility from the Belo Horizonte [[City Hall]], through the Municipal Culture Office and the Association Movimento Teatro de Grupo of Minas Gerais, in the program there are street and stage shows, and also seminars, workshops, courses, talks, etc. The Annual Campaign for the Popularisation of Theatre takes place every year in January and February, offering dozens of plays in theatres all over the city at affordable prices.
Several notable artistic groups originated in Belo Horizonte. [[Grupo Corpo]], which is perhaps the most famous [[contemporary dance]] group in the country, was formed in the city in 1975. In March and April is the performance program from FID promoting contemporary dance in Belo Horizonte. The program presents groups from Belo Horizonte. For this project the priority invitations go to the shows created by groups and choreographers living in the city. The purpose is to take shows and other activities such as workshops, talks and video screenings to the less privileged regions of the city regarding access to cultural assets. Belo Horizonte is also host to the Centro Mineiro de Danças Clássicas school.
===Music===
[[File:Sala Minas Gerais 02.jpg|thumb|[[Sala Minas Gerais]] is the house of the [[Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra]].]]
[[Clube da Esquina]] is one of the most important musical movements in the musical history of Brazil. It originated in the mid-1960s, and since then its members have been hugely influential in Brazilian and even international music, some like Milton Nascimento and Toninho Horta achieving worldwide acclaim. Other people involved in the movement include musicians, songwriters, composers, conductors and lyricists, such as Tavinho Moura, [[Wagner Tiso]], [[Andersen Viana]], [[Milton Nascimento]], [[Lô Borges]], [[Beto Guedes]], Flávio Venturini, [[Toninho Horta]], [[Márcio Borges]] and [[Fernando Brant]], among others.
The band [[Uakti (band)|Uakti]] – known for performing with self-built musical instruments – originated in Belo Horizonte under the influence of Walter Smetak and the Composition School from Bahia. Also, several nationally famous rock groups have been founded in Belo Horizonte, including [[Jota Quest]], [[Pato Fu]], [[Skank (band)|Skank]], [[14 Bis (Band)|14 Bis]] and Tianastácia. In later years, Belo Horizonte has been more frequently included in Brazilian tours of foreign mainstream and independent acts.
Belo Horizonte is also known as the Brazilian Capital of Metal, hence the huge number of heavy metal bands (and the likes) founded there, especially in the 1980s. Most importantly, Overdose, the first metal band from BH and one of the first to gain prominence in Brazil; [[Sepultura]], the world's best known Brazilian metal band; and [[Sarcófago]], one of the founders of modern [[black metal]]. The [[contemporary Christian music]] band [[Diante do Trono]], is also of Belo Horizonte. A short instrumental song by American band [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] is named after the city on their album [[Now, Then & Forever]].
===Museums===
[[File:Museu de Arte da Pampulha - Patio.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Pampulha Art Museum]]]]
Belo Horizonte features a number of museums including the Mineiro Museum, the Abílio Barreto Historic Museum, Arts and Workmanship Museum, a Natural History Museum and the UFMG [[Botanic Garden]]s, a telephone museum, the Pampulha Art Museum, the Professor Taylor Gramke Mineralogy Museum, and the UFMG Conservatory. The puppet theatre group Giramundo was established here in 1970, and continues to maintain a puppetry museum hosting a collection of their creations.
There is also The Circuito Cultural Praça da Liberdade, located in the central region of Belo Horizonte is currently the largest cultural circuit in Brazil. In all, there are eleven functioning museums and cultural spaces: Arquivo Público Mineiro (Minas Gerais Public Archive), Biblioteca Pública Estadual Luiz de Bessa (Luiz de Bessa State Public Library), Cefar Liberdade, Centro de Arte Popular Cemig (Cemig Center of Popular Art), Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (Culture Center Bank of Brazil), Espaço do Conhecimento UFMG (UFMG Knowledge Space), Horizonte Sebrae – Casa da Economia Criativa (Sebrae Horizon – The House of Creative Economy), Memorial Minas Gerais Vale (Minas Gerais Memorial), Museu das Minas e do Metal (Mines and Metal Museum), Museu Mineiro (Minas Gerais Museum) and Palácio da Liberdade (Liberty Palace). Besides these, another three spaces are already in the process of being implemented: the Casa Fiat de Cultura (Fiat Culture House), CENA and Oi Futuro. The proposal, according to the Circuit manager, Cristiana Kumaira, is to strengthen the circuit in the world cultural context. “We are already on this path and are being careful to ensure that the activities, services and assistance fulfill the needs and expectations of both the local population and the tourists who come to Belo Horizonte from around the world. The Circuit is establishing itself as one more source of pride for the people of Minas Gerais”, she stresses.
Inaugurated in 2010, the Circuito Cultural Praça da Liberdade was created with the goal of exploring cultural diversity – with interactive options open to the public – in an area of great symbolic, historical and architectural value for Belo Horizonte. The opportunity came with the transference of the Minas Gerais Government headquarters to the Cidade Administrativa (Administrative City), in Serra Verde. After they had been adapted, the old department buildings opened their doors and began to house museums and cultural spaces.
The Circuito Cultural Praça da Liberdade is co-managed by the Instituto Sérgio Magnani (Institute) since June 2012, through a partnership signed with the Minas Gerais Government, and the museums/spaces are mostly run by private companies, which carry out investments in heritage recovery and building maintenance. According to Kumaira, this public-private partnership model allows large companies to participate and effectively contribute to the cultural advance of the city. “Beyond their fields of activities, the partners invest in the implantation and maintenance of museums, learning spaces, exhibitions rooms and shows, as well as memory centers that consolidate the history of Minas Gerais, presenting it either for free or at affordable prices”, she adds.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.circuitoculturalliberdade.com.br/plus/modulos/conteudo/index.php?tac=historia&layout=conheca|title=Circuito Cultural Praça da Liberdade – History|last=PLUS|website=Circuito Cultural Praça da Liberdade|access-date=November 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125064315/http://en.circuitoculturalliberdade.com.br/plus/modulos/conteudo/index.php?tac=historia&layout=conheca|archive-date=November 25, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
[[File:Jardimbotanico6.jpg|thumb|Botanical garden of [[UFMG]]]]
[[File:Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brasil (cropped).jpg|thumb|Palace of Arts Museum]]
The Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden holds an important treasure of folk art – the Nativity of Pipiripau. Created during the 20th century, the craftsman Raimundo Machado, synchronizes 586 figures, distributed in 45 scenes, which tell the story of life and death of Jesus, mixed with its variety of arts and crafts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mhnjb.ufmg.br/index.html |title=UFMG Museum of Natural History and Botanic Garden |location=Belo Horizonte, Brazil |accessdate=September 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917190138/http://www.mhnjb.ufmg.br/index.html |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> With 600,000 sq. m. of green area, the [[Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais|UFMG]] Museum of Natural History and Botanic Garden (MHN-JB) is a privileged ecological space that enables visitors to experience nature in a rich, multidisciplinary way. For 30 years, the mission of the MHN-JB has been to do research, to educate, and to meet the community's demand for service. It covers the areas of [[Anthropology]], [[Archeology]], Environmental Education, [[Natural History]], [[Mineralogy]], and [[Paleontology]]. It has an Ecological Amphitheater, a Free Art Atelier, a [[Greenhouse]], and an Interactive Room. One of its traditional exhibitions is the Pipiripau Nativity Crèche.
Palácio das Artes, inaugurated in 1970, is the largest and most varied cultural complex in Minas Gerais. It comprises three theaters, three art galleries, a movie theater, a bookstore a coffee shop and photography exhibition space. It offers high quality programs for the several expressions in arts. The building was designed by Oscar Niemeyer and it also houses the Minas Gerais Handcraft Center. The Pampulha Art Museum is located at the Pampulha Lake in Belo Horizonte in a building that originally housed the Pampulha Casino. The building was designed by Oscar Niemeyer, commissioned by the then mayor and future president of Brazil Juscelino Kubitschek in the early 1940s, with external grounds by landscaper [[Roberto Burle Marx]]. The building was the first project of Oscar Niemeyer, opened as a casino, and closed in 1946. In 1957, it was re-opened as the Art Museum. His design was influenced by the principles of Le Corbusier. The gardens of [[Burle Marx]] are an tribute to the tropical green. There is three sculptures by Ceschiatti, Zamoiski and José Pedrosa. In 1996, it won new multimedia rooms, library, café bar, souvenir shop and technical infrastructure. The MAP has an impressive collection of 1.600 works.<ref name="BH_GUIDE">{{cite web |url=http://www.youblisher.com/files/publications/30/174017/pdf.pdf |title=Belo Horizonte: um guia completo da capital de todos os mineiros |location=Belo Horizonte, Brazil|format=PDF |date= |accessdate=September 30, 2011}}</ref> The Museum is an integral part of the "Pampulha Architectural Complex" a watershed in the history of modern architecture in Brazil and internationally.
===Architecture===
[[File:Oscar Niemeyer's Church of St Francis in Belo Horizonte2.jpg|thumb|upright|left|São Francisco de Assis Church in Pampulha Park]]
Belo Horizonte has several significant cultural landmarks, many of them situated in the [[Pampulha (Belo Horizonte)|Pampulha]] district, where there are notable examples of Brazilian [[contemporary architecture]].<ref>[http://www.dottransfers.com/brazil/belo-horizonte/ Info BH] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630204053/http://www.dottransfers.com/brazil/belo-horizonte/ |date=June 30, 2014 }} {{en icon}}</ref> Under the leadership of the then mayor of city, [[Juscelino Kubitschek]], architects and artists such as [[Oscar Niemeyer]], landscaper [[Burle Marx]], and painter [[Candido Portinari]], started a type of modern architecture and art here that was greatly developed later with the construction of Brazil's new capital, [[Brasilia]], also led by the now president Juscelino (aka JK). It is at the [[Pampulha (Belo Horizonte)|Pampulha]] complex that one can see the routes of this new architecture movement. The modern and protomodern architecture can also be seen all over Belo Horizonte, either in emblematic 1950's buildings such as Edificio Acaiaca, Conjunto JK, Hotel Amazonas<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/gerais/2015/07/15/interna_gerais,668573/hotel-no-centro-de-belo-horizonte-abriga-paineis-de-artista-frances.shtml|title=Hotel no Centro de Belo Horizonte abriga painéis de artista francês|first=Estado de|last=Minas|publisher=|access-date=October 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811201813/http://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/gerais/2015/07/15/interna_gerais,668573/hotel-no-centro-de-belo-horizonte-abriga-paineis-de-artista-frances.shtml|archive-date=August 11, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and former Hotel Excelsior,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/economia/2013/09/18/internas_economia,450154/hotel-excelsior-vira-residencial-no-centro-de-bh.shtml|title=Hotel Excelsior vira residencial no Centro de BH|first=Estado de|last=Minas|publisher=|access-date=October 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124025004/http://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/economia/2013/09/18/internas_economia,450154/hotel-excelsior-vira-residencial-no-centro-de-bh.shtml|archive-date=November 24, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> all reflecting the modernity culture of the first planned capital of Brazil.
The [[Pampulha Park]] area includes one of the largest soccer stadiums in the world, the [[Mineirão]] stadium, and the [[Church of Saint Francis of Assisi|São Francisco de Assis Church]], widely known as Igreja da Pampulha, designed by Brazilian [[Modern movement|Modernist]] architect [[Oscar Niemeyer]]. In Pampulha there is also the [[Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais]] campus, whose buildings themselves are important contributions to the city's architecture. Other notable buildings include the Mesbla and Niemeyer buildings, in addition to the headquarters of corporations such as [[Usiminas]], Seculus, and Telemig Celular.<ref>[http://www.brazil-carnival.info/683/coisas-de-minas-belo-horizonte-brazil-travel-guide/ Things of BH] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714204025/http://www.brazil-carnival.info/683/coisas-de-minas-belo-horizonte-brazil-travel-guide/ |date=July 14, 2014 }} {{en icon}}</ref>
In the downtown area, landmarks include the church of São José, the Praça da Estação (Station Square), which is an old train station that now is also the Museum of Arts and Workmanship, the Municipal Park, the famous Sete de Setembro Square, where an obelisk built in 1922 marks the one hundred years of [[Brazilian independence]] from Portugal.<ref>[http://www.reference.com/browse/belo+horizonte Downtown BH] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714185528/http://www.reference.com/browse/belo+horizonte |date=July 14, 2014 }} {{en icon}}</ref> Near Central the area, in the Lourdes neighborhood, the Lourdes Basilica, is an example of [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival style]]. The Nossa Senhora de Fátima Church, in Santo Agostinho neighborhood, is situated in [[Carlos Chagas]] Square. Both churches are referred to as the Assembléia Church and the Assembléia Square because of their proximity to the state's legislative assembly.
[[File:Ipê na Praça da Liberdade 2 By Sergio Cirino 2006.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Oscar Niemeyer|Niemeyer]] Building at [[Praça da Liberdade|Liberty Square]]]]
Next to the downtown region is the Savassi district, known for fine restaurants and as a centre of cultural events as well as the best of the city's nightlife. Many landmarks are located there, such as the Praça da Liberdade (Liberty Square), and its surrounding buildings, including the former Executive Offices of the governor called the Palácio da Liberdade (Liberty Palace), the first building to be finished during the city's planned development in the late 1890s.
The government offices moved to the "Cidade Administrativa" in 2010. This complex is made by a few massive buildings just outside the city. Nowadays, the "palaces" are being turned into museums. Still on Savassi, the meeting point of many social groups, especially the youth, is "Praça da Savassi" (Savassi Square), which is not exactly a square, and more a crossing between two major avenues ([[Getúlio Vargas]] and Cristóvão Colombo), and gathers some of the busiest bars and pubs (called locally "botecos" or "botequins") in town.
Another important landmark is Praça do Papa (Pope's Square), located at a high point south of the downtown area, with its great view of the entire city. It is named for July 1, 1980, visit by [[John Paul II]], who held a youth mass there. The nearby Parque das Mangabeiras (Mangabeiras Park) features extensive wildlife, and-owing to its considerable size-has its own bus service, which operates solely within the confines of the park. On Sundays, Afonso Pena Avenue hosts Latin America's biggest open-air market. This is the Market of Arts and Handicrafts, most commonly known as Feira Hippie (hippie fair). Every Sunday morning 70,000 visitors find food, drinks, clothes, furniture, earrings, shoes and almost anything else.<ref>{{cite web |author=FeiraHippiebh.com |url=http://www.feirahippiebh.com |title=Feira Hippie WebSite |publisher=Feirahippiebh.com |accessdate=2011-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805011558/http://feirahippiebh.com/ |archive-date=August 5, 2018 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
{{wide image|Panorama_Pampulha.jpg|1000px|[[Pampulha Modern Ensemble]], a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/minas-gerais/noticia/2016/07/conjunto-da-pampulha-ganha-titulo-de-patrimonio-mundial-da-unesco.html|title=Conjunto da Pampulha ganha título de Patrimônio Mundial da Unesco|date=July 17, 2016|publisher=|accessdate=November 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022201209/http://g1.globo.com/minas-gerais/noticia/2016/07/conjunto-da-pampulha-ganha-titulo-de-patrimonio-mundial-da-unesco.html|archive-date=October 22, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://veja.abril.com.br/brasil/unesco-coloca-conjunto-da-pampulha-em-lista-de-patrimonio-da-humanidade/|title=Conjunto da Pampulha torna-se Patrimônio da Humanidade - VEJA.com|date=July 17, 2016|publisher=|accessdate=November 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918103610/http://veja.abril.com.br/brasil/unesco-coloca-conjunto-da-pampulha-em-lista-de-patrimonio-da-humanidade/|archive-date=September 18, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2016/07/1792609-conjunto-da-pampulha-e-declarado-patrimonio-mundial-da-humanidade.shtml|title=Conjunto da Pampulha é declarado Patrimônio Mundial da Humanidade – 17/07/2016 – Ilustrada – Folha de S.Paulo|publisher=|accessdate=November 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925131148/http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2016/07/1792609-conjunto-da-pampulha-e-declarado-patrimonio-mundial-da-humanidade.shtml|archive-date=September 25, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
===Food and drink===
[[File:Pao de queijo com cafe.jpg|thumb|[[Pão de queijo]] with coffee is a traditional light meal of [[Minas Gerais]].]]
The regional Minas Gerais' food and the now internationally known drink of [[cachaça]] are very popular and highly rated in the capital.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world66.com/southamerica/brazil/belohorizonte/nightlife_and_ente |title=Regional food and drink BH |publisher=World66.com |date=September 25, 2006 |accessdate=2011-04-17 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514112839/http://www.world66.com/southamerica/brazil/belohorizonte/nightlife_and_ente |archivedate=May 14, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>]]
Belo Horizonte is internationally known as the "capital of neighborhood bars."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.belotur.com.br/ing/gastronomia.php |title=Cuisine in Belo Horizonte |publisher=Belotur.com.br |accessdate=2011-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005013240/http://www.belotur.com.br/ing/gastronomia.php |archive-date=October 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Every year, the city hosts the Comida di Buteco festival ("Pub Foods", in an approximate translation), in which a panel selects 41 bars to be visited, and then elects the one with the best appetizers using the theme ingredient of each year.
Minas Gerais' cuisine is famous for its traditional dishes, like [[pão de queijo]], feijão tropeiro, tutu de feijão, pork ribs, chicken-and-okra (served with a rich, brown gravy and rice) and other usually heavy, comfort-like food. The city also abounds with pizza places, barbecue houses, fine restaurants of many nationalities and other options.
==Sports==
{{See also|Sport in Brazil}}
===Football===
[[File:Mineirão (Top View).jpg|thumb|left|[[Mineirão]]]]
[[File:Arena Independência - Atlético x Fluminense.jpg|thumb|left|[[Estádio Independência|Independência Stadium]]]]
{{See also|Football in Brazil|Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Campeonato Mineiro}}
As in the rest of Brazil, [[Association football|football]] is the most popular sport. The city's major teams are [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]], [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]] and [[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América Mineiro]].
The city also has one of the biggest football stadiums in the world, the [[Mineirão]], which opened in 1965. The older [[Estádio Independência|Independência Stadium]] was the site of the [[FIFA World Cup 1950]] game, when the [[England v United States (1950)|United States beat England]] in a 1–0 win.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://national.soccerhall.org/Monthly%20Column/MC.May.2005.htm|title=Soccerhall|publisher=Soccerhall|location=Belo Horizonte, Brazil|format=PDF|isbn=85-240-3919-1|accessdate=2007-07-18|year=2005|language=Portuguese|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715154838/http://national.soccerhall.org/Monthly%20Column/MC.May.2005.htm|archivedate=July 15, 2010}}</ref>
Mineirão, officially called Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto, was built to provide the city of Belo Horizonte with a larger alternative for Independência Stadium, then the prime venue of the city. The stadium was meant to become the most modern stadium of Brazil and the new home of Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro. Construction took almost five years, and on September 5, 1965 Mineirão officially opened. Mineirão hardly changed in the following decades, and in the 1990s still had its original capacity. When Brazil [[2014 FIFA World Cup bids|won their bid]] to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup, it was clear that Mineirão needed to undergo a large redevelopment.
The project included the complete reconstruction of the bottom tier, an extension of the roof, and further refurbishments to upgrade the stadium to [[FIFA]] standards. Building works took a total of three years, and were completed in December 2012. The first match at the reopened Mineirão was played on February 3, 2013 with a state championship match between Cruzeiro and Atlético. While Cruzeiro agreed on a lease to play the next 25 years at Mineirão, Atlético have not yet come to an agreement and will keep playing at Independência Stadium until doing so. Mineirão hosted a total of six matches during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, including one round of 16 match and the historical semi-final referred to as Mineirazo in which [[Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup)|Brazil lost 1–7 against Germany]]. The stadium also was one of the playing venues of the [[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup]] and the [[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic football tournament]] in 2016<ref>[http://www.stadiumguide.com/mineirao/ Mineirão Stadium] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706225903/http://www.stadiumguide.com/mineirao/ |date=July 6, 2013 }} {{en icon}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Football/soccer teams
|-
! Club
! League
! Venue
! Established (team)
|-
! [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]
|[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Série A]]
|[[Mineirão]]
61.846 (132,834 record)
|1921
|-
! [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]]
|[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Série A]]
|[[Estádio Independência|Independência Stadium]] / Mineirão
23,018 (32,721 record) / 61.846 (115,142 record)
|1908
|-
! [[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América Mineiro]]
|[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Série A]]
|[[Estádio Independência|Independência Stadium]]
23,018 (32,721 record)
|1912
|}
In addition to football, Belo Horizonte has one of the largest attendances at [[volleyball]] matches in the entire country. They are played either at [[Mineirinho]], home of [[Brazil men's national volleyball team|Brazil's national volleyball team]], or at [[Minas Tênis Clube]].
===Tennis===
Belo Horizonte is home to [[2015 French Open – Men's Doubles|2015 French Open men's doubles]] champion and former World no. 1 doubles player [[Marcelo Melo]] as well as [[2016 Australian Open – Men's Doubles|2016 Australian Open men's doubles]] and [[2016 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles|mixed doubles]] champion [[Bruno Soares]].
==International relations==
===Twin towns – Sister cities===
Belo Horizonte's [[Town twinning|sister cities]] are:<ref name=sisterbh>{{cite web |url=http://portalpbh.pbh.gov.br/pbh/ecp/comunidade.do?evento=portlet&pIdPlc=ecpTaxonomiaMenuPortal&app=relacoesinternacionais&tax=11465&lang=pt_BR&pg=5781&taxp=0& |title=Relações Internacionais – Cidades Irmãs |accessdate=December 29, 2008 |author=Prefeitura Municipal de Belo Horizonte |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826043354/http://portalpbh.pbh.gov.br/pbh/ecp/comunidade.do?evento=portlet&pIdPlc=ecpTaxonomiaMenuPortal&app=relacoesinternacionais&tax=11465&lang=pt_BR&pg=5781&taxp=0& |archive-date=August 26, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="sister">{{cite web |url=http://www.pbh.gov.br/bh-internacional/bhz-acordos_irmas.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223020811/http://www.pbh.gov.br/bh-internacional/bhz-acordos_irmas.htm |archivedate=December 23, 2007 |title=Mayor's International Council Sister Cities Program |publisher=Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais|accessdate = 2008-08-18}}</ref>
{{Div col}}
*{{flagicon|ANG}} '''[[Luanda|San Paolo de Loanda]]''', Angola (1968)
*{{flagicon|LIB}} '''[[Zahlé]]''', Lebanon (1974)
*{{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Granada]]''', Spain (1975)
*{{flagicon|POR}} '''[[Porto]]''', Portugal (1986)
*{{flagicon|BLR}} '''[[Minsk]]''', Belarus (1987)<ref name="Minsk">{{cite web |url=http://minsk.gov.by/ru/city/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502075333/http://minsk.gov.by/ru/city/ |title=Twin towns and Sister cities of Minsk ''[via WaybackMachine.com]'' |publisher=The department of protocol and international relations of Minsk City Executive Committee |archivedate=May 2, 2013 |accessdate=2013-07-21 |language=Russian}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|CUB}} '''[[Havana]]''', Cuba (1995)
*{{flagicon|PRC}} '''[[Nanjing]]''', China (1996)
*{{flagicon|PSE}} '''[[Bethlehem]]''', [[State of Palestine]] (2001)
*{{flagicon|SYR}} '''[[Homs]]''', Syria (2001)
*{{flagicon|NCA}} '''[[Masaya]]''', Nicaragua (2002)
*{{flagicon|LBY}} '''[[Tripoli]]''', Libya (2003)
*{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Fort Lauderdale]]''', United States (2003)
*{{flagicon|HON}} '''[[Tegucigalpa]]''', Honduras (2004)
*{{flagicon|ECU}} '''[[Cuenca, Ecuador|Cuenca]]''', Ecuador (2004)
*{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Newark, New Jersey]]''', United States (2006)
*{{flagicon|NGA}} '''[[Lagos]]''', Nigeria (2011)
{{Colend}}
== See also ==
*[[Zona Boêmia]]
==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist|40em}}
==External links==
{{Sister project links|Belo Horizonte|voy=Belo Horizonte}}
===Official===
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.pbh.gov.br/ City Hall of Belo Horizonte website]
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.mg.gov.br/ Government of the State of Minas Gerais website]
===Education===
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.pucminas.br/ PUC-MG] – the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.unibh.br/ UNI-BH] – the University of Belo Horizonte
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.ufmg.br/ UFMG] – [[Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais|Federal University of Minas Gerais]]
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.cefetmg.br/ CEFET-MG] – [[Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais|Federal Center of Technologic Education of Minas Gerais]]
*{{en icon}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20080112074058/http://www.eabh.com.br/eng/home.html Escola Americana de Belo Horizonte] – (American School of Belo Horizonte)
*{{en icon}} [http://www.skema.edu/ SKEMA Business School] (SKEMA Business School)
===Photos===
* [http://belohorizonte.nafoto.net/ Images of Belo Horizonte]
* [https://archive.org/details/BeloHori1949 ''Belo Horizonte: A Planned City with a Plan''] – a 1949 [[Federal government of the United States|U. S. Government]] film about this city available for free download and viewing at [[Internet Archive|The Internet Archive]]
===Architecture===
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.arqbh.com.br/ ARQBH]
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.guiaarqbh.wordpress.com/ Guia Arquitetônico de Belo Horizonte]
===Tourism===
* [http://www.trilhacultural.com.br/belo-horizonte-mg/ Tourism Belo Horizonte]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090104143756/http://www.what-they-say.com/Belo-Horizonte-1.html Information about Belo Horizonte]
* [http://www.belo-horizonte.travel/destination_guide Travel Information]
* [http://www.aboutbrasil.com/modules/brazil-brasil/rio-de-janeiro_sao-paulo_fortaleza.php?hoofd=3&sub=15&art=154 AboutBrasil/Belo Horizonte – Metropolis on the Horizon]
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.belohorizonte.com/ BeloHorizonte.com – City Portal with services and business links]
*{{pt icon}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20120101162538/http://www.belotur.com.br/por/index.php Maplink – Belo Horizonte Street Guide and Maps]
*{{pt icon}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20080229075950/http://www.webbusca.com.br/pagam/guia_belo_horizonte.htm Belo Horizonte Yellow Pages]
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.idasbrasil.com.br/idasbrasil/cidades/BeloHorizonte/port/cultura.asp Culture in Belo Horizonte]
===Food security===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612233103/http://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/future_policy_award_film_en.html Video] about Belo Horizonte's receipt of the World Future Policy award
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110607152011/http://www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity/projects/brazil/beloresources.html Presentations and papers on Belo Horizonte] by Brazilian Canadian economist Cecilia Rocha, Toronto Food Policy Council coordinator [[Wayne Roberts (activist)|Wayne Roberts]], and former city food security administrator Adriana Aranha at [[Ryerson University]]'s [http://www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity/index.html Centre for Studies in Food Security]
* [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/food-for-everyone/the-city-that-ended-hunger "The City that Ended Hunger"], Frances Moore Lappé's essay on Belo Horizonte's programs in Yes! Magazine
===Culture===
*{{pt icon}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20100326124244/http://www.comidadibuteco.com.br/home.php?i=1 Comida di Buteco] Festival of bar appetizers.
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<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Municipality in Southeast, Brazil</div><table class="infobox geography vcard" style="width:22em;width:23em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;font-size:125%;font-weight:bold;font-size:1.25em; white-space:nowrap"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Belo Horizonte</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background-color:#cddeff; font-weight:bold;"><div class="category"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Municipalities_of_Brazil" title="Municipalities of Brazil">Municipality</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;"><div class="plainlist">
<ul><li><i>Município de Belo Horizonte</i></li>
<li>Municipality of Belo Horizonte</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Belo_Horizonte_Collage.png" class="image"><img alt="Belo Horizonte Collage.png" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Belo_Horizonte_Collage.png/280px-Belo_Horizonte_Collage.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="512" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="1280" /></a><div style="padding:0.4em 0 0 0;">From the top, clockwise: Tiradentes Palace in the Administrative City, the seat of the Minas Gerais government; panorama of Avenida Afonso Pena with the Serra do Curral in the background; statue of the Monument to Civilization Mineira, in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pra%C3%A7a_Rui_Barbosa" title="Praça Rui Barbosa">Rui Barbosa Square</a>, with the Museum of Arts and Crafts; <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Francis_of_Assisi" title="Church of Saint Francis of Assisi">Church of Saint Francis of Assisi</a>, part of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pampulha_Modern_Ensemble" title="Pampulha Modern Ensemble">Pampulha Modern Ensemble</a>; <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mineir%C3%A3o" title="Mineirão">Mineirão</a> stadium with the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lake_Pampulha" title="Lake Pampulha">Lake Pampulha</a> in the background and the Alta Vila Tower, on the border with the municipality of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nova_Lima" title="Nova Lima">Nova Lima</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="maptable" style="text-align:center"><div style="display:table; width:100%; background:none;">
<div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Bandeira_de_Belo_Horizonte.svg" class="image" title="Flag of Belo Horizonte"><img alt="Flag of Belo Horizonte" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Bandeira_de_Belo_Horizonte.svg/100px-Bandeira_de_Belo_Horizonte.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="68" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Bandeira_de_Belo_Horizonte.svg/150px-Bandeira_de_Belo_Horizonte.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Bandeira_de_Belo_Horizonte.svg/200px-Bandeira_de_Belo_Horizonte.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="520" /></a><br />Flag</div><div style="display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Bras%C3%A3o_de_Belo_Horizonte.svg" class="image" title="Coat of arms of Belo Horizonte"><img alt="Coat of arms of Belo Horizonte" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Bras%C3%A3o_de_Belo_Horizonte.svg/100px-Bras%C3%A3o_de_Belo_Horizonte.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="132" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Bras%C3%A3o_de_Belo_Horizonte.svg/150px-Bras%C3%A3o_de_Belo_Horizonte.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Bras%C3%A3o_de_Belo_Horizonte.svg/200px-Bras%C3%A3o_de_Belo_Horizonte.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="677" /></a><br />Coat of arms</div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center">Nicknames: <div style="display:inline" class="nickname"><div class="plainlist">
<ul><li><i>BH</i> (pronounced "beagá")</li>
<li><i>The Garden City</i></li>
<li><i>Belô</i></li></ul>
</div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Brazil_Minas_Gerais_Belo_Horizonte_location_map.svg" class="image" title="Location in Minas Gerais"><img alt="Location in Minas Gerais" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Brazil_Minas_Gerais_Belo_Horizonte_location_map.svg/250px-Brazil_Minas_Gerais_Belo_Horizonte_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="194" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Brazil_Minas_Gerais_Belo_Horizonte_location_map.svg/375px-Brazil_Minas_Gerais_Belo_Horizonte_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Brazil_Minas_Gerais_Belo_Horizonte_location_map.svg/500px-Brazil_Minas_Gerais_Belo_Horizonte_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="914" data-file-height="709" /></a><div style="padding:0.3em 0 0 0;">Location in Minas Gerais</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><div class="switcher-container"><div class="center"><div style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Map_brazil_mg.svg" class="image" title="Belo Horizonte is located in Minas Gerais"><img alt="Belo Horizonte is located in Minas Gerais" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Map_brazil_mg.svg/250px-Map_brazil_mg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Map_brazil_mg.svg/375px-Map_brazil_mg.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Map_brazil_mg.svg/500px-Map_brazil_mg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2449" data-file-height="2449" /></a><div style="position:absolute;top:60.951%;left:62.272%"><div style="position:absolute;left:-3px;top:-3px;line-height:0"><img alt="Belo Horizonte" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" title="Belo Horizonte" width="6" height="6" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div style="font-size:90%;line-height:110%;position:absolute;width:6em;top:-0.75em;left:4px;text-align:left"><div style="display:inline;padding:1px;float:left">Belo Horizonte</div></div></div></div><div>Localization in Brazil</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Minas Gerais</span></div></div></div><div class="center"><div style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Brazil_location_map.svg" class="image" title="Belo Horizonte is located in Brazil"><img alt="Belo Horizonte is located in Brazil" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Brazil_location_map.svg/250px-Brazil_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="247" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Brazil_location_map.svg/375px-Brazil_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Brazil_location_map.svg/500px-Brazil_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2008" data-file-height="1984" /></a><div style="position:absolute;top:64.793%;left:71.922%"><div style="position:absolute;left:-3px;top:-3px;line-height:0"><img alt="Belo Horizonte" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" title="Belo Horizonte" width="6" height="6" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div style="font-size:90%;line-height:110%;position:absolute;width:6em;top:-0.75em;right:4px;text-align:right"><div style="display:inline;padding:1px;float:right">Belo Horizonte</div></div></div></div><div>Belo Horizonte (Brazil)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Brazil</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center">Coordinates: <span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="/enwiki//tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Belo_Horizonte&params=19_55_S_43_56_W_type:city_region:BR"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">19°55′S</span> <span class="longitude">43°56′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">19.917°S 43.933°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-19.917; -43.933</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="coordinates"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a>: <span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="/enwiki//tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Belo_Horizonte&params=19_55_S_43_56_W_type:city_region:BR"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">19°55′S</span> <span class="longitude">43°56′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">19.917°S 43.933°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-19.917; -43.933</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="504" /> </span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Regions_of_Brazil" title="Regions of Brazil">Region</a></th><td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Southeast_Region,_Brazil" title="Southeast Region, Brazil">Southeast</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/States_of_Brazil" title="States of Brazil">State</a></th><td><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Bandeira_de_Minas_Gerais.svg/22px-Bandeira_de_Minas_Gerais.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Bandeira_de_Minas_Gerais.svg/33px-Bandeira_de_Minas_Gerais.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Bandeira_de_Minas_Gerais.svg/43px-Bandeira_de_Minas_Gerais.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="420" /> </span><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Minas_Gerais" title="Minas Gerais">Minas Gerais</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row">Founded</th><td>December 12, 1897</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;text-align:left">Government<div style="font-weight:normal;display:inline;"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • Mayor</th><td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alexandre_Kalil" title="Alexandre Kalil">Alexandre Kalil</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Humanist_Party_of_Solidarity_(Brazil)" title="Humanist Party of Solidarity (Brazil)">PHS</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;text-align:left">Area<div style="font-weight:normal;display:inline;"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Municipalities_of_Brazil" title="Municipalities of Brazil">Municipality</a></th><td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/1_E%2B8_m%C2%B2" class="mw-redirect" title="1 E+8 m²">330.9 km<sup>2</sup></a> (127.8 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • Urban<div style="font-weight:normal;display:inline;"></div></th><td>282.3 km<sup>2</sup> (109.0 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • Metro<div style="font-weight:normal;display:inline;"></div></th><td>9,459.1 km<sup>2</sup> (3,652.2 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row">Elevation<div style="font-weight:normal;display:inline;"><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></div></th><td>760 m (2,490 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;text-align:left">Population<div style="font-weight:normal;display:inline;"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2014)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Municipalities_of_Brazil" title="Municipalities of Brazil">Municipality</a></th><td>2,502,557</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • Rank</th><td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_in_Brazil" title="List of largest cities in Brazil">6th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div style="font-weight:normal;display:inline;"></div></th><td>5,156,217 (3rd)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td>Belo-horizontino</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/UTC%E2%88%923" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−3">UTC−3</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Time_in_Brazil" title="Time in Brazil">BRT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row">Postal code</th><td class="adr"><div class="postal-code">30000-000</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code(s)</a></th><td>(+55) 31</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row">Website</th><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pbh.gov.br/">Belo Horizonte, MG</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Belo Horizonte</b> (<small>Brazilian Portuguese: </small><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Help:IPA/Portuguese" title="Help:IPA/Portuguese">[ˈbɛlu oɾiˈzõtʃi]</a></span> <span class="nowrap" style="font-size:85%">(<span class="unicode haudio"><span class="fn"><span style="white-space:nowrap;margin-right:.25em;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Pt-br_Belo_Horizonte_(local).ogg" title="About this sound"><img alt="About this sound" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/17px-Loudspeaker.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/22px-Loudspeaker.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span><a href="/enwiki//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Pt-br_Belo_Horizonte_%28local%29.ogg" class="internal" title="Pt-br Belo Horizonte (local).ogg">listen</a></span></span>)</span>, <small>locally </small><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Help:IPA/Portuguese" title="Help:IPA/Portuguese">[ˌbɛloɾiˈzõtʃi]</a></span> <span class="nowrap" style="font-size:85%">(<span class="unicode haudio"><span class="fn"><span style="white-space:nowrap;margin-right:.25em;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Pt-br_Belo_Horizonte.ogg" title="About this sound"><img alt="About this sound" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/17px-Loudspeaker.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/22px-Loudspeaker.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span><a href="/enwiki//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Pt-br_Belo_Horizonte.ogg" class="internal" title="Pt-br Belo Horizonte.ogg">listen</a></span></span>)</span>;<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[a]</a></sup> "Beautiful Horizon") is the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_in_Brazil" title="List of largest cities in Brazil">sixth-largest city</a> in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, with a population of approximately 2.5 million. It is the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_cities_in_South_America" title="List of cities in South America">thirteenth-largest city</a> in South America and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Largest_cities_in_the_Americas" title="Largest cities in the Americas">eighteenth-largest</a> in the Americas. The metropolis is anchor to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Greater_Belo_Horizonte" title="Greater Belo Horizonte">Belo Horizonte metropolitan area</a>, ranked as the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Brazil" title="List of metropolitan areas in Brazil">third most populous metropolitan area</a> in Brazil and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_the_Americas" title="List of metropolitan areas in the Americas">seventeenth most populous</a> in the Americas. Belo Horizonte is the capital of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/States_of_Brazil" title="States of Brazil">the state</a> of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Minas_Gerais" title="Minas Gerais">Minas Gerais</a>, Brazil's <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_Brazilian_states_by_population" title="List of Brazilian states by population">second most populous state</a>. It is the first planned modern city in Brazil.
</p><p>The region was first settled in the early 18th century, but the city as it is known today was planned and constructed in the 1890s, to replace <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ouro_Preto" title="Ouro Preto">Ouro Preto</a> as the capital of Minas Gerais. The city features a mixture of contemporary and classical buildings, and is home to several modern Brazilian architectural icons, most notably the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pampulha_Modern_Ensemble" title="Pampulha Modern Ensemble">Pampulha Complex</a>. In planning the city, <a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Aar%C3%A3o_Reis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aarão Reis (page does not exist)">Aarão Reis</a> and <a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Francisco_Bicalho&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Francisco Bicalho (page does not exist)">Francisco Bicalho</a> sought inspiration in the urban planning of Washington, D.C.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[2]</a></sup> The city has employed notable programs in urban revitalization and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Food_security" title="Food security">food security</a>, for which it has been awarded international accolades.
</p><p>The city is built on several hills and is completely surrounded by mountains.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[3]</a></sup> There are several large parks in the immediate surroundings of Belo Horizonte. The Mangabeiras Park (Parque das Mangabeiras), 6 km (4 mi) southeast of the city centre in the hills of Curral Ridge (Serra do Curral), has a broad view of the city. It has an area of 2.35 km<sup>2</sup> (580 acres), of which 0.9 km<sup>2</sup> (220 acres) is covered by the native forest. The Jambeiro Woods (Mata do Jambeiro) nature reserve extends over 912 hectares (2,250 acres), with vegetation typical of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Atlantic_Forest" title="Atlantic Forest">Atlantic Forest</a>. More than 100 species of birds inhabit the reserve, as well as 10 species of mammals.
</p><p>Belo Horizonte was one of the host cities of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/1950_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1950 FIFA World Cup">1950</a> and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">2014 FIFA World Cup</a>. Additionally, the city shared as host of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2013_FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="2013 FIFA Confederations Cup">2013 FIFA Confederations Cup</a> and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Football_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics">football tournament</a> during the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics" title="2016 Summer Olympics">2016 Summer Olympics</a>.
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Geography"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Geography</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Surrounding_cities_and_metropolitan_area"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Surrounding cities and metropolitan area</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Geology_and_geomorphology"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Geology and geomorphology</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Parks"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Parks</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Climate"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Climate</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Demographics"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Demographics</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Religion"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Religion</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Human_development"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Human development</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Economy"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Economy</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Government_and_politics"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Government and politics</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Education"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Education</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Educational_institutions"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Educational institutions</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#Transport"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Transport</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Airports"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Airports</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Highways"><span class="tocnumber">7.2</span> <span class="toctext">Highways</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Bus_system"><span class="tocnumber">7.3</span> <span class="toctext">Bus system</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Railways"><span class="tocnumber">7.4</span> <span class="toctext">Railways</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Belo_Horizonte_Public_Transportation_statistics"><span class="tocnumber">7.5</span> <span class="toctext">Belo Horizonte Public Transportation statistics</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="#Culture"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Culture</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Theatre_and_dance"><span class="tocnumber">8.1</span> <span class="toctext">Theatre and dance</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Music"><span class="tocnumber">8.2</span> <span class="toctext">Music</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#Museums"><span class="tocnumber">8.3</span> <span class="toctext">Museums</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="#Architecture"><span class="tocnumber">8.4</span> <span class="toctext">Architecture</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="#Food_and_drink"><span class="tocnumber">8.5</span> <span class="toctext">Food and drink</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="#Sports"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Sports</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-27"><a href="#Football"><span class="tocnumber">9.1</span> <span class="toctext">Football</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-28"><a href="#Tennis"><span class="tocnumber">9.2</span> <span class="toctext">Tennis</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-29"><a href="#International_relations"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">International relations</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-30"><a href="#Twin_towns_–_Sister_cities"><span class="tocnumber">10.1</span> <span class="toctext">Twin towns – Sister cities</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-31"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-32"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-33"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">13</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-34"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">14</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-35"><a href="#Official"><span class="tocnumber">14.1</span> <span class="toctext">Official</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-36"><a href="#Education_2"><span class="tocnumber">14.2</span> <span class="toctext">Education</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-37"><a href="#Photos"><span class="tocnumber">14.3</span> <span class="toctext">Photos</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-38"><a href="#Architecture_2"><span class="tocnumber">14.4</span> <span class="toctext">Architecture</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-39"><a href="#Tourism"><span class="tocnumber">14.5</span> <span class="toctext">Tourism</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-40"><a href="#Food_security"><span class="tocnumber">14.6</span> <span class="toctext">Food security</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-41"><a href="#Culture_2"><span class="tocnumber">14.7</span> <span class="toctext">Culture</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2>
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Planta_BH.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Planta_BH.jpg/220px-Planta_BH.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="2332" data-file-height="1614" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Planta_BH.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Belo Horizonte plan in 1895.</div></div></div>
<p>The metropolis was once a small village, founded by João Leite da Silva Ortiz, a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bandeirante" class="mw-redirect" title="Bandeirante">bandeirante</a> explorer from <a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="São Paulo (city)">São Paulo</a>. The explorer settled in the region in 1701, leaving a gold rush expedition. He then established a farm called "Curral d'el Rey", archaic Portuguese for the "King's Corral", which in modern Portuguese would be spelled <i>Curral do Rei</i>. The farm's wealth and success encouraged people from surrounding places to move into the region, and Curral del Rey became a village surrounded by farms.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[4]</a></sup>
</p><p>Another important factor contributing to the growth of the village was immigration from the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Francisco_River" title="São Francisco River">São Francisco River</a> region, who had to pass through Curral d'el Rey to reach southern parts of Brazil. Travelers usually visited a small wooden chapel, where they prayed for a safe trip. Due to this fact, the chapel was named Capela da Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem, which means "Chapel of Our Lady of the Good Journey." After the construction of Belo Horizonte, the old baroque chapel was replaced by a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neo-gothic" class="mw-redirect" title="Neo-gothic">neo-gothic</a> church that became the city's cathedral.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[5]</a></sup>
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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Inauguracaobh.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Inauguracaobh.jpg/220px-Inauguracaobh.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="587" data-file-height="411" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Inauguracaobh.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Founding of the city in 1897</div></div></div>
<p>The previous capital of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Minas_Gerais" title="Minas Gerais">Minas Gerais</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ouro_Preto" title="Ouro Preto">Ouro Preto</a> (meaning "black gold", due to dark rocks with gold inside found on the region), originally called "Vila Rica" ("wealthy village"), was a symbol of both the monarchic <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brazilian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Brazilian Empire">Brazilian Empire</a> and the period when most of Brazilian income was due to mining. That never pleased the members of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Inconfid%C3%AAncia_Mineira" title="Inconfidência Mineira">Inconfidência Mineira</a>, republican intellectuals who conspired against the Portuguese dominion of Brazil. In 1889, Brazil became a republic, and it was agreed that a new state capital, in tune with a modern and prosperous Minas Gerais, had to be established.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[6]</a></sup>
</p><p>In 1893, due to the climatic and topographic conditions, Curral Del Rey was selected by Minas Gerais governor <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Afonso_Augusto_Moreira_Pena" class="mw-redirect" title="Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena">Afonso Pena</a> among other cities as the location for the new economic and cultural center of the state, under the new name of "Cidade de Minas," or City of Minas.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>
</p><p>Aarão Reis, an <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Urbanist" class="mw-redirect" title="Urbanist">urbanist</a> from the State of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Par%C3%A1" title="Pará">Pará</a>, was then chosen to design the second <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Planned_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Planned city">planned city</a> of Brazil (the first one is <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Teresina" title="Teresina">Teresina</a>). Cidade de Minas was inaugurated in 1897, with many unfinished buildings as the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Politics_of_Brazil" title="Politics of Brazil">Brazilian government</a> set a deadline for its completion. The local government encouraged growth through subsidies. It offered free lots and funding for building houses. An interesting feature of Reis' downtown street plan for Belo Horizonte was the inclusion of a symmetrical array of perpendicular and diagonal streets named after <a href="/enwiki/wiki/States_of_Brazil" title="States of Brazil">Brazilian states</a> and Brazilian <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas">indigenous</a> tribes.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[7]</a></sup>
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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Belo_Horizonte_(MG).tif" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Belo_Horizonte_%28MG%29.tif/lossy-page1-220px-Belo_Horizonte_%28MG%29.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="225" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="1979" data-file-height="2023" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Belo_Horizonte_(MG).tif" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Belo Horizonte, 1970s, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brazilian_National_Archives" title="Brazilian National Archives">National Archives of Brazil</a></div></div></div>
<p>In 1906, the name was changed to Belo Horizonte. At that time the city was experiencing a considerable <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Industry" title="Industry">industrial expansion</a> that increased its commercial and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tertiary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Tertiary sector of the economy">service</a> sectors. From its very beginning, the city's original plan prohibited workers from living inside the urban area which was defined by Avenida do Contorno (a long avenue which goes around the city's central areas), reserved for government workers (hence the name of the trendy neighbourhood "Funcionários"), and bringing about an accelerated occupation outside the city's area well provided with infrastructure since its very beginning. Obviously, the city's original planners did not count on its ongoing population growth, which proved especially intense in the last 20 years of the 20th century.
</p><p>In the 1940s, a young <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Oscar_Niemeyer" title="Oscar Niemeyer">Oscar Niemeyer</a> designed the Pampulha Neighbourhood to great acclaim, a commission he got thanks to then-mayor and soon-to-be-president <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Juscelino_Kubitschek" title="Juscelino Kubitschek">Juscelino Kubitschek</a>. These two men are largely responsible for the wide <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Avenue_(landscape)" title="Avenue (landscape)">avenues</a>, large lakes, parks and jutting skylines that characterize the city today.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[8]</a></sup> A 1949 American government film favorably reviewed the planning and building of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[9]</a></sup>
</p><p>Belo Horizonte is fast becoming a regional center of commerce. The Latin American Research and development center of Google, situated in Belo Horizonte, was responsible for the management and operation of the former <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Social_networking" class="mw-redirect" title="Social networking">social networking</a> website <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Orkut" title="Orkut">Orkut</a>. It continues to be a trendsetter in the arts, particularly where music, literature, architecture and the avant-garde are concerned.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[10]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Geography">Geography</span></h2>
<dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=List_of_bairros_of_Belo_Horizonte&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of bairros of Belo Horizonte (page does not exist)">List of bairros of Belo Horizonte</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_bairros_de_Belo_Horizonte" class="extiw" title="pt:Lista de bairros de Belo Horizonte">pt</a>]</span></i></dd></dl>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Surrounding_cities_and_metropolitan_area">Surrounding cities and metropolitan area</span></h3>
<p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Belo_Horizonte_at_night.jpg" class="image" title="thumbbull shit BULL SHIT ISS at night"><img alt="thumbbull shit BULL SHIT ISS at night" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Belo_Horizonte_at_night.jpg" decoding="async" width="4284" height="2844" data-file-width="4284" data-file-height="2844" /></a>
</p><p>The term "Grande BH" ("Greater Belo Horizonte") denotes any of various definitions for the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte. The legally defined <i>Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte</i> consists of 34 municipalities in total, and a population of around five million inhabitants (as of 2007<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Belo_Horizonte&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, according to IBGE).<sup id="cite_ref-IBGE_Pop_2007_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBGE_Pop_2007-12">[11]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SIDRA_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SIDRA-13">[12]</a></sup>
</p><p>The intense process of urbanization that is taking place in the metropolitan region has made some of the political boundaries between municipalities in the region obsolete.
</p><p>The city is now composed of a relatively contiguous urban area, centred on Belo Horizonte, which extends out into municipalities such as <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Contagem" title="Contagem">Contagem</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Betim" title="Betim">Betim</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nova_Lima" title="Nova Lima">Nova Lima</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Raposos" title="Raposos">Raposos</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ribeir%C3%A3o_das_Neves" title="Ribeirão das Neves">Ribeirão das Neves</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ibirit%C3%A9" title="Ibirité">Ibirité</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_Luzia,_Minas_Gerais" title="Santa Luzia, Minas Gerais">Santa Luzia</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sabar%C3%A1" title="Sabará">Sabará</a>, among others.
</p><p>The municipality bounded to the north by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Vespasiano" title="Vespasiano">Vespasiano</a>, to the north east by Santa Luzia, by Sabará to the east, by Nova Lima to the southeast, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brumadinho" title="Brumadinho">Brumadinho</a> to the south and Ribeirão das Neves, Contagem and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ibirit%C3%A9" title="Ibirité">Ibirité</a> to the west.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Geology_and_geomorphology">Geology and geomorphology</span></h3>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Belo_Horizonte_(2).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Belo_Horizonte_%282%29.jpg/220px-Belo_Horizonte_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Belo_Horizonte_(2).jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Praça da Liberdade (Liberty Square) and Downtown Belo Horizonte</div></div></div>
<p>Belo Horizonte lies on a region of contact between different geological series of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Proterozoic" title="Proterozoic">Proterozoic</a>. The geology largely comprises <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Crystalline_rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Crystalline rock">crystalline rocks</a>, which give rise to the varied morphology of the landscape. It is located in a large geological unit known as the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Craton" title="Craton">craton</a> of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Francisco_River" title="São Francisco River">San Francisco</a>, referring to extensive crustal nucleus of central-eastern Brazil, tectonically stable at the end of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Paleoproterozoic" title="Paleoproterozoic">Paleoproterozoic</a> and bordering areas that suffered the regeneration at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Neoproterozoic" title="Neoproterozoic">Neoproterozoic</a>.
</p><p>The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Archean" title="Archean">archean</a> rocks members of Belo Horizonte complex and supracrustal sequences of the Paleoproterozoic is predominant. The area of Belo Horizonte complex includes the geomorphological unit called <i>Depression of Belo Horizonte</i>, which represents about 70% of the municipality area and has its greatest expression in the northern <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ribeir%C3%A3o_Arrudas" title="Ribeirão Arrudas">Ribeirão Arrudas</a> (Rues Stream) pipeline. The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Metasedimentary" class="mw-redirect" title="Metasedimentary">metasedimentary</a> rocks has its area of occurrence on the south of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ribeir%C3%A3o_Arrudas" title="Ribeirão Arrudas">Ribeirão Arrudas</a> pipeline, constituting about 30% of the area of Belo Horizonte. The characteristics of this area are lithological diversities and rugged topography, which has its maximum expression in the <i>Serra do Curral</i> (Corral Ridge), the southern boundary of the municipality.
</p><p>Its soil comprises a succession of layers of rocks of varied composition, represented by itabirite, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dolomite_(rock)" title="Dolomite (rock)">dolomite</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Quartzite" title="Quartzite">quartzite</a>, filities and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Schist" title="Schist">schists</a> different from the general direction northwest-southeast and dip to the southeast. The hills of Belo Horizonte are part of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Espinha%C3%A7o_Mountains" title="Espinhaço Mountains">Espinhaço Mountains</a> and belong to the larger Itacolomi mountain chain. The highest point in the municipality is in the <i>Serra do Curral</i>, reaching 1,538 metres (5,046 ft).
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Parks">Parks</span></h3>
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:PESRM_-_Parque_Estadual_da_Serra_do_Rola_Mo%C3%A7a.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/PESRM_-_Parque_Estadual_da_Serra_do_Rola_Mo%C3%A7a.jpg/220px-PESRM_-_Parque_Estadual_da_Serra_do_Rola_Mo%C3%A7a.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:PESRM_-_Parque_Estadual_da_Serra_do_Rola_Mo%C3%A7a.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Serra_do_Rola-Mo%C3%A7a_State_Park" title="Serra do Rola-Moça State Park">Serra do Rola-Moça State Park</a></div></div></div>
<p>A centre for conservation and preservation of animals and plants it has also developed environmental education projects. The Zoo, which encompasses a total area of 1.4 million square meters, is located at the Foundation's headquarters and is regarded as one of the most complete in Latin America. It has a collection of close to 900 animals representing 200 species, from Brazil and other parts of the world, as well as the first public butterfly sanctuary in South America.
</p><p>Pampulha Ecological Park is administered by the Zoo-Botanical Foundation of Belo Horizonte and was inaugurated in May 21, 2004. It's 30 acres (12 ha) of green area that offers to the population and the tourists a permanent programming of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Natural_environment" title="Natural environment">environmental</a>, cultural and patrimonial education.
</p><p>The city contains the 102 hectares (250 acres) <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Baleia_State_Park" title="Baleia State Park">Baleia State Park</a>, created in 1988 but still not implemented as of 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[13]</a></sup>
It contains part of the 3,941 hectares (9,740 acres) <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Serra_do_Rola-Mo%C3%A7a_State_Park" title="Serra do Rola-Moça State Park">Serra do Rola-Moça State Park</a>, created in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[14]</a></sup>
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<div class="thumb tnone" style="margin:0 auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:708px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Mineir%C3%A3o_Pampulha_Panorama.jpg" class="image" title="Panorama of the Lake Pampulha along with its main touristc complex"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Mineir%C3%A3o_Pampulha_Panorama.jpg/700px-Mineir%C3%A3o_Pampulha_Panorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="700" height="210" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="615" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Mineir%C3%A3o_Pampulha_Panorama.jpg" title="File:Mineirão Pampulha Panorama.jpg"> </a></div><center>Panorama of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lake_Pampulha" title="Lake Pampulha">Lake Pampulha</a> along with its main touristc complex</center></div></div></div>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Climate">Climate</span></h3>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Climate_of_Brazil" title="Climate of Brazil">Climate of Brazil</a></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Tempestade_BH.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Tempestade_BH.jpg/220px-Tempestade_BH.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Tempestade_BH.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Storm over the city</div></div></div>
<p>Belo Horizonte's <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a> at 19'55"South places it in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tropical_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical zone">tropical zone</a>. Yearly temperatures average between 9 and 35 °C (48 and 95 °F). The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> of the region is <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tropical_savanna_climate" title="Tropical savanna climate">tropical savanna climate</a> (<i>Aw</i>), milder due to the elevation, with humid/warm summers and dry/mild winters. Belo Horizonte is located about 300 kilometres (190 mi) from the sea.
</p><p>Even though inter-seasonal differences are not as pronounced as they are in temperate places, there is a contrast between spring and summer, and between fall and winter. The coldest month is generally July, with a lowest recorded temperature of 2 °C (36 °F). The hottest month is usually January, with a highest recorded temperature of 37.4 °C (99 °F).
</p><p>The 852-metre (2,795 ft) elevation<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> of Belo Horizonte helps a little in cooling the city, suppressing high maximum air temperatures experienced in nearby cities at lower altitudes. Belo Horizonte's climate is mild throughout the year. Temperatures vary between 11 and 31 °C (52 and 88 °F), the average being 22 °C (72 °F). Winter is dry and mostly sunny, and summer is rainy.
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<table class="wikitable collapsible" style="width:100%; text-align:center; line-height: 1.2em; margin:auto;">
<tbody><tr>
<th colspan="14">Climate data for Belo Horizonte (1981–2010, extremes 1949–present)
</th></tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">Month
</th>
<th scope="col">Jan
</th>
<th scope="col">Feb
</th>
<th scope="col">Mar
</th>
<th scope="col">Apr
</th>
<th scope="col">May
</th>
<th scope="col">Jun
</th>
<th scope="col">Jul
</th>
<th scope="col">Aug
</th>
<th scope="col">Sep
</th>
<th scope="col">Oct
</th>
<th scope="col">Nov
</th>
<th scope="col">Dec
</th>
<th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year
</th></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center;">
<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F)
</th>
<td style="background: #FF2A00; color:#000000;">35.4<br />(95.7)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF2B00; color:#000000;">35.2<br />(95.4)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;">33.5<br />(92.3)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF3C00; color:#000000;">32.7<br />(90.9)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;">31.4<br />(88.5)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;">30.5<br />(86.9)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;">30.8<br />(87.4)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF3500; color:#000000;">33.8<br />(92.8)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;">36.1<br />(97.0)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF2400; color:#000000;">36.2<br />(97.2)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF2E00; color:#000000;">34.7<br />(94.5)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF2E00; color:#000000;">34.8<br />(94.6)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF2400; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">36.2<br />(97.2)
</td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center;">
<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average high °C (°F)
</th>
<td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;">28.4<br />(83.1)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;">29.0<br />(84.2)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF5900; color:#000000;">28.5<br />(83.3)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;">27.7<br />(81.9)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;">25.8<br />(78.4)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;">24.8<br />(76.6)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;">24.7<br />(76.5)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;">26.1<br />(79.0)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;">27.4<br />(81.3)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF5C00; color:#000000;">28.1<br />(82.6)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;">27.7<br />(81.9)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;">27.8<br />(82.0)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF6200; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">27.2<br />(81.0)
</td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center;">
<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F)
</th>
<td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;">23.4<br />(74.1)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;">23.8<br />(74.8)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;">23.4<br />(74.1)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF8206; color:#000000;">22.5<br />(72.5)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000;">20.5<br />(68.9)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;">19.3<br />(66.7)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF9A35; color:#000000;">19.1<br />(66.4)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF9225; color:#000000;">20.3<br />(68.5)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF8913; color:#000000;">21.6<br />(70.9)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;">22.6<br />(72.7)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF8104; color:#000000;">22.7<br />(72.9)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;">22.9<br />(73.2)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">21.8<br />(71.2)
</td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center;">
<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average low °C (°F)
</th>
<td style="background: #FF952C; color:#000000;">19.8<br />(67.6)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;">19.9<br />(67.8)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000;">19.7<br />(67.5)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF9D3C; color:#000000;">18.6<br />(65.5)
</td>
<td style="background: #FFAC5A; color:#000000;">16.4<br />(61.5)
</td>
<td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;">15.0<br />(59.0)
</td>
<td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;">14.7<br />(58.5)
</td>
<td style="background: #FFB164; color:#000000;">15.7<br />(60.3)
</td>
<td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;">17.1<br />(62.8)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;">18.5<br />(65.3)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF9B38; color:#000000;">18.9<br />(66.0)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;">19.4<br />(66.9)
</td>
<td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">17.8<br />(64.0)
</td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center;">
<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F)
</th>
<td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;">10.4<br />(50.7)
</td>
<td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;">12.8<br />(55.0)
</td>
<td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;">11.7<br />(53.1)
</td>
<td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;">8.8<br />(47.8)
</td>
<td style="background: #FFEAD5; color:#000000;">7.5<br />(45.5)
</td>
<td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;">3.1<br />(37.6)
</td>
<td style="background: #FFF8F2; color:#000000;">5.4<br />(41.7)
</td>
<td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;">7.2<br />(45.0)
</td>
<td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;">9.8<br />(49.6)
</td>
<td style="background: #FFCF9F; color:#000000;">11.4<br />(52.5)
</td>
<td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;">9.1<br />(48.4)
</td>
<td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;">13.5<br />(56.3)
</td>
<td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">3.1<br />(37.6)
</td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center;">
<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches)
</th>
<td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;">329.1<br />(12.96)
</td>
<td style="background: #00D500; color:#000000;">181.4<br />(7.14)
</td>
<td style="background: #00D600; color:#000000;">198.0<br />(7.80)
</td>
<td style="background: #8BFF8B; color:#000000;">74.7<br />(2.94)
</td>
<td style="background: #D5FFD5; color:#000000;">28.1<br />(1.11)
</td>
<td style="background: #F0FFF0; color:#000000;">9.7<br />(0.38)
</td>
<td style="background: #F3FFF3; color:#000000;">7.9<br />(0.31)
</td>
<td style="background: #E8FFE8; color:#000000;">14.8<br />(0.58)
</td>
<td style="background: #A9FFA9; color:#000000;">55.5<br />(2.19)
</td>
<td style="background: #62FF62; color:#000000;">104.7<br />(4.12)
</td>
<td style="background: #008C00; color:#FFFFFF;">239.8<br />(9.44)
</td>
<td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;">358.9<br />(14.13)
</td>
<td style="background: #34FF34; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">1,602.6<br />(63.09)
</td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center;">
<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span>
</th>
<td style="background: #3939FF; color:#FFFFFF;">16
</td>
<td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;">11
</td>
<td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;">11
</td>
<td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;">6
</td>
<td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;">3
</td>
<td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;">1
</td>
<td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;">1
</td>
<td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;">2
</td>
<td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;">4
</td>
<td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;">8
</td>
<td style="background: #4C4CFF; color:#FFFFFF;">14
</td>
<td style="background: #2020FF; color:#FFFFFF;">18
</td>
<td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">95
</td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center;">
<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Relative_humidity" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%)
</th>
<td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;">73.0
</td>
<td style="background: #0000F2; color:#FFFFFF;">70.0
</td>
<td style="background: #0000EC; color:#FFFFFF;">71.4
</td>
<td style="background: #0000F5; color:#FFFFFF;">69.2
</td>
<td style="background: #0000FC; color:#FFFFFF;">67.4
</td>
<td style="background: #0101FF; color:#FFFFFF;">66.2
</td>
<td style="background: #1010FF; color:#FFFFFF;">62.4
</td>
<td style="background: #2121FF; color:#FFFFFF;">57.8
</td>
<td style="background: #1717FF; color:#FFFFFF;">60.4
</td>
<td style="background: #0909FF; color:#FFFFFF;">64.1
</td>
<td style="background: #0000F0; color:#FFFFFF;">70.5
</td>
<td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;">74.0
</td>
<td style="background: #0000FC; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium">67.2
</td></tr>
<tr style="text-align: center;">
<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a>
</th>
<td style="background: #CFCF00; color:#000000;">176.0
</td>
<td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;">190.8
</td>
<td style="background: #D6D600; color:#000000;">194.9
</td>
<td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;">210.7
</td>
<td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;">221.2
</td>
<td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;">229.9
</td>
<td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;">240.5
</td>
<td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;">241.5
</td>
<td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;">202.5
</td>
<td style="background: #D6D600; color:#000000;">196.5
</td>
<td style="background: #CECE00; color:#000000;">166.9
</td>
<td style="background: #C5C504; color:#000000;">153.3
</td>
<td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">2,424.7
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source #1: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Instituto_Nacional_de_Meteorologia" title="Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia">Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia</a><sup id="cite_ref-INMET_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INMET-16">[15]</a></sup>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source #2: Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)<sup id="cite_ref-meteoclimat_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meteoclimat-17">[16]</a></sup>
</td></tr></tbody></table>
</div>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Demographics">Demographics</span></h2>
<p>According to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brazilian_Institute_of_Geography_and_Statistics" title="Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics">2010 IBGE Census</a>, there were 2,258,096 people residing in the city of Belo Horizonte.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[17]</a></sup> The census revealed the following numbers: 1,110,034 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/White_Brazilian" class="mw-redirect" title="White Brazilian">White</a> people (46.7%), 995,167 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pardo" title="Pardo">Pardo</a> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Multiracial#Brazil" title="Multiracial">Multiracial</a>) people (41.9%), 241,155 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Afro-Brazilian" class="mw-redirect" title="Afro-Brazilian">Black</a> people (10.2%), 25,270 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Asian_Brazilian" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian Brazilian">Asian</a> people (1.1%), 3,477 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_in_Brazil" title="Indigenous peoples in Brazil">Amerindian</a> people (0.1%).<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated3_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated3-19">[18]</a></sup>
</p><p>In 2010, the city had 428,893 opposite-sex couples and 1,090 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Same-sex_couple" class="mw-redirect" title="Same-sex couple">same-sex couples</a>. The population of Belo Horizonte was 53.1% female and 46.9% male.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated3_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated3-19">[18]</a></sup>
</p><p>The Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, called <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Greater_Belo_Horizonte" title="Greater Belo Horizonte">Greater Belo Horizonte</a>, is the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_in_Brazil" title="List of largest cities in Brazil">3rd most populous of Brazil</a>, after only <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Greater_S%C3%A3o_Paulo" title="Greater São Paulo">Greater São Paulo</a> (with 19,672,582 people, first in Brazil and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_by_population" title="List of metropolitan areas by population">5th in the world</a>) and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Greater Rio de Janeiro</a> (with 14,387,000 people). The city is the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_in_Brazil" title="List of largest cities in Brazil">6th most populous of the country</a>.
</p><p>During the 18th century, Minas Gerais received many <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Portuguese_Brazilian" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese Brazilian">Portuguese</a> immigrants, mainly from <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Northern_Portugal" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Portugal">Northern Portugal</a> as well as many enslaved Africans.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[19]</a></sup>
</p><p>Belo Horizonte has a notable <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Italian_Brazilian" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Brazilian">Italian influence</a>; around 30% of the city's population have some <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Italian_Brazilian" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Brazilian">Italian origin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[20]</a></sup> The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Italian_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian culture">Italian culture</a> is present in the cuisine, dance, and language.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[21]</a></sup> People of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/German_Brazilian" class="mw-redirect" title="German Brazilian">German</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Spanish_Brazilian" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Brazilian">Spanish</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Arab_Brazilian" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab Brazilian">Syrian-Lebanese</a> ancestries also make up sizeable groups.
</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Religion">Religion</span></h3>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Catedral_Nossa_Senhora_da_Boa_Viagem_-_panoramio.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Catedral_Nossa_Senhora_da_Boa_Viagem_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Catedral_Nossa_Senhora_da_Boa_Viagem_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Catedral_Nossa_Senhora_da_Boa_Viagem_-_panoramio.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Good_Voyage_Cathedral,_Belo_Horizonte" title="Our Lady of Good Voyage Cathedral, Belo Horizonte">Our Lady of Good Voyage Cathedral</a> is the seat of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Belo_Horizonte" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte</a></div></div></div>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Religion_in_Brazil" title="Religion in Brazil">Religion in Brazil</a></div>
<table class="wikitable">
<tbody><tr>
<th style="background:#87CEFA; color:white">Religion
</th>
<th style="background:#87CEFA; color:white">Percentage
</th>
<th style="background:#87CEFA; color:white">Number
</th></tr>
<tr style="text-align:center;">
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a>
</td>
<td>59.87%
</td>
<td>1,422,084
</td></tr>
<tr style="text-align:center;">
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a>
</td>
<td>25.06%
</td>
<td>595,244
</td></tr>
<tr style="text-align:center;">
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Irreligion_in_Brazil" title="Irreligion in Brazil">No religion</a>
</td>
<td>8.02%
</td>
<td>190,414
</td></tr>
<tr style="text-align:center;">
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Spiritism" title="Spiritism">Spiritist</a>
</td>
<td>4.07%
</td>
<td>96,639
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><i>Source: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brazilian_Institute_of_Geography_and_Statistics" title="Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics">IBGE</a> 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[22]</a></sup> </i>
</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Human_development">Human development</span></h3>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Pra%C3%A7a_Savassi_em_Belo_Horizonte.JPG" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Pra%C3%A7a_Savassi_em_Belo_Horizonte.JPG/220px-Pra%C3%A7a_Savassi_em_Belo_Horizonte.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Pra%C3%A7a_Savassi_em_Belo_Horizonte.JPG" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Savassi" title="Savassi">Savassi</a> is a developed neighbourhood in Belo Horizonte</div></div></div>
<p>The human development of Belo Horizonte varies greatly by locality, reflecting the city's spatial social inequality and vast socioeconomic inequalities. There are neighborhoods that had very high <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Human_development_index" class="mw-redirect" title="Human development index">human development indexes</a> in 2000 (equal to or greater than the indexes of some Scandinavian countries), but those in the lower range (in line with, for example, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Magreb" class="mw-redirect" title="Magreb">North Africa</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[23]</a></sup> Carmo/Sion (0.973): greater than Iceland - 0.968; Cruzeiro/Anchieta/Funcionários (0.970): greater than Iceland - 0.968; Grajau/Gutierrez (0.965): greater than Australia - 0.962; Belvedere/Mangabeiras/Comiteco (0.964): greater than Australia – 0.962; Serra/São Lucas (0.953): equal to Japan, Netherlands – 0.953.
</p><p>In 1993, under mayor Patrus Ananias de Souza, the city started a series of innovations based on its citizens having the "<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Right_to_food" title="Right to food">right to food</a>". These include, for example, creating <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Farmers%27_market" title="Farmers' market">farmers' markets</a> in the town to enable direct sales and regularly surveying market prices and posting the results across the city.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[24]</a></sup> The city's process of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Participatory_budgeting" title="Participatory budgeting">participatory budgeting</a> was linked with these innovations, as a result of which the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Infant_mortality_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Infant mortality rate">infant mortality rate</a> was reduced by 50% in a decade.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[25]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-thesis_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thesis-27">[26]</a></sup> There is some evidence that these programs have helped support a higher quality of life for the local farmers partnering with the city and that this may be having positive effects on biodiversity in the Atlantic rainforest around the city.<sup id="cite_ref-thesis_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thesis-27">[26]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[27]</a></sup> The city's development of these policies garnered the first "Future Policy Award" in 2009, awarded by the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/World_Future_Council" title="World Future Council">World Future Council</a>, a group of 50 activists (including <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Frances_Moore_Lapp%C3%A9" title="Frances Moore Lappé">Frances Moore Lappé</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Vandana_Shiva" title="Vandana Shiva">Vandana Shiva</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wes_Jackson" title="Wes Jackson">Wes Jackson</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Youssou_N%27Dour" title="Youssou N'Dour">Youssou N'Dour</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[28]</a></sup>) concerned with the development and recognition of policies to promote a just and sustainable future.
</p><p>The city has undertaken an internationally heralded project called Vila Viva ("Living Village" in Portuguese) that promises to "urbanize" the poorest areas (<i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Favela" title="Favela">favelas</a></i>), relocating families from areas with high risk of floods and landslides but keeping them in the same neighborhood, paving main avenues to allow public transportation, police and postal service to have access. All the work is done with 80% of locals, reducing unemployment and increasing family income.<sup id="cite_ref-mayor_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mayor-30">[29]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[30]</a></sup> Former mayor <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fernando_da_Mata_Pimentel" class="mw-redirect" title="Fernando da Mata Pimentel">Fernando da Mata Pimentel</a> was nominated for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/World_Mayor" title="World Mayor">World Mayor</a> in 2005 on the strength of these and other programs.<sup id="cite_ref-mayor_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mayor-30">[29]</a></sup>
</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Economy">Economy</span></h2>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Economy_of_Belo_Horizonte" title="Economy of Belo Horizonte">Economy of Belo Horizonte</a></div>
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:172px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Belo_Horizonte_-_Avenida_Afonso_Pena.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Belo_Horizonte_-_Avenida_Afonso_Pena.jpg/170px-Belo_Horizonte_-_Avenida_Afonso_Pena.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="256" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="1359" data-file-height="2047" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Belo_Horizonte_-_Avenida_Afonso_Pena.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Afonso Pena Avenue</div></div></div>
<p>Belo Horizonte receives large numbers of visitors, as it is in the Brazilian main economic axis, exerting influence even on other states. Multinational and Brazilian companies, such as Google and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Oi_(mobile_phone_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Oi (mobile phone network)">Oi</a>, maintain offices in the city. The service sector plays a very important role in the economy of Belo Horizonte, being responsible for 85% of the city's gross domestic product (GDP), with the industry making up for most of the remaining 15%. Belo Horizonte has a developed industrial sector, being traditionally a hub of the Brazilian <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Siderurgy" class="mw-redirect" title="Siderurgy">siderurgical</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Metallurgy" title="Metallurgy">metallurgical</a> industries, as the state of Minas Gerais has always been very rich in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Minerals" class="mw-redirect" title="Minerals">minerals</a>, specifically iron ore.
</p><p>Belo Horizonte is the distribution and processing centre of a rich agricultural and mining region and the nucleus of a burgeoning <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Industry" title="Industry">industrial complex</a>. Production is centred on steel, steel products, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Automobile" class="mw-redirect" title="Automobile">automobiles</a>, and textiles. Gold, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Manganese" title="Manganese">manganese</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gemstone" title="Gemstone">gemstones</a> mined in the surrounding region are processed in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">[31]</a></sup>
The main industrial district of the city was set during the 1940s in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Contagem" title="Contagem">Contagem</a>, a part of greater Belo Horizonte. Multinational companies like <a href="/enwiki/wiki/FIAT" class="mw-redirect" title="FIAT">FIAT</a> (which opened its plant in Betim in 1974), <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Arcelor" title="Arcelor">Arcelor</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Toshiba" title="Toshiba">Toshiba</a> have subsidiaries in the region, along with other textile like Group Rachelle Textil, Ematex and Cedro Textil, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cosmetics" title="Cosmetics">cosmetic</a>, food, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chemicals" class="mw-redirect" title="Chemicals">chemicals</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pharmaceuticals" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharmaceuticals">pharmaceuticals</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Furnishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Furnishing">furnishing</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Refractory" title="Refractory">refractory</a> companies. Among the companies headquartered in the city we can list steel producer Açominas (held by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gerdau" title="Gerdau">Gerdau</a>, one of the largest multinationals originated in Brazil); <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Usiminas" title="Usiminas">Usiminas</a>; Belgo-Mineira (held by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Arcelor" title="Arcelor">Arcelor</a>); <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Acesita" class="mw-redirect" title="Acesita">Acesita</a> (partially held by Arcelor); mobile communication <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Vivo_S.A." class="mw-redirect" title="Vivo S.A.">Vivo</a>; and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Telecom_Italia_Mobile" class="mw-redirect" title="Telecom Italia Mobile">Telecom Italia Mobile</a>, <a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Dasein_executive_search&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dasein executive search (page does not exist)">Dasein executive search</a>, <a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Executive_coaching&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Executive coaching (page does not exist)">executive coaching</a> company, as well as the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/NYSE" class="mw-redirect" title="NYSE">NYSE</a>-listed electrical company CEMIG. Leading steel product makers Sumitomo Metals of Japan and Vallourec of France have also plans to construct an integrated steel works on the outskirts of the city.
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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Usiminas.JPG" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Usiminas.JPG/220px-Usiminas.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Usiminas.JPG" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Headquarters of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Usiminas" title="Usiminas">Usiminas</a> in Pedro Melo Square</div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Pra%C3%A7a_ABC_-_panoramio_(cropped).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Pra%C3%A7a_ABC_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Pra%C3%A7a_ABC_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="2339" data-file-height="3113" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Pra%C3%A7a_ABC_-_panoramio_(cropped).jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Business district of the city</div></div></div>
<p>There are also a large number of small enterprises in the technological sector with regional to nationwide success, particularly in the fields of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Computing" title="Computing">computing</a> and biotechonology. Because of both governmental and private funding in the diversification of its economy, the city has become an international reference in Information Technology and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Biotechnology" title="Biotechnology">Biotechnology</a>, and is also cited because of the advanced corporate and university research in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Biodiesel" title="Biodiesel">Biodiesel</a> fuel. The number of jobs in the Information sector has been growing at annual rates above 50%. The Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area, composed of 33 cities under the capital's direct influence, is home to 16% of the country's biotechnology companies, with annual sales of over R$550 million.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[32]</a></sup>
</p><p>Projects in these fields are likely to expand because of integration between universities, the oil company <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Petrobras" title="Petrobras">Petrobras</a> and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brazilian_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Brazilian Government">Brazilian Government</a>. One of the largest events that ever took place in the city, the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Inter-American_Development_Bank" title="Inter-American Development Bank">Inter-American Development Bank</a> meeting, occurred in 2005 and attracted people from everywhere in the world.
</p><p>For a long time it was marked by the predominance of its <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Industrial_sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrial sector">industrial sector</a>, but from the 1990s there has been a constant expansion of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Service_sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Service sector">service sector</a> economy, particularly in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Computer_science" title="Computer science">computer science</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Biotechnology" title="Biotechnology">biotechnology</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Business_tourism" title="Business tourism">business tourism</a>, fashion and the making of jewelry. The city is considered to be a strategic leader in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Economy_of_Brazil" title="Economy of Brazil">Brazilian economy</a>. The move towards <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Business_tourism" title="Business tourism">business tourism</a> transformed the capital into a national hub for this segment of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tourist_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Tourist industry">tourist industry</a>.
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<ul><li>In 2008, the city's GDP was <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brazilian_real" title="Brazilian real">R$</a>42 billion (or about of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>26,2 billion).<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">[33]</a></sup></li>
<li>In 2008, the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Greater_Belo_Horizonte" title="Greater Belo Horizonte">Greater Belo Horizonte</a>'s GDP was <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brazilian_real" title="Brazilian real">R$</a>98,5 billion (or about of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>61 billion).<sup id="cite_ref-IBGE_PIB_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBGE_PIB-35">[34]</a></sup></li>
<li>In 2008, the city's per capita income was <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brazilian_real" title="Brazilian real">R$</a>17,313 (or <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>10,820).<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">[35]</a></sup> In 2007, it was R$15,830<sup id="cite_ref-pnbonline.com.br_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pnbonline.com.br-37">[36]</a></sup> (about of US$9,893).<sup id="cite_ref-pnbonline.com.br_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pnbonline.com.br-37">[36]</a></sup></li></ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</span></h2>
<dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Belo_Horizonte" title="List of mayors of Belo Horizonte">List of mayors of Belo Horizonte</a> and <a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=C%C3%A2mara_Municipal_de_Belo_Horizonte&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Câmara Municipal de Belo Horizonte (page does not exist)">Câmara Municipal de Belo Horizonte</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A2mara_Municipal_de_Belo_Horizonte" class="extiw" title="pt:Câmara Municipal de Belo Horizonte">pt</a>]</span></i></dd></dl>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span></h2>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Education_in_Brazil" title="Education in Brazil">Education in Brazil</a></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Puc-minas.gif" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Puc-minas.gif/220px-Puc-minas.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="677" data-file-height="449" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Puc-minas.gif" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pontif%C3%ADcia_Universidade_Cat%C3%B3lica_de_Minas_Gerais" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais">Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais</a></div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Laguinhoreitoria.JPG" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Laguinhoreitoria.JPG/220px-Laguinhoreitoria.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Laguinhoreitoria.JPG" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Universidade_Federal_de_Minas_Gerais" class="mw-redirect" title="Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais">Federal University of Minas Gerais</a></div></div></div>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Educational_institutions">Educational institutions</span></h3>
<p>Several higher education institutions are located in Belo Horizonte, including:
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Universidade_Federal_de_Minas_Gerais" class="mw-redirect" title="Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais">Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais</a> (UFMG);</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Centro_Federal_de_Educa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Tecnol%C3%B3gica_de_Minas_Gerais" class="mw-redirect" title="Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais">Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais</a> (CEFET-MG);</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pontif%C3%ADcia_Universidade_Cat%C3%B3lica_de_Minas_Gerais" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais">Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais</a> (PUC-MG);</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Universidade_do_Estado_de_Minas_Gerais" class="mw-redirect" title="Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais">Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais</a> (UEMG) (State University of Minas Gerais);</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.unibh.br/">Centro Universitário de Belo Horizonte</a> (UNI-BH);</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.faculdadepitagoras.com.br/">Faculdade Pitágoras de Belo Horizonte</a> (FP-BH);</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kennedy.br/">Faculdades Kennedy</a> (FKBH);</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.una.br/">Centro Universitário</a> (UNA);</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FUMEC_University" title="FUMEC University">Universidade FUMEC</a> (FUMEC);</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110430085242/http://unifenas.br/">Universidade José do Rosário Vellano</a> (UNIFENAS);</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newtonpaiva.br/">Centro Universitário Newton Paiva</a>;</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.domhelder.edu.br/">Escola Superior Dom Helder Câmara – Especializada em Direito</a>;</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121003000808/http://www.faculdadejesuita.edu.br/">Faculdade Jesuíta de Filosofia e Teologia</a> (FAJE)</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Skema_Business_School" title="Skema Business School">Skema Business School</a> (SK).</li></ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Transport">Transport</span></h2>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Aeroporto_de_Confins.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Aeroporto_de_Confins.jpg/220px-Aeroporto_de_Confins.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Aeroporto_de_Confins.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tancredo_Neves_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Tancredo Neves International Airport">Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport</a></div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Onibus_BRT_Belo_Horizonte.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Onibus_BRT_Belo_Horizonte.jpg/220px-Onibus_BRT_Belo_Horizonte.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Onibus_BRT_Belo_Horizonte.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bus_rapid_transit" title="Bus rapid transit">BRT</a> on Cristiano Machado Avenue</div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Anel_Rodoviario_BH-MG_MapQuestOpen.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Anel_Rodoviario_BH-MG_MapQuestOpen.png/220px-Anel_Rodoviario_BH-MG_MapQuestOpen.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="1435" data-file-height="877" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Anel_Rodoviario_BH-MG_MapQuestOpen.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Map of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ring_road" title="Ring road">ring road</a> of Belo Horizonte</div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:TUE33_Charles_T%C3%B4rres.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/TUE33_Charles_T%C3%B4rres.jpg/220px-TUE33_Charles_T%C3%B4rres.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="723" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:TUE33_Charles_T%C3%B4rres.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Belo_Horizonte_Metro" title="Belo Horizonte Metro">Belo Horizonte Metro</a></div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:AfonsoPenacomBahia-BH.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/AfonsoPenacomBahia-BH.jpg/220px-AfonsoPenacomBahia-BH.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="853" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:AfonsoPenacomBahia-BH.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Afonso Pena Avenue at night</div></div></div>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Airports">Airports</span></h3>
<p>Belo Horizonte is served by three airports:
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tancredo_Neves_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Tancredo Neves International Airport">Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport</a>, dedicated to domestic and international traffic. It is located in the municipalities of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lagoa_Santa,_Minas_Gerais" title="Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais">Lagoa Santa</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Confins" title="Confins">Confins</a>, 38 kilometres (24 mi) from Belo Horizonte, and was opened in January 1984. Plans for gradual expansion to meet growing demand had been already drawn up from the airport's inception. The airport has one of the lowest rates of shutdown for bad weather in the country. It ran at limited capacity until 2005, when a large proportion of Pampulha Airport air traffic was transferred to Confins. There are direct international flights to/from <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Lauderdale">Fort Lauderdale</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Orlando" class="mw-redirect" title="Orlando">Orlando</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Panama_City" title="Panama City">Panama City</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Belo_Horizonte/Pampulha_-_Carlos_Drummond_de_Andrade_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Belo Horizonte/Pampulha - Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport">Pampulha – Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport</a>, dedicated to domestic traffic;</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carlos_Prates_Airport" title="Carlos Prates Airport">Carlos Prates Airport</a>, dedicated to general aviation.</li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Highways">Highways</span></h3>
<p>The city is connected to the rest of Minas Gerais state and the country by a number of roadways. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Minas_Gerais" title="Minas Gerais">Minas Gerais</a> has the country's largest federal highway network.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38">[37]</a></sup>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brazilian_Highway_System#BR-040" title="Brazilian Highway System">BR-040</a> connects Belo Horizonte to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a> (going south) and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bras%C3%ADlia" title="Brasília">Brasília</a> (going northwest). It also links other cities in the state, such as <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Juiz_de_Fora" title="Juiz de Fora">Juiz de Fora</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Conselheiro_Lafaiete" title="Conselheiro Lafaiete">Conselheiro Lafaiete</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Barbacena" title="Barbacena">Barbacena</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sete_Lagoas" title="Sete Lagoas">Sete Lagoas</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Paracatu,_Minas_Gerais" title="Paracatu, Minas Gerais">Paracatu</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/BR-262" title="BR-262">BR-262</a> begins in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mato_Grosso_do_Sul" title="Mato Grosso do Sul">Mato Grosso do Sul</a> and ends in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Esp%C3%ADrito_Santo" title="Espírito Santo">Espírito Santo</a>, crossing <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Minas_Gerais" title="Minas Gerais">Minas Gerais</a> from west to east. It links Belo Horizonte to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Par%C3%A1_de_Minas" title="Pará de Minas">Pará de Minas</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Arax%C3%A1" title="Araxá">Araxá</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Manhua%C3%A7u" title="Manhuaçu">Manhuaçu</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Uberaba" title="Uberaba">Uberaba</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Governador_Valadares" class="mw-redirect" title="Governador Valadares">Governador Valadares</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Vit%C3%B3ria,_Brazil" class="mw-redirect" title="Vitória, Brazil">Vitória</a>, the capital of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Esp%C3%ADrito_Santo" title="Espírito Santo">Espírito Santo</a> state.</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rodovia_Fern%C3%A3o_Dias" title="Rodovia Fernão Dias">BR-381</a> is an important federal highway. It connects Belo Horizonte to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo" title="São Paulo">São Paulo</a>.</li>
<li>MG-010 is a state highway that connects the capital to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tancredo_Neves_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Tancredo Neves International Airport">Tancredo Neves International Airport</a>, itself located in the municipalities of Confins and Lagoa Santa, which are part of the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte. Starting in 2005, several flights were transferred from the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pampulha_Regional_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Pampulha Regional Airport">Pampulha Regional Airport</a> to the international airport. To improve access to the international airport, MG-010 is being expanded (effectively duplicating its lanes).<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39">[38]</a></sup></li></ul>
<p>The city is also served by other minor roads such as state highways MG-020, MG-050, MG-030, and MG-433. There is also an East-West Express Way, which goes from the city to the nearby industrial centres of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Contagem" title="Contagem">Contagem</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Betim" title="Betim">Betim</a> (together having a population of ca. 900,000), and Anel Rodoviário, a kind of "beltway" – indeed it is not circumferential, but connects many highways, such as the federal (BR-ones) so it is not necessary for a large number of cars and trucks to pass through the city centre. Many of these roads are in poor condition, but in the last years many revitalization and rebuilding projects have been started.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Bus_system">Bus system</span></h3>
<p>The bus system has a large number of bus lines going through all parts in the city, and is administrated by <i>BHTRANS</i>. Among the upcoming projects are the expansion of the integration between bus lines and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rapid_transit" title="Rapid transit">metro</a>, with integrated stations, many already in use. And the construction of bus corridors, with lanes and bus stops exclusively for the bus lines. Keeping buses from traffic congestions, making the trips more viable for commuters.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Railways">Railways</span></h3>
<p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Belo_Horizonte_Metro" title="Belo Horizonte Metro">Belo Horizonte Metro</a> or MetroBH started operating at the end of the 1970s. There is one line, with 19 stations, from Vilarinho to Eldorado Station, in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Contagem" title="Contagem">Contagem</a>, transporting over 160,000 people daily. The current projects of expansion include Line 2, linking the existing Calafate Station to the region of Barreiro. And Line 3, from the city's main bus terminal to São Inácio de Loyola, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Savassi" title="Savassi">Savassi</a> economical district. Line 2 is planned to be overground (similar to the current line) and Line 3 is planned to be underground, passing through the city's financial centre, Praça Sete and Afonso Pena Avenue. Also, Line 1 is planned to be extended to Novo Eldorado Station.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40">[39]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Belo_Horizonte_Public_Transportation_statistics">Belo Horizonte Public Transportation statistics</span></h3>
<p>The average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit in Belo Horizonte, for example to and from work, on a weekday is 85 min. 26% of public transit riders, ride for more than 2 hours every day. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transit is 23 min, while 50% of riders wait for over 20 minutes on average every day. The average distance people usually ride in a single trip with public transit is 8.7 km, while 19% travel for over 12 km in a single direction.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41">[40]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Culture">Culture</span></h2>
<table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div style="width:52px"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Belo_Horizonte&action=edit">improve this article</a> by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_referencing_with_Wiki_Markup/1" title="Help:Introduction to referencing with Wiki Markup/1">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="/enwiki//www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Belo+Horizonte%22">"Belo Horizonte"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="/enwiki//www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Belo+Horizonte%22+-wikipedia">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="/enwiki//www.google.com/search?&q=%22Belo+Horizonte%22+site:news.google.com/newspapers&source=newspapers">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="/enwiki//www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Belo+Horizonte%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="/enwiki//scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Belo+Horizonte%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Belo+Horizonte%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <small class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2014</span>)</i></small><small class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this template message</a>)</i></small></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Theatre_and_dance">Theatre and dance</span></h3>
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<p>Every two years, FIT BH, The International Theater Festival of Belo Horizonte, takes place in the city. This attracts artists from all over Brazil and worldwide. With the merger of two projects that would happen separately in 1994, one stage based, organized by the Francisco Nunes Theater, and the other street based, idealized by Grupo Galpão, came FIT-BH Palco & Rua. Produced every two years, under responsibility from the Belo Horizonte <a href="/enwiki/wiki/City_Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="City Hall">City Hall</a>, through the Municipal Culture Office and the Association Movimento Teatro de Grupo of Minas Gerais, in the program there are street and stage shows, and also seminars, workshops, courses, talks, etc. The Annual Campaign for the Popularisation of Theatre takes place every year in January and February, offering dozens of plays in theatres all over the city at affordable prices.
</p><p>Several notable artistic groups originated in Belo Horizonte. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Grupo_Corpo" title="Grupo Corpo">Grupo Corpo</a>, which is perhaps the most famous <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Contemporary_dance" title="Contemporary dance">contemporary dance</a> group in the country, was formed in the city in 1975. In March and April is the performance program from FID promoting contemporary dance in Belo Horizonte. The program presents groups from Belo Horizonte. For this project the priority invitations go to the shows created by groups and choreographers living in the city. The purpose is to take shows and other activities such as workshops, talks and video screenings to the less privileged regions of the city regarding access to cultural assets. Belo Horizonte is also host to the Centro Mineiro de Danças Clássicas school.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Music">Music</span></h3>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Sala_Minas_Gerais_02.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Sala_Minas_Gerais_02.jpg/220px-Sala_Minas_Gerais_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="3021" data-file-height="2264" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Sala_Minas_Gerais_02.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Sala_Minas_Gerais&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sala Minas Gerais (page does not exist)">Sala Minas Gerais</a> is the house of the <a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Minas_Gerais_Philharmonic_Orchestra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra (page does not exist)">Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra</a>.</div></div></div>
<p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Clube_da_Esquina" title="Clube da Esquina">Clube da Esquina</a> is one of the most important musical movements in the musical history of Brazil. It originated in the mid-1960s, and since then its members have been hugely influential in Brazilian and even international music, some like Milton Nascimento and Toninho Horta achieving worldwide acclaim. Other people involved in the movement include musicians, songwriters, composers, conductors and lyricists, such as Tavinho Moura, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wagner_Tiso" title="Wagner Tiso">Wagner Tiso</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Andersen_Viana" title="Andersen Viana">Andersen Viana</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Milton_Nascimento" title="Milton Nascimento">Milton Nascimento</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/L%C3%B4_Borges" title="Lô Borges">Lô Borges</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Beto_Guedes" title="Beto Guedes">Beto Guedes</a>, Flávio Venturini, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Toninho_Horta" title="Toninho Horta">Toninho Horta</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/M%C3%A1rcio_Borges" title="Márcio Borges">Márcio Borges</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fernando_Brant" title="Fernando Brant">Fernando Brant</a>, among others.
</p><p>The band <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Uakti_(band)" title="Uakti (band)">Uakti</a> – known for performing with self-built musical instruments – originated in Belo Horizonte under the influence of Walter Smetak and the Composition School from Bahia. Also, several nationally famous rock groups have been founded in Belo Horizonte, including <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jota_Quest" title="Jota Quest">Jota Quest</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pato_Fu" title="Pato Fu">Pato Fu</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Skank_(band)" title="Skank (band)">Skank</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/14_Bis_(Band)" class="mw-redirect" title="14 Bis (Band)">14 Bis</a> and Tianastácia. In later years, Belo Horizonte has been more frequently included in Brazilian tours of foreign mainstream and independent acts.
</p><p>Belo Horizonte is also known as the Brazilian Capital of Metal, hence the huge number of heavy metal bands (and the likes) founded there, especially in the 1980s. Most importantly, Overdose, the first metal band from BH and one of the first to gain prominence in Brazil; <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sepultura" title="Sepultura">Sepultura</a>, the world's best known Brazilian metal band; and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sarc%C3%B3fago" title="Sarcófago">Sarcófago</a>, one of the founders of modern <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Black_metal" title="Black metal">black metal</a>. The <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Contemporary_Christian_music" title="Contemporary Christian music">contemporary Christian music</a> band <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Diante_do_Trono" title="Diante do Trono">Diante do Trono</a>, is also of Belo Horizonte. A short instrumental song by American band <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire" title="Earth, Wind & Fire">Earth, Wind & Fire</a> is named after the city on their album <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Now,_Then_%26_Forever" title="Now, Then & Forever">Now, Then & Forever</a>.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Museums">Museums</span></h3>
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<p>Belo Horizonte features a number of museums including the Mineiro Museum, the Abílio Barreto Historic Museum, Arts and Workmanship Museum, a Natural History Museum and the UFMG <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Botanic_Garden" class="mw-redirect" title="Botanic Garden">Botanic Gardens</a>, a telephone museum, the Pampulha Art Museum, the Professor Taylor Gramke Mineralogy Museum, and the UFMG Conservatory. The puppet theatre group Giramundo was established here in 1970, and continues to maintain a puppetry museum hosting a collection of their creations.
</p><p>There is also The Circuito Cultural Praça da Liberdade, located in the central region of Belo Horizonte is currently the largest cultural circuit in Brazil. In all, there are eleven functioning museums and cultural spaces: Arquivo Público Mineiro (Minas Gerais Public Archive), Biblioteca Pública Estadual Luiz de Bessa (Luiz de Bessa State Public Library), Cefar Liberdade, Centro de Arte Popular Cemig (Cemig Center of Popular Art), Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (Culture Center Bank of Brazil), Espaço do Conhecimento UFMG (UFMG Knowledge Space), Horizonte Sebrae – Casa da Economia Criativa (Sebrae Horizon – The House of Creative Economy), Memorial Minas Gerais Vale (Minas Gerais Memorial), Museu das Minas e do Metal (Mines and Metal Museum), Museu Mineiro (Minas Gerais Museum) and Palácio da Liberdade (Liberty Palace). Besides these, another three spaces are already in the process of being implemented: the Casa Fiat de Cultura (Fiat Culture House), CENA and Oi Futuro. The proposal, according to the Circuit manager, Cristiana Kumaira, is to strengthen the circuit in the world cultural context. “We are already on this path and are being careful to ensure that the activities, services and assistance fulfill the needs and expectations of both the local population and the tourists who come to Belo Horizonte from around the world. The Circuit is establishing itself as one more source of pride for the people of Minas Gerais”, she stresses.
</p><p>Inaugurated in 2010, the Circuito Cultural Praça da Liberdade was created with the goal of exploring cultural diversity – with interactive options open to the public – in an area of great symbolic, historical and architectural value for Belo Horizonte. The opportunity came with the transference of the Minas Gerais Government headquarters to the Cidade Administrativa (Administrative City), in Serra Verde. After they had been adapted, the old department buildings opened their doors and began to house museums and cultural spaces.
The Circuito Cultural Praça da Liberdade is co-managed by the Instituto Sérgio Magnani (Institute) since June 2012, through a partnership signed with the Minas Gerais Government, and the museums/spaces are mostly run by private companies, which carry out investments in heritage recovery and building maintenance. According to Kumaira, this public-private partnership model allows large companies to participate and effectively contribute to the cultural advance of the city. “Beyond their fields of activities, the partners invest in the implantation and maintenance of museums, learning spaces, exhibitions rooms and shows, as well as memory centers that consolidate the history of Minas Gerais, presenting it either for free or at affordable prices”, she adds.
<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42">[41]</a></sup>
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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Pal%C3%A1cio_das_Artes,_Belo_Horizonte,_Brasil_(cropped).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Pal%C3%A1cio_das_Artes%2C_Belo_Horizonte%2C_Brasil_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Pal%C3%A1cio_das_Artes%2C_Belo_Horizonte%2C_Brasil_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2638" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Pal%C3%A1cio_das_Artes,_Belo_Horizonte,_Brasil_(cropped).jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Palace of Arts Museum</div></div></div>
<p>The Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden holds an important treasure of folk art – the Nativity of Pipiripau. Created during the 20th century, the craftsman Raimundo Machado, synchronizes 586 figures, distributed in 45 scenes, which tell the story of life and death of Jesus, mixed with its variety of arts and crafts.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43">[42]</a></sup> With 600,000 sq. m. of green area, the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Universidade_Federal_de_Minas_Gerais" class="mw-redirect" title="Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais">UFMG</a> Museum of Natural History and Botanic Garden (MHN-JB) is a privileged ecological space that enables visitors to experience nature in a rich, multidisciplinary way. For 30 years, the mission of the MHN-JB has been to do research, to educate, and to meet the community's demand for service. It covers the areas of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Anthropology" title="Anthropology">Anthropology</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Archeology" class="mw-redirect" title="Archeology">Archeology</a>, Environmental Education, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Natural_History" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural History">Natural History</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mineralogy" title="Mineralogy">Mineralogy</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Paleontology" title="Paleontology">Paleontology</a>. It has an Ecological Amphitheater, a Free Art Atelier, a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Greenhouse" title="Greenhouse">Greenhouse</a>, and an Interactive Room. One of its traditional exhibitions is the Pipiripau Nativity Crèche.
</p><p>Palácio das Artes, inaugurated in 1970, is the largest and most varied cultural complex in Minas Gerais. It comprises three theaters, three art galleries, a movie theater, a bookstore a coffee shop and photography exhibition space. It offers high quality programs for the several expressions in arts. The building was designed by Oscar Niemeyer and it also houses the Minas Gerais Handcraft Center. The Pampulha Art Museum is located at the Pampulha Lake in Belo Horizonte in a building that originally housed the Pampulha Casino. The building was designed by Oscar Niemeyer, commissioned by the then mayor and future president of Brazil Juscelino Kubitschek in the early 1940s, with external grounds by landscaper <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Roberto_Burle_Marx" title="Roberto Burle Marx">Roberto Burle Marx</a>. The building was the first project of Oscar Niemeyer, opened as a casino, and closed in 1946. In 1957, it was re-opened as the Art Museum. His design was influenced by the principles of Le Corbusier. The gardens of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Burle_Marx" class="mw-redirect" title="Burle Marx">Burle Marx</a> are an tribute to the tropical green. There is three sculptures by Ceschiatti, Zamoiski and José Pedrosa. In 1996, it won new multimedia rooms, library, café bar, souvenir shop and technical infrastructure. The MAP has an impressive collection of 1.600 works.<sup id="cite_ref-BH_GUIDE_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BH_GUIDE-44">[43]</a></sup> The Museum is an integral part of the "Pampulha Architectural Complex" a watershed in the history of modern architecture in Brazil and internationally.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Architecture">Architecture</span></h3>
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:172px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Oscar_Niemeyer%27s_Church_of_St_Francis_in_Belo_Horizonte2.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Oscar_Niemeyer%27s_Church_of_St_Francis_in_Belo_Horizonte2.jpg/170px-Oscar_Niemeyer%27s_Church_of_St_Francis_in_Belo_Horizonte2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="256" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3008" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Oscar_Niemeyer%27s_Church_of_St_Francis_in_Belo_Horizonte2.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>São Francisco de Assis Church in Pampulha Park</div></div></div>
<p>Belo Horizonte has several significant cultural landmarks, many of them situated in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pampulha_(Belo_Horizonte)" title="Pampulha (Belo Horizonte)">Pampulha</a> district, where there are notable examples of Brazilian <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Contemporary_architecture" title="Contemporary architecture">contemporary architecture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45">[44]</a></sup> Under the leadership of the then mayor of city, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Juscelino_Kubitschek" title="Juscelino Kubitschek">Juscelino Kubitschek</a>, architects and artists such as <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Oscar_Niemeyer" title="Oscar Niemeyer">Oscar Niemeyer</a>, landscaper <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Burle_Marx" class="mw-redirect" title="Burle Marx">Burle Marx</a>, and painter <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Candido_Portinari" title="Candido Portinari">Candido Portinari</a>, started a type of modern architecture and art here that was greatly developed later with the construction of Brazil's new capital, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brasilia" class="mw-redirect" title="Brasilia">Brasilia</a>, also led by the now president Juscelino (aka JK). It is at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pampulha_(Belo_Horizonte)" title="Pampulha (Belo Horizonte)">Pampulha</a> complex that one can see the routes of this new architecture movement. The modern and protomodern architecture can also be seen all over Belo Horizonte, either in emblematic 1950's buildings such as Edificio Acaiaca, Conjunto JK, Hotel Amazonas<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46">[45]</a></sup> and former Hotel Excelsior,<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47">[46]</a></sup> all reflecting the modernity culture of the first planned capital of Brazil.
</p><p>The <a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Pampulha_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pampulha Park (page does not exist)">Pampulha Park</a> area includes one of the largest soccer stadiums in the world, the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mineir%C3%A3o" title="Mineirão">Mineirão</a> stadium, and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Francis_of_Assisi" title="Church of Saint Francis of Assisi">São Francisco de Assis Church</a>, widely known as Igreja da Pampulha, designed by Brazilian <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Modern_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern movement">Modernist</a> architect <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Oscar_Niemeyer" title="Oscar Niemeyer">Oscar Niemeyer</a>. In Pampulha there is also the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Universidade_Federal_de_Minas_Gerais" class="mw-redirect" title="Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais">Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais</a> campus, whose buildings themselves are important contributions to the city's architecture. Other notable buildings include the Mesbla and Niemeyer buildings, in addition to the headquarters of corporations such as <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Usiminas" title="Usiminas">Usiminas</a>, Seculus, and Telemig Celular.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48">[47]</a></sup>
</p><p>In the downtown area, landmarks include the church of São José, the Praça da Estação (Station Square), which is an old train station that now is also the Museum of Arts and Workmanship, the Municipal Park, the famous Sete de Setembro Square, where an obelisk built in 1922 marks the one hundred years of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brazilian_independence" class="mw-redirect" title="Brazilian independence">Brazilian independence</a> from Portugal.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49">[48]</a></sup> Near Central the area, in the Lourdes neighborhood, the Lourdes Basilica, is an example of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gothic_Revival_architecture" title="Gothic Revival architecture">Gothic Revival style</a>. The Nossa Senhora de Fátima Church, in Santo Agostinho neighborhood, is situated in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carlos_Chagas" title="Carlos Chagas">Carlos Chagas</a> Square. Both churches are referred to as the Assembléia Church and the Assembléia Square because of their proximity to the state's legislative assembly.
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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:172px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Ip%C3%AA_na_Pra%C3%A7a_da_Liberdade_2_By_Sergio_Cirino_2006.JPG" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Ip%C3%AA_na_Pra%C3%A7a_da_Liberdade_2_By_Sergio_Cirino_2006.JPG/170px-Ip%C3%AA_na_Pra%C3%A7a_da_Liberdade_2_By_Sergio_Cirino_2006.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="2592" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Ip%C3%AA_na_Pra%C3%A7a_da_Liberdade_2_By_Sergio_Cirino_2006.JPG" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Oscar_Niemeyer" title="Oscar Niemeyer">Niemeyer</a> Building at <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pra%C3%A7a_da_Liberdade" title="Praça da Liberdade">Liberty Square</a></div></div></div>
<p>Next to the downtown region is the Savassi district, known for fine restaurants and as a centre of cultural events as well as the best of the city's nightlife. Many landmarks are located there, such as the Praça da Liberdade (Liberty Square), and its surrounding buildings, including the former Executive Offices of the governor called the Palácio da Liberdade (Liberty Palace), the first building to be finished during the city's planned development in the late 1890s.
</p><p>The government offices moved to the "Cidade Administrativa" in 2010. This complex is made by a few massive buildings just outside the city. Nowadays, the "palaces" are being turned into museums. Still on Savassi, the meeting point of many social groups, especially the youth, is "Praça da Savassi" (Savassi Square), which is not exactly a square, and more a crossing between two major avenues (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Get%C3%BAlio_Vargas" title="Getúlio Vargas">Getúlio Vargas</a> and Cristóvão Colombo), and gathers some of the busiest bars and pubs (called locally "botecos" or "botequins") in town.
</p><p>Another important landmark is Praça do Papa (Pope's Square), located at a high point south of the downtown area, with its great view of the entire city. It is named for July 1, 1980, visit by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/John_Paul_II" class="mw-redirect" title="John Paul II">John Paul II</a>, who held a youth mass there. The nearby Parque das Mangabeiras (Mangabeiras Park) features extensive wildlife, and-owing to its considerable size-has its own bus service, which operates solely within the confines of the park. On Sundays, Afonso Pena Avenue hosts Latin America's biggest open-air market. This is the Market of Arts and Handicrafts, most commonly known as Feira Hippie (hippie fair). Every Sunday morning 70,000 visitors find food, drinks, clothes, furniture, earrings, shoes and almost anything else.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50">[49]</a></sup>
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<div class="thumb tnone" style="margin:0 auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:1008px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Panorama_Pampulha.jpg" class="image" title="Pampulha Modern Ensemble, a UNESCO World Heritage Site."><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Panorama_Pampulha.jpg/1000px-Panorama_Pampulha.jpg" decoding="async" width="1000" height="251" data-file-width="10390" data-file-height="2603" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Panorama_Pampulha.jpg" title="File:Panorama Pampulha.jpg"> </a></div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pampulha_Modern_Ensemble" title="Pampulha Modern Ensemble">Pampulha Modern Ensemble</a>, a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51">[50]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52">[51]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53">[52]</a></sup></div></div></div>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Food_and_drink">Food and drink</span></h3>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Pao_de_queijo_com_cafe.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Pao_de_queijo_com_cafe.jpg/220px-Pao_de_queijo_com_cafe.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Pao_de_queijo_com_cafe.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/P%C3%A3o_de_queijo" title="Pão de queijo">Pão de queijo</a> with coffee is a traditional light meal of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Minas_Gerais" title="Minas Gerais">Minas Gerais</a>.</div></div></div>
<p>The regional Minas Gerais' food and the now internationally known drink of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cacha%C3%A7a" title="Cachaça">cachaça</a> are very popular and highly rated in the capital.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54">[53]</a></sup>]]
</p><p>Belo Horizonte is internationally known as the "capital of neighborhood bars."<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55">[54]</a></sup> Every year, the city hosts the Comida di Buteco festival ("Pub Foods", in an approximate translation), in which a panel selects 41 bars to be visited, and then elects the one with the best appetizers using the theme ingredient of each year.
</p><p>Minas Gerais' cuisine is famous for its traditional dishes, like <a href="/enwiki/wiki/P%C3%A3o_de_queijo" title="Pão de queijo">pão de queijo</a>, feijão tropeiro, tutu de feijão, pork ribs, chicken-and-okra (served with a rich, brown gravy and rice) and other usually heavy, comfort-like food. The city also abounds with pizza places, barbecue houses, fine restaurants of many nationalities and other options.
</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Sports">Sports</span></h2>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sport_in_Brazil" title="Sport in Brazil">Sport in Brazil</a></div>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Football">Football</span></h3>
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Mineir%C3%A3o_(Top_View).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Mineir%C3%A3o_%28Top_View%29.jpg/220px-Mineir%C3%A3o_%28Top_View%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="4200" data-file-height="2800" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Mineir%C3%A3o_(Top_View).jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mineir%C3%A3o" title="Mineirão">Mineirão</a></div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Arena_Independ%C3%AAncia_-_Atl%C3%A9tico_x_Fluminense.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Arena_Independ%C3%AAncia_-_Atl%C3%A9tico_x_Fluminense.jpg/220px-Arena_Independ%C3%AAncia_-_Atl%C3%A9tico_x_Fluminense.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="432" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Arena_Independ%C3%AAncia_-_Atl%C3%A9tico_x_Fluminense.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Est%C3%A1dio_Independ%C3%AAncia" title="Estádio Independência">Independência Stadium</a></div></div></div>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Football_in_Brazil" title="Football in Brazil">Football in Brazil</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Campeonato_Brasileiro_S%C3%A9rie_A" title="Campeonato Brasileiro Série A">Campeonato Brasileiro Série A</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Campeonato_Mineiro" title="Campeonato Mineiro">Campeonato Mineiro</a></div>
<p>As in the rest of Brazil, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> is the most popular sport. The city's major teams are <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Clube_Atl%C3%A9tico_Mineiro" title="Clube Atlético Mineiro">Atlético Mineiro</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cruzeiro_Esporte_Clube" title="Cruzeiro Esporte Clube">Cruzeiro</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Am%C3%A9rica_Futebol_Clube_(MG)" title="América Futebol Clube (MG)">América Mineiro</a>.
</p><p>The city also has one of the biggest football stadiums in the world, the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mineir%C3%A3o" title="Mineirão">Mineirão</a>, which opened in 1965. The older <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Est%C3%A1dio_Independ%C3%AAncia" title="Estádio Independência">Independência Stadium</a> was the site of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_1950" class="mw-redirect" title="FIFA World Cup 1950">FIFA World Cup 1950</a> game, when the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/England_v_United_States_(1950)" class="mw-redirect" title="England v United States (1950)">United States beat England</a> in a 1–0 win.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56">[55]</a></sup>
</p><p>Mineirão, officially called Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto, was built to provide the city of Belo Horizonte with a larger alternative for Independência Stadium, then the prime venue of the city. The stadium was meant to become the most modern stadium of Brazil and the new home of Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro. Construction took almost five years, and on September 5, 1965 Mineirão officially opened. Mineirão hardly changed in the following decades, and in the 1990s still had its original capacity. When Brazil <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_bids" title="2014 FIFA World Cup bids">won their bid</a> to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup, it was clear that Mineirão needed to undergo a large redevelopment.
</p><p>The project included the complete reconstruction of the bottom tier, an extension of the roof, and further refurbishments to upgrade the stadium to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> standards. Building works took a total of three years, and were completed in December 2012. The first match at the reopened Mineirão was played on February 3, 2013 with a state championship match between Cruzeiro and Atlético. While Cruzeiro agreed on a lease to play the next 25 years at Mineirão, Atlético have not yet come to an agreement and will keep playing at Independência Stadium until doing so. Mineirão hosted a total of six matches during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, including one round of 16 match and the historical semi-final referred to as Mineirazo in which <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brazil_v_Germany_(2014_FIFA_World_Cup)" title="Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup)">Brazil lost 1–7 against Germany</a>. The stadium also was one of the playing venues of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2013_FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="2013 FIFA Confederations Cup">2013 FIFA Confederations Cup</a> and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Football_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics">Olympic football tournament</a> in 2016<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57">[56]</a></sup>
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<table class="wikitable">
<caption>Football/soccer teams
</caption>
<tbody><tr>
<th>Club
</th>
<th>League
</th>
<th>Venue
</th>
<th>Established (team)
</th></tr>
<tr>
<th><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cruzeiro_Esporte_Clube" title="Cruzeiro Esporte Clube">Cruzeiro</a>
</th>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Campeonato_Brasileiro_S%C3%A9rie_A" title="Campeonato Brasileiro Série A">Série A</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mineir%C3%A3o" title="Mineirão">Mineirão</a>
<p>61.846 (132,834 record)
</p>
</td>
<td>1921
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Clube_Atl%C3%A9tico_Mineiro" title="Clube Atlético Mineiro">Atlético Mineiro</a>
</th>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Campeonato_Brasileiro_S%C3%A9rie_A" title="Campeonato Brasileiro Série A">Série A</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Est%C3%A1dio_Independ%C3%AAncia" title="Estádio Independência">Independência Stadium</a> / Mineirão
<p>23,018 (32,721 record) / 61.846 (115,142 record)
</p>
</td>
<td>1908
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Am%C3%A9rica_Futebol_Clube_(MG)" title="América Futebol Clube (MG)">América Mineiro</a>
</th>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Campeonato_Brasileiro_S%C3%A9rie_A" title="Campeonato Brasileiro Série A">Série A</a>
</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Est%C3%A1dio_Independ%C3%AAncia" title="Estádio Independência">Independência Stadium</a>
<p>23,018 (32,721 record)
</p>
</td>
<td>1912
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>In addition to football, Belo Horizonte has one of the largest attendances at <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">volleyball</a> matches in the entire country. They are played either at <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mineirinho" title="Mineirinho">Mineirinho</a>, home of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brazil_men%27s_national_volleyball_team" title="Brazil men's national volleyball team">Brazil's national volleyball team</a>, or at <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Minas_T%C3%AAnis_Clube" title="Minas Tênis Clube">Minas Tênis Clube</a>.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Tennis">Tennis</span></h3>
<p>Belo Horizonte is home to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2015_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_Doubles" title="2015 French Open – Men's Doubles">2015 French Open men's doubles</a> champion and former World no. 1 doubles player <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Marcelo_Melo" title="Marcelo Melo">Marcelo Melo</a> as well as <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2016_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_Doubles" title="2016 Australian Open – Men's Doubles">2016 Australian Open men's doubles</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2016_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Mixed_Doubles" title="2016 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles">mixed doubles</a> champion <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bruno_Soares" title="Bruno Soares">Bruno Soares</a>.
</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="International_relations">International relations</span></h2>
<h3><span id="Twin_towns_.E2.80.93_Sister_cities"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Twin_towns_–_Sister_cities">Twin towns – Sister cities</span></h3>
<p>Belo Horizonte's <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Town_twinning" class="mw-redirect" title="Town twinning">sister cities</a> are:<sup id="cite_ref-sisterbh_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sisterbh-58">[57]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sister_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sister-59">[58]</a></sup>
</p>
<div class="div-col columns column-width" style="-moz-column-width: 30em; -webkit-column-width: 30em; column-width: 30em;">
<ul><li><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Angola" title="Angola"><img alt="Angola" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Luanda" title="Luanda">San Paolo de Loanda</a></b>, Angola (1968)</li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon"><img alt="Lebanon" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Zahl%C3%A9" title="Zahlé">Zahlé</a></b>, Lebanon (1974)</li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Granada" title="Granada">Granada</a></b>, Spain (1975)</li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal"><img alt="Portugal" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Porto" title="Porto">Porto</a></b>, Portugal (1986)</li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus"><img alt="Belarus" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450" /></a></span> <b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Minsk" title="Minsk">Minsk</a></b>, Belarus (1987)<sup id="cite_ref-Minsk_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Minsk-60">[59]</a></sup></li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba"><img alt="Cuba" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Havana" title="Havana">Havana</a></b>, Cuba (1995)</li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nanjing" title="Nanjing">Nanjing</a></b>, China (1996)</li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine"><img alt="State of Palestine" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/46px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bethlehem" title="Bethlehem">Bethlehem</a></b>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine">State of Palestine</a> (2001)</li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Syria" title="Syria"><img alt="Syria" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Homs" title="Homs">Homs</a></b>, Syria (2001)</li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua"><img alt="Nicaragua" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Masaya" title="Masaya">Masaya</a></b>, Nicaragua (2002)</li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Libya" title="Libya"><img alt="Libya" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/23px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/35px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/46px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> <b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tripoli" title="Tripoli">Tripoli</a></b>, Libya (2003)</li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span> <b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Lauderdale">Fort Lauderdale</a></b>, United States (2003)</li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras"><img alt="Honduras" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Honduras.svg/23px-Flag_of_Honduras.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Honduras.svg/35px-Flag_of_Honduras.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Honduras.svg/46px-Flag_of_Honduras.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tegucigalpa" title="Tegucigalpa">Tegucigalpa</a></b>, Honduras (2004)</li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ecuador" title="Ecuador"><img alt="Ecuador" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="960" /></a></span> <b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cuenca,_Ecuador" title="Cuenca, Ecuador">Cuenca</a></b>, Ecuador (2004)</li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span> <b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark, New Jersey</a></b>, United States (2006)</li>
<li><span class="flagicon"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a></b>, Nigeria (2011)</li></ul>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span></h2>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Zona_Bo%C3%AAmia" title="Zona Boêmia">Zona Boêmia</a></li></ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span></h2>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><small>European Portuguese: </small><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Help:IPA/Portuguese" title="Help:IPA/Portuguese">[ˈbɛlu ɔɾiˈzõtɨ]</a></span>.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web">Minas, Estado de. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/gerais/2015/07/15/interna_gerais,668573/hotel-no-centro-de-belo-horizonte-abriga-paineis-de-artista-frances.shtml">"Hotel no Centro de Belo Horizonte abriga painéis de artista francês"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150811201813/http://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/gerais/2015/07/15/interna_gerais,668573/hotel-no-centro-de-belo-horizonte-abriga-paineis-de-artista-frances.shtml">Archived</a> from the original on August 11, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 13,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Hotel+no+Centro+de+Belo+Horizonte+abriga+pain%C3%A9is+de+artista+franc%C3%AAs&rft.aulast=Minas&rft.aufirst=Estado+de&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.em.com.br%2Fapp%2Fnoticia%2Fgerais%2F2015%2F07%2F15%2Finterna_gerais%2C668573%2Fhotel-no-centro-de-belo-horizonte-abriga-paineis-de-artista-frances.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABelo+Horizonte" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span>
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<li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web">Minas, Estado de. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/economia/2013/09/18/internas_economia,450154/hotel-excelsior-vira-residencial-no-centro-de-bh.shtml">"Hotel Excelsior vira residencial no Centro de BH"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161124025004/http://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/economia/2013/09/18/internas_economia,450154/hotel-excelsior-vira-residencial-no-centro-de-bh.shtml">Archived</a> from the original on November 24, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 13,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Hotel+Excelsior+vira+residencial+no+Centro+de+BH&rft.aulast=Minas&rft.aufirst=Estado+de&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.em.com.br%2Fapp%2Fnoticia%2Feconomia%2F2013%2F09%2F18%2Finternas_economia%2C450154%2Fhotel-excelsior-vira-residencial-no-centro-de-bh.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABelo+Horizonte" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span>
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<li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.brazil-carnival.info/683/coisas-de-minas-belo-horizonte-brazil-travel-guide/">Things of BH</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140714204025/http://www.brazil-carnival.info/683/coisas-de-minas-belo-horizonte-brazil-travel-guide/">Archived</a> July 14, 2014, at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <span class="languageicon">(in English)</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.reference.com/browse/belo+horizonte">Downtown BH</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140714185528/http://www.reference.com/browse/belo+horizonte">Archived</a> July 14, 2014, at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <span class="languageicon">(in English)</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web">FeiraHippiebh.com. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180805011558/http://feirahippiebh.com/">"Feira Hippie WebSite"</a>. Feirahippiebh.com. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.feirahippiebh.com">the original</a> on August 5, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 17,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Feira+Hippie+WebSite&rft.pub=Feirahippiebh.com&rft.au=FeiraHippiebh.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.feirahippiebh.com&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABelo+Horizonte" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span>
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<li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://g1.globo.com/minas-gerais/noticia/2016/07/conjunto-da-pampulha-ganha-titulo-de-patrimonio-mundial-da-unesco.html">"Conjunto da Pampulha ganha título de Patrimônio Mundial da Unesco"</a>. July 17, 2016. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161022201209/http://g1.globo.com/minas-gerais/noticia/2016/07/conjunto-da-pampulha-ganha-titulo-de-patrimonio-mundial-da-unesco.html">Archived</a> from the original on October 22, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 25,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Conjunto+da+Pampulha+ganha+t%C3%ADtulo+de+Patrim%C3%B4nio+Mundial+da+Unesco&rft.date=2016-07-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fg1.globo.com%2Fminas-gerais%2Fnoticia%2F2016%2F07%2Fconjunto-da-pampulha-ganha-titulo-de-patrimonio-mundial-da-unesco.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABelo+Horizonte" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span>
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<li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://veja.abril.com.br/brasil/unesco-coloca-conjunto-da-pampulha-em-lista-de-patrimonio-da-humanidade/">"Conjunto da Pampulha torna-se Patrimônio da Humanidade - VEJA.com"</a>. July 17, 2016. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160918103610/http://veja.abril.com.br/brasil/unesco-coloca-conjunto-da-pampulha-em-lista-de-patrimonio-da-humanidade/">Archived</a> from the original on September 18, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 25,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Conjunto+da+Pampulha+torna-se+Patrim%C3%B4nio+da+Humanidade+-+VEJA.com&rft.date=2016-07-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fveja.abril.com.br%2Fbrasil%2Funesco-coloca-conjunto-da-pampulha-em-lista-de-patrimonio-da-humanidade%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABelo+Horizonte" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span>
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<li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2016/07/1792609-conjunto-da-pampulha-e-declarado-patrimonio-mundial-da-humanidade.shtml">"Conjunto da Pampulha é declarado Patrimônio Mundial da Humanidade – 17/07/2016 – Ilustrada – Folha de S.Paulo"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160925131148/http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2016/07/1792609-conjunto-da-pampulha-e-declarado-patrimonio-mundial-da-humanidade.shtml">Archived</a> from the original on September 25, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 25,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Conjunto+da+Pampulha+%C3%A9+declarado+Patrim%C3%B4nio+Mundial+da+Humanidade+%E2%80%93+17%2F07%2F2016+%E2%80%93+Ilustrada+%E2%80%93+Folha+de+S.Paulo&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.folha.uol.com.br%2Filustrada%2F2016%2F07%2F1792609-conjunto-da-pampulha-e-declarado-patrimonio-mundial-da-humanidade.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABelo+Horizonte" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span>
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<li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110514112839/http://www.world66.com/southamerica/brazil/belohorizonte/nightlife_and_ente">"Regional food and drink BH"</a>. World66.com. September 25, 2006. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.world66.com/southamerica/brazil/belohorizonte/nightlife_and_ente">the original</a> on May 14, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 17,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Regional+food+and+drink+BH&rft.pub=World66.com&rft.date=2006-09-25&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.world66.com%2Fsouthamerica%2Fbrazil%2Fbelohorizonte%2Fnightlife_and_ente&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABelo+Horizonte" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span>
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<li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111005013240/http://www.belotur.com.br/ing/gastronomia.php">"Cuisine in Belo Horizonte"</a>. Belotur.com.br. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.belotur.com.br/ing/gastronomia.php">the original</a> on October 5, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 17,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Cuisine+in+Belo+Horizonte&rft.pub=Belotur.com.br&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.belotur.com.br%2Fing%2Fgastronomia.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABelo+Horizonte" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span>
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<li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation book"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100715154838/http://national.soccerhall.org/Monthly%20Column/MC.May.2005.htm"><i>Soccerhall</i></a> (in Portuguese). Belo Horizonte, Brazil: Soccerhall. 2005. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" title="International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Special:BookSources/85-240-3919-1" title="Special:BookSources/85-240-3919-1"><bdi>85-240-3919-1</bdi></a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://national.soccerhall.org/Monthly%20Column/MC.May.2005.htm">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on July 15, 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 18,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Soccerhall&rft.place=Belo+Horizonte%2C+Brazil&rft.pub=Soccerhall&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=85-240-3919-1&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnational.soccerhall.org%2FMonthly%2520Column%2FMC.May.2005.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABelo+Horizonte" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span>
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<li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stadiumguide.com/mineirao/">Mineirão Stadium</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706225903/http://www.stadiumguide.com/mineirao/">Archived</a> July 6, 2013, at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <span class="languageicon">(in English)</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-sisterbh-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sisterbh_58-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web">Prefeitura Municipal de Belo Horizonte. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://portalpbh.pbh.gov.br/pbh/ecp/comunidade.do?evento=portlet&pIdPlc=ecpTaxonomiaMenuPortal&app=relacoesinternacionais&tax=11465&lang=pt_BR&pg=5781&taxp=0&">"Relações Internacionais – Cidades Irmãs"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110826043354/http://portalpbh.pbh.gov.br/pbh/ecp/comunidade.do?evento=portlet&pIdPlc=ecpTaxonomiaMenuPortal&app=relacoesinternacionais&tax=11465&lang=pt_BR&pg=5781&taxp=0&">Archived</a> from the original on August 26, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 29,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Rela%C3%A7%C3%B5es+Internacionais+%E2%80%93+Cidades+Irm%C3%A3s&rft.au=Prefeitura+Municipal+de+Belo+Horizonte&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fportalpbh.pbh.gov.br%2Fpbh%2Fecp%2Fcomunidade.do%3Fevento%3Dportlet%26pIdPlc%3DecpTaxonomiaMenuPortal%26app%3Drelacoesinternacionais%26tax%3D11465%26lang%3Dpt_BR%26pg%3D5781%26taxp%3D0%26&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABelo+Horizonte" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span>
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<li id="cite_note-sister-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sister_59-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071223020811/http://www.pbh.gov.br/bh-internacional/bhz-acordos_irmas.htm">"Mayor's International Council Sister Cities Program"</a>. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pbh.gov.br/bh-internacional/bhz-acordos_irmas.htm">the original</a> on December 23, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 18,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mayor%27s+International+Council+Sister+Cities+Program&rft.pub=Belo+Horizonte%2C+Minas+Gerais&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbh.gov.br%2Fbh-internacional%2Fbhz-acordos_irmas.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABelo+Horizonte" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span>
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<li id="cite_note-Minsk-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Minsk_60-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502075333/http://minsk.gov.by/ru/city/">"Twin towns and Sister cities of Minsk <i>[via WaybackMachine.com]</i>"</a> (in Russian). The department of protocol and international relations of Minsk City Executive Committee. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://minsk.gov.by/ru/city/">the original</a> on May 2, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 21,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Twin+towns+and+Sister+cities+of+Minsk+%5Bvia+WaybackMachine.com%5D&rft.pub=The+department+of+protocol+and+international+relations+of+Minsk+City+Executive+Committee&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fminsk.gov.by%2Fru%2Fcity%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABelo+Horizonte" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span></h2>
<div role="navigation" aria-labelledby="sister-projects" class="metadata plainlinks sistersitebox plainlist mbox-small" style="border:1px solid #aaa; padding:0; background:#f9f9f9;"><div style="padding: 0.75em 0; text-align: center;"><b style="display:block;">Belo Horizonte</b>at Wikipedia's <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_sister_projects" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects"><span id="sister-projects">sister projects</span></a></div><ul style="border-top:1px solid #aaa; padding: 0.75em 0; width:217px; margin:0 auto;"><li style="min-height: 31px;"><span style="display: inline-block; width: 31px; line-height: 31px; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg/27px-Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="27" height="27" style="vertical-align: middle" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg/41px-Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg/54px-Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="391" data-file-height="391" /></span><span style="display: inline-block; margin-left: 4px; width: 182px; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/Belo_Horizonte" class="extiw" title="wikt:Special:Search/Belo Horizonte">Definitions</a> from Wiktionary</span>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Official">Official</span></h3>
<ul><li><span class="languageicon">(in Portuguese)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pbh.gov.br/">City Hall of Belo Horizonte website</a></li>
<li><span class="languageicon">(in Portuguese)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mg.gov.br/">Government of the State of Minas Gerais website</a></li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Education_2">Education</span></h3>
<ul><li><span class="languageicon">(in Portuguese)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pucminas.br/">PUC-MG</a> – the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais</li>
<li><span class="languageicon">(in Portuguese)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.unibh.br/">UNI-BH</a> – the University of Belo Horizonte</li>
<li><span class="languageicon">(in Portuguese)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ufmg.br/">UFMG</a> – <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Universidade_Federal_de_Minas_Gerais" class="mw-redirect" title="Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais">Federal University of Minas Gerais</a></li>
<li><span class="languageicon">(in Portuguese)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cefetmg.br/">CEFET-MG</a> – <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Centro_Federal_de_Educa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Tecnol%C3%B3gica_de_Minas_Gerais" class="mw-redirect" title="Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais">Federal Center of Technologic Education of Minas Gerais</a></li>
<li><span class="languageicon">(in English)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080112074058/http://www.eabh.com.br/eng/home.html">Escola Americana de Belo Horizonte</a> – (American School of Belo Horizonte)</li>
<li><span class="languageicon">(in English)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.skema.edu/">SKEMA Business School</a> (SKEMA Business School)</li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Photos">Photos</span></h3>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://belohorizonte.nafoto.net/">Images of Belo Horizonte</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/BeloHori1949"><i>Belo Horizonte: A Planned City with a Plan</i></a> – a 1949 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">U. S. Government</a> film about this city available for free download and viewing at <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">The Internet Archive</a></li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Architecture_2">Architecture</span></h3>
<ul><li><span class="languageicon">(in Portuguese)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arqbh.com.br/">ARQBH</a></li>
<li><span class="languageicon">(in Portuguese)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guiaarqbh.wordpress.com/">Guia Arquitetônico de Belo Horizonte</a></li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Tourism">Tourism</span></h3>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trilhacultural.com.br/belo-horizonte-mg/">Tourism Belo Horizonte</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090104143756/http://www.what-they-say.com/Belo-Horizonte-1.html">Information about Belo Horizonte</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.belo-horizonte.travel/destination_guide">Travel Information</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aboutbrasil.com/modules/brazil-brasil/rio-de-janeiro_sao-paulo_fortaleza.php?hoofd=3&sub=15&art=154">AboutBrasil/Belo Horizonte – Metropolis on the Horizon</a></li>
<li><span class="languageicon">(in Portuguese)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.belohorizonte.com/">BeloHorizonte.com – City Portal with services and business links</a></li>
<li><span class="languageicon">(in Portuguese)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120101162538/http://www.belotur.com.br/por/index.php">Maplink – Belo Horizonte Street Guide and Maps</a></li>
<li><span class="languageicon">(in Portuguese)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080229075950/http://www.webbusca.com.br/pagam/guia_belo_horizonte.htm">Belo Horizonte Yellow Pages</a></li>
<li><span class="languageicon">(in Portuguese)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.idasbrasil.com.br/idasbrasil/cidades/BeloHorizonte/port/cultura.asp">Culture in Belo Horizonte</a></li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Food_security">Food security</span></h3>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100612233103/http://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/future_policy_award_film_en.html">Video</a> about Belo Horizonte's receipt of the World Future Policy award</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110607152011/http://www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity/projects/brazil/beloresources.html">Presentations and papers on Belo Horizonte</a> by Brazilian Canadian economist Cecilia Rocha, Toronto Food Policy Council coordinator <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wayne_Roberts_(activist)" title="Wayne Roberts (activist)">Wayne Roberts</a>, and former city food security administrator Adriana Aranha at <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ryerson_University" title="Ryerson University">Ryerson University</a>'s <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity/index.html">Centre for Studies in Food Security</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/food-for-everyone/the-city-that-ended-hunger">"The City that Ended Hunger"</a>, Frances Moore Lappé's essay on Belo Horizonte's programs in Yes! Magazine</li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Culture_2">Culture</span></h3>
<ul><li><span class="languageicon">(in Portuguese)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100326124244/http://www.comidadibuteco.com.br/home.php?i=1">Comida di Buteco</a> Festival of bar appetizers.</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Augusto_de_Lima,_Minas_Gerais" title="Augusto de Lima, Minas Gerais">Augusto de Lima</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Inimutaba" title="Inimutaba">Inimutaba</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Joaquim_Fel%C3%ADcio" title="Joaquim Felício">Joaquim Felício</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Presidente_Juscelino" title="Presidente Juscelino">Presidente Juscelino</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santo_Hip%C3%B3lito" title="Santo Hipólito">Santo Hipólito</a></li></ul>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Morada_Nova_de_Minas" title="Morada Nova de Minas">Morada Nova de Minas</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Divis%C3%B3polis" title="Divisópolis">Divisópolis</a></li>
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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Araçuaí</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ara%C3%A7ua%C3%AD" title="Araçuaí">Araçuaí</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cara%C3%AD" title="Caraí">Caraí</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coronel_Murta" title="Coronel Murta">Coronel Murta</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itinga" title="Itinga">Itinga</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Novo_Cruzeiro" title="Novo Cruzeiro">Novo Cruzeiro</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Padre_Para%C3%ADso" title="Padre Paraíso">Padre Paraíso</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ponto_dos_Volantes" title="Ponto dos Volantes">Ponto dos Volantes</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Virgem_da_Lapa" title="Virgem da Lapa">Virgem da Lapa</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Capelinha</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Angel%C3%A2ndia" title="Angelândia">Angelândia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Aricanduva,_Minas_Gerais" title="Aricanduva, Minas Gerais">Aricanduva</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Berilo" title="Berilo">Berilo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Capelinha" title="Capelinha">Capelinha</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carbonita" title="Carbonita">Carbonita</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chapada_do_Norte" title="Chapada do Norte">Chapada do Norte</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Francisco_Badar%C3%B3" title="Francisco Badaró">Francisco Badaró</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itamarandiba" title="Itamarandiba">Itamarandiba</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jenipapo_de_Minas" title="Jenipapo de Minas">Jenipapo de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Gon%C3%A7alves_de_Minas" title="José Gonçalves de Minas">José Gonçalves de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Leme_do_Prado" title="Leme do Prado">Leme do Prado</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Minas_Novas" title="Minas Novas">Minas Novas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turmalina,_Minas_Gerais" title="Turmalina, Minas Gerais">Turmalina</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Veredinha" title="Veredinha">Veredinha</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Diamantina</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Couto_de_Magalh%C3%A3es_de_Minas" title="Couto de Magalhães de Minas">Couto de Magalhaes de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Datas" title="Datas">Datas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Diamantina,_Minas_Gerais" title="Diamantina, Minas Gerais">Diamantina</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fel%C3%ADcio_dos_Santos" title="Felício dos Santos">Felício dos Santos</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gouveia,_Minas_Gerais" title="Gouveia, Minas Gerais">Gouveia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Presidente_Kubitschek" title="Presidente Kubitschek">Presidente Kubitschek</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Gon%C3%A7alo_do_Rio_Preto" title="São Gonçalo do Rio Preto">São Gonçalo do Rio Preto</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Senador_Modestino_Gon%C3%A7alves" title="Senador Modestino Gonçalves">Senador Modestino Gonçalves</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pedra Azul</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cachoeira_de_Paje%C3%BA" title="Cachoeira de Pajeú">Cachoeira de Pajeú</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Comercinho" title="Comercinho">Comercinho</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itaobim" title="Itaobim">Itaobim</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Medina,_Minas_Gerais" title="Medina, Minas Gerais">Medina</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pedra_Azul" title="Pedra Azul">Pedra Azul</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Mesoregion_Metropolitana_de_Belo_Horizonte" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Belo Horizonte</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Belo Horizonte</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Betim" title="Betim">Betim</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brumadinho" title="Brumadinho">Brumadinho</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Caet%C3%A9" title="Caeté">Caeté</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Confins" title="Confins">Confins</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Contagem" title="Contagem">Contagem</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Esmeraldas,_Minas_Gerais" title="Esmeraldas, Minas Gerais">Esmeraldas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ibirit%C3%A9" title="Ibirité">Ibirité</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Igarap%C3%A9" title="Igarapé">Igarapé</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Juatuba" title="Juatuba">Juatuba</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lagoa_Santa,_Minas_Gerais" title="Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais">Lagoa Santa</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/M%C3%A1rio_Campos" title="Mário Campos">Mário Campos</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mateus_Leme" title="Mateus Leme">Mateus Leme</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nova_Lima" title="Nova Lima">Nova Lima</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pedro_Leopoldo" title="Pedro Leopoldo">Pedro Leopoldo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Raposos" title="Raposos">Raposos</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ribeir%C3%A3o_das_Neves" title="Ribeirão das Neves">Ribeirão das Neves</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rio_Acima" title="Rio Acima">Rio Acima</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sabar%C3%A1" title="Sabará">Sabará</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_Luzia,_Minas_Gerais" title="Santa Luzia, Minas Gerais">Santa Luzia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Joaquim_de_Bicas" title="São Joaquim de Bicas">São Joaquim de Bicas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_da_Lapa" title="São José da Lapa">São José da Lapa</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sarzedo,_Minas_Gerais" title="Sarzedo, Minas Gerais">Sarzedo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Vespasiano" title="Vespasiano">Vespasiano</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Conceição do Mato Dentro</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alvorada_de_Minas" title="Alvorada de Minas">Alvorada de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Concei%C3%A7%C3%A3o_do_Mato_Dentro" title="Conceição do Mato Dentro">Conceição do Mato Dentro</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Congonhas_do_Norte" title="Congonhas do Norte">Congonhas do Norte</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dom_Joaquim" title="Dom Joaquim">Dom Joaquim</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itamb%C3%A9_do_Mato_Dentro" title="Itambé do Mato Dentro">Itambé do Mato Dentro</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Morro_do_Pilar" title="Morro do Pilar">Morro do Pilar</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Passab%C3%A9m" title="Passabém">Passabém</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rio_Vermelho" title="Rio Vermelho">Rio Vermelho</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santo_Ant%C3%B4nio_do_Itamb%C3%A9" title="Santo Antônio do Itambé">Santo Antônio do Itambé</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santo_Ant%C3%B4nio_do_Rio_Abaixo" title="Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo">Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Sebasti%C3%A3o_do_Rio_Preto" title="São Sebastião do Rio Preto">São Sebastião do Rio Preto</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Serra_Azul_de_Minas" title="Serra Azul de Minas">Serra Azul de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Serro" title="Serro">Serro</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Conselheiro Lafaiete</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Casa_Grande,_Minas_Gerais" title="Casa Grande, Minas Gerais">Casa Grande</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Catas_Altas_da_Noruega" title="Catas Altas da Noruega">Catas Altas da Noruega</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Congonhas" title="Congonhas">Congonhas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Conselheiro_Lafaiete" title="Conselheiro Lafaiete">Conselheiro Lafaiete</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cristiano_Otoni" title="Cristiano Otoni">Cristiano Otoni</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Desterro_de_Entre_Rios" title="Desterro de Entre Rios">Desterro de Entre Rios</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Entre_Rios_de_Minas" title="Entre Rios de Minas">Entre Rios de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itaverava" title="Itaverava">Itaverava</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ouro_Branco,_Minas_Gerais" title="Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais">Ouro Branco</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Queluzito" title="Queluzito">Queluzito</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santana_dos_Montes" title="Santana dos Montes">Santana dos Montes</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Br%C3%A1s_do_Sua%C3%A7u%C3%AD" title="São Brás do Suaçuí">São Brás do Suaçuí</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Itabira</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alvin%C3%B3polis" title="Alvinópolis">Alvinópolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bar%C3%A3o_de_Cocais" title="Barão de Cocais">Barão de Cocais</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bela_Vista_de_Minas" title="Bela Vista de Minas">Bela Vista de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bom_Jesus_do_Amparo" title="Bom Jesus do Amparo">Bom Jesus do Amparo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Catas_Altas" title="Catas Altas">Catas Altas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dion%C3%ADsio" title="Dionísio">Dionísio</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ferros" title="Ferros">Ferros</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itabira" title="Itabira">Itabira</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Monlevade" title="João Monlevade">João Monlevade</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nova_Era" title="Nova Era">Nova Era</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nova_Uni%C3%A3o,_Minas_Gerais" title="Nova União, Minas Gerais">Nova União</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rio_Piracicaba" title="Rio Piracicaba">Rio Piracicaba</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_B%C3%A1rbara,_Minas_Gerais" title="Santa Bárbara, Minas Gerais">Santa Bárbara</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_Maria_de_Itabira" title="Santa Maria de Itabira">Santa Maria de Itabira</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Domingos_do_Prata" title="São Domingos do Prata">São Domingos do Prata</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Gon%C3%A7alo_do_Rio_Abaixo" title="São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo">São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_do_Goiabal" title="São José do Goiabal">São José do Goiabal</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Taquara%C3%A7u_de_Minas" title="Taquaraçu de Minas">Taquaraçu de Minas</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Itaguara</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Belo_Vale" title="Belo Vale">Belo Vale</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bonfim,_Minas_Gerais" title="Bonfim, Minas Gerais">Bonfim</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Crucil%C3%A2ndia" title="Crucilândia">Crucilândia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itaguara" title="Itaguara">Itaguara</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itatiaiu%C3%A7u" title="Itatiaiuçu">Itatiaiuçu</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jeceaba" title="Jeceaba">Jeceaba</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Moeda" title="Moeda">Moeda</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Piedade_dos_Gerais" title="Piedade dos Gerais">Piedade dos Gerais</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rio_Manso" title="Rio Manso">Rio Manso</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ouro Preto</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Diogo_de_Vasconcelos" title="Diogo de Vasconcelos">Diogo de Vasconcelos</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itabirito" title="Itabirito">Itabirito</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mariana,_Minas_Gerais" title="Mariana, Minas Gerais">Mariana</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ouro_Preto" title="Ouro Preto">Ouro Preto</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pará de Minas</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Florestal" title="Florestal">Florestal</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/On%C3%A7a_de_Pitangui" title="Onça de Pitangui">Onça de Pitangui</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Par%C3%A1_de_Minas" title="Pará de Minas">Pará de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pitangui" title="Pitangui">Pitangui</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_da_Varginha" title="São José da Varginha">São José da Varginha</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sete Lagoas</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ara%C3%A7a%C3%AD" title="Araçaí">Araçaí</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Baldim" title="Baldim">Baldim</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cachoeira_da_Prata" title="Cachoeira da Prata">Cachoeira da Prata</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Caetan%C3%B3polis" title="Caetanópolis">Caetanópolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Capim_Branco" title="Capim Branco">Capim Branco</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cordisburgo" title="Cordisburgo">Cordisburgo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fortuna_de_Minas" title="Fortuna de Minas">Fortuna de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Funil%C3%A2ndia" title="Funilândia">Funilândia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Inha%C3%BAma,_Minas_Gerais" title="Inhaúma, Minas Gerais">Inhaúma</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jaboticatubas" title="Jaboticatubas">Jaboticatubas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jequitib%C3%A1" title="Jequitibá">Jequitibá</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Maravilhas" title="Maravilhas">Maravilhas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Matozinhos" title="Matozinhos">Matozinhos</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Papagaios" title="Papagaios">Papagaios</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Paraopeba" title="Paraopeba">Paraopeba</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pequi,_Minas_Gerais" title="Pequi, Minas Gerais">Pequi</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Prudente_de_Morais,_Minas_Gerais" title="Prudente de Morais, Minas Gerais">Prudente de Morais</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santana_de_Pirapama" title="Santana de Pirapama">Santana de Pirapama</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santana_do_Riacho" title="Santana do Riacho">Santana do Riacho</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sete_Lagoas" title="Sete Lagoas">Sete Lagoas</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Mesoregion_Noroeste_de_Minas" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Mesoregion Noroeste de Minas</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Paracatu</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brasil%C3%A2ndia_de_Minas" title="Brasilândia de Minas">Brasilândia de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Guarda-Mor" title="Guarda-Mor">Guarda-Mor</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Pinheiro,_Minas_Gerais" title="João Pinheiro, Minas Gerais">João Pinheiro</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lagamar" title="Lagamar">Lagamar</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lagoa_Grande,_Minas_Gerais" title="Lagoa Grande, Minas Gerais">Lagoa Grande</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Paracatu,_Minas_Gerais" title="Paracatu, Minas Gerais">Paracatu</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Presidente_Oleg%C3%A1rio" title="Presidente Olegário">Presidente Olegário</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Gon%C3%A7alo_do_Abaet%C3%A9" title="São Gonçalo do Abaeté">São Gonçalo do Abaeté</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Varj%C3%A3o_de_Minas" title="Varjão de Minas">Varjão de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Vazante" title="Vazante">Vazante</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unaí</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Arinos" title="Arinos">Arinos</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bonfin%C3%B3polis_de_Minas" title="Bonfinópolis de Minas">Bonfinópolis de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Buritis" title="Buritis">Buritis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cabeceira_Grande" title="Cabeceira Grande">Cabeceira Grande</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dom_Bosco" title="Dom Bosco">Dom Bosco</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Formoso,_Minas_Gerais" title="Formoso, Minas Gerais">Formoso</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Natal%C3%A2ndia" title="Natalândia">Natalândia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Una%C3%AD" title="Unaí">Unaí</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Uruana_de_Minas" title="Uruana de Minas">Uruana de Minas</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Mesoregion_Norte_de_Minas" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Mesoregion Norte de Minas</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bocaiúva</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bocai%C3%BAva" title="Bocaiúva">Bocaiúva</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Engenheiro_Navarro" title="Engenheiro Navarro">Engenheiro Navarro</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Francisco_Dumont" title="Francisco Dumont">Francisco Dumont</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Guaraciama" title="Guaraciama">Guaraciama</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Olhos-d%27%C3%81gua" title="Olhos-d'Água">Olhos-d'Água</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Grão Mogol</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Botumirim" title="Botumirim">Botumirim</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Crist%C3%A1lia" title="Cristália">Cristália</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gr%C3%A3o_Mogol" title="Grão Mogol">Grão Mogol</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itacambira" title="Itacambira">Itacambira</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Josen%C3%B3polis" title="Josenópolis">Josenópolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Padre_Carvalho" title="Padre Carvalho">Padre Carvalho</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Janaúba</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Catuti" title="Catuti">Catuti</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Espinosa,_Minas_Gerais" title="Espinosa, Minas Gerais">Espinosa</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gameleiras" title="Gameleiras">Gameleiras</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ja%C3%ADba" title="Jaíba">Jaíba</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jana%C3%BAba" title="Janaúba">Janaúba</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mamonas" title="Mamonas">Mamonas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mato_Verde" title="Mato Verde">Mato Verde</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Monte_Azul" title="Monte Azul">Monte Azul</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nova_Porteirinha" title="Nova Porteirinha">Nova Porteirinha</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pai_Pedro" title="Pai Pedro">Pai Pedro</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Porteirinha" title="Porteirinha">Porteirinha</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Riacho_dos_Machados" title="Riacho dos Machados">Riacho dos Machados</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Serran%C3%B3polis_de_Minas" title="Serranópolis de Minas">Serranópolis de Minas</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Januária</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bonito_de_Minas" title="Bonito de Minas">Bonito de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chapada_Ga%C3%BAcha" title="Chapada Gaúcha">Chapada Gaúcha</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/C%C3%B4nego_Marinho" title="Cônego Marinho">Cônego Marinho</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Icara%C3%AD_de_Minas" title="Icaraí de Minas">Icaraí de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itacarambi" title="Itacarambi">Itacarambi</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Janu%C3%A1ria" title="Januária">Januária</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Juven%C3%ADlia" title="Juvenília">Juvenília</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Manga,_Minas_Gerais" title="Manga, Minas Gerais">Manga</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Matias_Cardoso" title="Matias Cardoso">Matias Cardoso</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mirav%C3%A2nia" title="Miravânia">Miravânia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Montalv%C3%A2nia" title="Montalvânia">Montalvânia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pedras_de_Maria_da_Cruz" title="Pedras de Maria da Cruz">Pedras de Maria da Cruz</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pint%C3%B3polis" title="Pintópolis">Pintópolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Francisco,_Minas_Gerais" title="São Francisco, Minas Gerais">São Francisco</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_das_Miss%C3%B5es" title="São João das Missões">São João das Missões</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Urucuia" title="Urucuia">Urucuia</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Montes Claros</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bras%C3%ADlia_de_Minas" title="Brasília de Minas">Brasília de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Campo_Azul,_Minas_Gerais" title="Campo Azul, Minas Gerais">Campo Azul</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Capit%C3%A3o_En%C3%A9as" title="Capitão Enéas">Capitão Enéas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Claro_dos_Po%C3%A7%C3%B5es" title="Claro dos Poções">Claro dos Poções</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cora%C3%A7%C3%A3o_de_Jesus" title="Coração de Jesus">Coração de Jesus</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Francisco_S%C3%A1,_Minas_Gerais" title="Francisco Sá, Minas Gerais">Francisco Sá</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Glaucil%C3%A2ndia" title="Glaucilândia">Glaucilândia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ibiracatu" title="Ibiracatu">Ibiracatu</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Japonvar" title="Japonvar">Japonvar</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Juramento" title="Juramento">Juramento</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lontra,_Minas_Gerais" title="Lontra, Minas Gerais">Lontra</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Luisl%C3%A2ndia" title="Luislândia">Luislândia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mirabela" title="Mirabela">Mirabela</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Montes_Claros" title="Montes Claros">Montes Claros</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Patis,_Minas_Gerais" title="Patis, Minas Gerais">Patis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ponto_Chique" title="Ponto Chique">Ponto Chique</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_da_Lagoa" title="São João da Lagoa">São João da Lagoa</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_da_Ponte" title="São João da Ponte">São João da Ponte</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_do_Pacu%C3%AD" title="São João do Pacuí">São João do Pacuí</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Uba%C3%AD" title="Ubaí">Ubaí</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Varzel%C3%A2ndia" title="Varzelândia">Varzelândia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Verdel%C3%A2ndia" title="Verdelândia">Verdelândia</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pirapora</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Buritizeiro" title="Buritizeiro">Buritizeiro</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ibia%C3%AD" title="Ibiaí">Ibiaí</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jequita%C3%AD" title="Jequitaí">Jequitaí</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lagoa_dos_Patos,_Minas_Gerais" title="Lagoa dos Patos, Minas Gerais">Lagoa dos Patos</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lassance" title="Lassance">Lassance</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pirapora" title="Pirapora">Pirapora</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Riachinho" title="Riachinho">Riachinho</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_F%C3%A9_de_Minas" title="Santa Fé de Minas">Santa Fé de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Rom%C3%A3o" title="São Romão">São Romão</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/V%C3%A1rzea_da_Palma" title="Várzea da Palma">Várzea da Palma</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Salinas</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/%C3%81guas_Vermelhas" title="Águas Vermelhas">Águas Vermelhas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Berizal" title="Berizal">Berizal</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Curral_de_Dentro" title="Curral de Dentro">Curral de Dentro</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Divisa_Alegre" title="Divisa Alegre">Divisa Alegre</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fruta_de_Leite" title="Fruta de Leite">Fruta de Leite</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Indaiabira" title="Indaiabira">Indaiabira</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Montezuma,_Minas_Gerais" title="Montezuma, Minas Gerais">Montezuma</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ninheira" title="Ninheira">Ninheira</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Novorizonte" title="Novorizonte">Novorizonte</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rio_Pardo_de_Minas" title="Rio Pardo de Minas">Rio Pardo de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rubelita" title="Rubelita">Rubelita</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Salinas,_Minas_Gerais" title="Salinas, Minas Gerais">Salinas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_Cruz_de_Salinas" title="Santa Cruz de Salinas">Santa Cruz de Salinas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santo_Ant%C3%B4nio_do_Retiro" title="Santo Antônio do Retiro">Santo Antônio do Retiro</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_do_Para%C3%ADso" title="São João do Paraíso">São João do Paraíso</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Taiobeiras" title="Taiobeiras">Taiobeiras</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Vargem_Grande_do_Rio_Pardo" title="Vargem Grande do Rio Pardo">Vargem Grande do Rio Pardo</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Mesoregion_Oeste_de_Minas" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Mesoregion Oeste de Minas</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Campo Belo</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Aguanil" title="Aguanil">Aguanil</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Campo_Belo" title="Campo Belo">Campo Belo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cana_Verde" title="Cana Verde">Cana Verde</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Candeias,_Minas_Gerais" title="Candeias, Minas Gerais">Candeias</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cristais" title="Cristais">Cristais</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Perd%C3%B5es,_Minas_Gerais" title="Perdões, Minas Gerais">Perdões</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santana_do_Jacar%C3%A9" title="Santana do Jacaré">Santana do Jacaré</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Divinópolis</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carmo_do_Cajuru" title="Carmo do Cajuru">Carmo do Cajuru</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cl%C3%A1udio,_Minas_Gerais" title="Cláudio, Minas Gerais">Cláudio</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Concei%C3%A7%C3%A3o_do_Par%C3%A1" title="Conceição do Pará">Conceição do Pará</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Divin%C3%B3polis" title="Divinópolis">Divinópolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Igaratinga" title="Igaratinga">Igaratinga</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ita%C3%BAna" title="Itaúna">Itaúna</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nova_Serrana" title="Nova Serrana">Nova Serrana</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Perdig%C3%A3o,_Minas_Gerais" title="Perdigão, Minas Gerais">Perdigão</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santo_Ant%C3%B4nio_do_Monte" title="Santo Antônio do Monte">Santo Antônio do Monte</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Gon%C3%A7alo_do_Par%C3%A1" title="São Gonçalo do Pará">São Gonçalo do Pará</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Sebasti%C3%A3o_do_Oeste" title="São Sebastião do Oeste">São Sebastião do Oeste</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Formiga</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Arcos,_Minas_Gerais" title="Arcos, Minas Gerais">Arcos</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Camacho,_Minas_Gerais" title="Camacho, Minas Gerais">Camacho</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/C%C3%B3rrego_Fundo" title="Córrego Fundo">Córrego Fundo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Formiga" title="Formiga">Formiga</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itapecerica" title="Itapecerica">Itapecerica</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pains,_Minas_Gerais" title="Pains, Minas Gerais">Pains</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pedra_do_Indai%C3%A1" title="Pedra do Indaiá">Pedra do Indaiá</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pimenta,_Minas_Gerais" title="Pimenta, Minas Gerais">Pimenta</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Oliveira</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bom_Sucesso,_Minas_Gerais" title="Bom Sucesso, Minas Gerais">Bom Sucesso</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carmo_da_Mata" title="Carmo da Mata">Carmo da Mata</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carm%C3%B3polis_de_Minas" title="Carmópolis de Minas">Carmópolis de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ibituruna" title="Ibituruna">Ibituruna</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Oliveira,_Minas_Gerais" title="Oliveira, Minas Gerais">Oliveira</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Passa_Tempo" title="Passa Tempo">Passa Tempo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Piracema,_Minas_Gerais" title="Piracema, Minas Gerais">Piracema</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santo_Ant%C3%B4nio_do_Amparo" title="Santo Antônio do Amparo">Santo Antônio do Amparo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Francisco_de_Paula,_Minas_Gerais" title="São Francisco de Paula, Minas Gerais">São Francisco de Paula</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Piui</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bambu%C3%AD" title="Bambuí">Bambuí</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/C%C3%B3rrego_Danta" title="Córrego Danta">Córrego Danta</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dores%C3%B3polis" title="Doresópolis">Doresópolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Iguatama" title="Iguatama">Iguatama</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Medeiros,_Minas_Gerais" title="Medeiros, Minas Gerais">Medeiros</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Piumhi" title="Piumhi">Piumhi</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Roque_de_Minas" title="São Roque de Minas">São Roque de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tapira%C3%AD,_Minas_Gerais" title="Tapiraí, Minas Gerais">Tapiraí</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Vargem_Bonita" title="Vargem Bonita">Vargem Bonita</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Mesoregion_Sudoeste_de_Minas" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Mesoregion Sudoeste de Minas</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Alfenas</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alfenas" title="Alfenas">Alfenas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alterosa" title="Alterosa">Alterosa</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Areado" title="Areado">Areado</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carmo_do_Rio_Claro" title="Carmo do Rio Claro">Carmo do Rio Claro</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carvalh%C3%B3polis" title="Carvalhópolis">Carvalhópolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Concei%C3%A7%C3%A3o_da_Aparecida" title="Conceição da Aparecida">Conceição da Aparecida</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Divisa_Nova" title="Divisa Nova">Divisa Nova</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fama,_Minas_Gerais" title="Fama, Minas Gerais">Fama</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Machado,_Minas_Gerais" title="Machado, Minas Gerais">Machado</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Paragua%C3%A7u" title="Paraguaçu">Paraguaçu</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Po%C3%A7o_Fundo" title="Poço Fundo">Poço Fundo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Serrania" title="Serrania">Serrania</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Andrelândia</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Aiuruoca" title="Aiuruoca">Aiuruoca</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Andrel%C3%A2ndia" title="Andrelândia">Andrelândia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Arantina" title="Arantina">Arantina</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bocaina_de_Minas" title="Bocaina de Minas">Bocaina de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bom_Jardim_de_Minas" title="Bom Jardim de Minas">Bom Jardim de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carvalhos,_Minas_Gerais" title="Carvalhos, Minas Gerais">Carvalhos</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cruz%C3%ADlia" title="Cruzília">Cruzília</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Liberdade,_Minas_Gerais" title="Liberdade, Minas Gerais">Liberdade</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Minduri" title="Minduri">Minduri</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Passa-Vinte" title="Passa-Vinte">Passa-Vinte</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Vicente_de_Minas" title="São Vicente de Minas">São Vicente de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Seritinga" title="Seritinga">Seritinga</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Serranos" title="Serranos">Serranos</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Itajubá</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bras%C3%B3polis" title="Brasópolis">Brasópolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Consola%C3%A7%C3%A3o,_Minas_Gerais" title="Consolação, Minas Gerais">Consolação</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cristina,_Minas_Gerais" title="Cristina, Minas Gerais">Cristina</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Delfim_Moreira,_Minas_Gerais" title="Delfim Moreira, Minas Gerais">Delfim Moreira</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dom_Vi%C3%A7oso" title="Dom Viçoso">Dom Viçoso</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itajub%C3%A1" title="Itajubá">Itajubá</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Maria_da_F%C3%A9" title="Maria da Fé">Maria da Fé</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Marmel%C3%B3polis" title="Marmelópolis">Marmelópolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Parais%C3%B3polis" title="Paraisópolis">Paraisópolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pirangu%C3%A7u" title="Piranguçu">Piranguçu</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Piranguinho" title="Piranguinho">Piranguinho</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Virg%C3%ADnia" title="Virgínia">Virgínia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wenceslau_Braz,_Minas_Gerais" title="Wenceslau Braz, Minas Gerais">Wenceslau Braz</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Passos</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alpin%C3%B3polis" title="Alpinópolis">Alpinópolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bom_Jesus_da_Penha" title="Bom Jesus da Penha">Bom Jesus da Penha</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Capetinga" title="Capetinga">Capetinga</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Capit%C3%B3lio" title="Capitólio">Capitólio</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/C%C3%A1ssia,_Minas_Gerais" class="mw-redirect" title="Cássia, Minas Gerais">Cássia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Claraval" title="Claraval">Claraval</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Delfin%C3%B3polis" title="Delfinópolis">Delfinópolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fortaleza_de_Minas" title="Fortaleza de Minas">Fortaleza de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ibiraci" title="Ibiraci">Ibiraci</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ita%C3%BA_de_Minas" title="Itaú de Minas">Itaú de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Passos,_Minas_Gerais" title="Passos, Minas Gerais">Passos</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Prat%C3%A1polis" title="Pratápolis">Pratápolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_Batista_do_Gl%C3%B3ria" title="São João Batista do Glória">São João Batista do Glória</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_da_Barra" title="São José da Barra">São José da Barra</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Poços de Caldas</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Albertina,_Minas_Gerais" title="Albertina, Minas Gerais">Albertina</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Andradas" title="Andradas">Andradas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bandeira_do_Sul" title="Bandeira do Sul">Bandeira do Sul</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Botelhos" title="Botelhos">Botelhos</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Caldas,_Minas_Gerais" title="Caldas, Minas Gerais">Caldas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Campestre,_Minas_Gerais" title="Campestre, Minas Gerais">Campestre</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ibiti%C3%BAra_de_Minas" title="Ibitiúra de Minas">Ibitiúra de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Inconfidentes" title="Inconfidentes">Inconfidentes</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jacutinga,_Minas_Gerais" title="Jacutinga, Minas Gerais">Jacutinga</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Monte_Si%C3%A3o" title="Monte Sião">Monte Sião</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ouro_Fino" title="Ouro Fino">Ouro Fino</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Po%C3%A7os_de_Caldas" title="Poços de Caldas">Poços de Caldas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_Rita_de_Caldas" title="Santa Rita de Caldas">Santa Rita de Caldas</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pouso Alegre</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bom_Repouso" title="Bom Repouso">Bom Repouso</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Borda_da_Mata" title="Borda da Mata">Borda da Mata</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bueno_Brand%C3%A3o" title="Bueno Brandão">Bueno Brandão</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Camanducaia" title="Camanducaia">Camanducaia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cambu%C3%AD" title="Cambuí">Cambuí</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Congonhal" title="Congonhal">Congonhal</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/C%C3%B3rrego_do_Bom_Jesus" title="Córrego do Bom Jesus">Córrego do Bom Jesus</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Esp%C3%ADrito_Santo_do_Dourado" title="Espírito Santo do Dourado">Espírito Santo do Dourado</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Estiva" title="Estiva">Estiva</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Extrema,_Minas_Gerais" title="Extrema, Minas Gerais">Extrema</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gon%C3%A7alves,_Minas_Gerais" title="Gonçalves, Minas Gerais">Gonçalves</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ipui%C3%BAna" title="Ipuiúna">Ipuiúna</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itapeva,_Minas_Gerais" title="Itapeva, Minas Gerais">Itapeva</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Munhoz" title="Munhoz">Munhoz</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pouso_Alegre" title="Pouso Alegre">Pouso Alegre</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sapuca%C3%AD-Mirim" title="Sapucaí-Mirim">Sapucaí-Mirim</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Senador_Amaral" title="Senador Amaral">Senador Amaral</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Senador_Jos%C3%A9_Bento" title="Senador José Bento">Senador José Bento</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tocos_do_Moji" title="Tocos do Moji">Tocos do Moji</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Toledo,_Minas_Gerais" title="Toledo, Minas Gerais">Toledo</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Santa Rita do Sapucaí</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cachoeira_de_Minas" title="Cachoeira de Minas">Cachoeira de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carea%C3%A7u" title="Careaçu">Careaçu</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Concei%C3%A7%C3%A3o_das_Pedras" title="Conceição das Pedras">Conceição das Pedras</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Concei%C3%A7%C3%A3o_dos_Ouros" title="Conceição dos Ouros">Conceição dos Ouros</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cordisl%C3%A2ndia" title="Cordislândia">Cordislândia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Heliodora,_Minas_Gerais" title="Heliodora, Minas Gerais">Heliodora</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nat%C3%A9rcia" title="Natércia">Natércia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pedralva,_Minas_Gerais" title="Pedralva, Minas Gerais">Pedralva</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_Rita_do_Sapuca%C3%AD" title="Santa Rita do Sapucaí">Santa Rita do Sapucaí</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Gon%C3%A7alo_do_Sapuca%C3%AD" title="São Gonçalo do Sapucaí">São Gonçalo do Sapucaí</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_da_Mata" title="São João da Mata">São João da Mata</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_do_Alegre" title="São José do Alegre">São José do Alegre</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Sebasti%C3%A3o_da_Bela_Vista" title="São Sebastião da Bela Vista">São Sebastião da Bela Vista</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Silvian%C3%B3polis" title="Silvianópolis">Silvianópolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turvol%C3%A2ndia" title="Turvolândia">Turvolândia</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">São Lourenco</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alagoa,_Minas_Gerais" title="Alagoa, Minas Gerais">Alagoa</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Baependi" title="Baependi">Baependi</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cambuquira" title="Cambuquira">Cambuquira</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carmo_de_Minas" title="Carmo de Minas">Carmo de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Caxambu" title="Caxambu">Caxambu</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Concei%C3%A7%C3%A3o_do_Rio_Verde" title="Conceição do Rio Verde">Conceição do Rio Verde</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itamonte" title="Itamonte">Itamonte</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itanhandu" title="Itanhandu">Itanhandu</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jesu%C3%A2nia" title="Jesuânia">Jesuânia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lambari,_Minas_Gerais" title="Lambari, Minas Gerais">Lambari</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ol%C3%ADmpio_Noronha" title="Olímpio Noronha">Olímpio Noronha</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Passa_Quatro" title="Passa Quatro">Passa Quatro</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pouso_Alto" title="Pouso Alto">Pouso Alto</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Louren%C3%A7o,_Minas_Gerais" title="São Lourenço, Minas Gerais">São Lourenço</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Sebasti%C3%A3o_do_Rio_Verde" title="São Sebastião do Rio Verde">São Sebastião do Rio Verde</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Soledade_de_Minas" title="Soledade de Minas">Soledade de Minas</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">São Sebastiao do Paraíso</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Arceburgo" title="Arceburgo">Arceburgo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cabo_Verde,_Minas_Gerais" title="Cabo Verde, Minas Gerais">Cabo Verde</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Guaranesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Guaranesia">Guaranesia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Guaxup%C3%A9" title="Guaxupé">Guaxupé</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itamogi" title="Itamogi">Itamogi</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jacu%C3%AD" title="Jacuí">Jacuí</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Juruaia" title="Juruaia">Juruaia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Monte_Belo" title="Monte Belo">Monte Belo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Monte_Santo_de_Minas" title="Monte Santo de Minas">Monte Santo de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Muzambinho" title="Muzambinho">Muzambinho</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nova_Resende" title="Nova Resende">Nova Resende</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Pedro_da_Uni%C3%A3o" title="São Pedro da União">São Pedro da União</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Sebasti%C3%A3o_do_Para%C3%ADso" title="São Sebastião do Paraíso">São Sebastião do Paraíso</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A1s_de_Aquino" title="São Tomás de Aquino">São Tomás de Aquino</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Varginha</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Boa_Esperan%C3%A7a,_Minas_Gerais" title="Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais">Boa Esperança</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Campanha" title="Campanha">Campanha</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Campo_do_Meio" title="Campo do Meio">Campo do Meio</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Campos_Gerais" title="Campos Gerais">Campos Gerais</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carmo_da_Cachoeira" title="Carmo da Cachoeira">Carmo da Cachoeira</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coqueiral" title="Coqueiral">Coqueiral</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/El%C3%B3i_Mendes" title="Elói Mendes">Elói Mendes</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Guap%C3%A9" title="Guapé">Guapé</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ilic%C3%ADnea" title="Ilicínea">Ilicínea</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Monsenhor_Paulo" title="Monsenhor Paulo">Monsenhor Paulo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santana_da_Vargem" title="Santana da Vargem">Santana da Vargem</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Bento_Abade" title="São Bento Abade">São Bento Abade</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Thom%C3%A9_das_Letras" title="São Thomé das Letras">São Thomé das Letras</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tr%C3%AAs_Cora%C3%A7%C3%B5es" title="Três Corações">Três Corações</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tr%C3%AAs_Pontas" title="Três Pontas">Três Pontas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Varginha" title="Varginha">Varginha</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Mesoregion_Triângulo_Mineiro/Alto_Paranaiba" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Mesoregion Triângulo Mineiro/Alto Paranaiba</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Araxá</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Arax%C3%A1" title="Araxá">Araxá</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Campos_Altos" title="Campos Altos">Campos Altos</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ibi%C3%A1" title="Ibiá">Ibiá</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nova_Ponte" title="Nova Ponte">Nova Ponte</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pedrin%C3%B3polis" title="Pedrinópolis">Pedrinópolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Perdizes,_Minas_Gerais" title="Perdizes, Minas Gerais">Perdizes</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pratinha" title="Pratinha">Pratinha</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sacramento,_Minas_Gerais" title="Sacramento, Minas Gerais">Sacramento</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_Juliana" title="Santa Juliana">Santa Juliana</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tapira,_Minas_Gerais" title="Tapira, Minas Gerais">Tapira</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Frutal</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Campina_Verde" title="Campina Verde">Campina Verde</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carneirinho" title="Carneirinho">Carneirinho</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Comendador_Gomes" title="Comendador Gomes">Comendador Gomes</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fronteira,_Minas_Gerais" title="Fronteira, Minas Gerais">Fronteira</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Frutal" title="Frutal">Frutal</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itapagipe" title="Itapagipe">Itapagipe</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Iturama" title="Iturama">Iturama</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Limeira_do_Oeste" title="Limeira do Oeste">Limeira do Oeste</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pirajuba" title="Pirajuba">Pirajuba</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Planura" title="Planura">Planura</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Francisco_de_Sales" title="São Francisco de Sales">São Francisco de Sales</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Uni%C3%A3o_de_Minas" title="União de Minas">União de Minas</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ituiutaba</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cachoeira_Dourada,_Minas_Gerais" title="Cachoeira Dourada, Minas Gerais">Cachoeira Dourada</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Capin%C3%B3polis" title="Capinópolis">Capinópolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gurinhat%C3%A3" title="Gurinhatã">Gurinhatã</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ipia%C3%A7u" title="Ipiaçu">Ipiaçu</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ituiutaba" title="Ituiutaba">Ituiutaba</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_Vit%C3%B3ria,_Minas_Gerais" title="Santa Vitória, Minas Gerais">Santa Vitória</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Patos de Minas</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Arapu%C3%A1" title="Arapuá">Arapuá</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carmo_do_Parana%C3%ADba" title="Carmo do Paranaíba">Carmo do Paranaíba</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Guimar%C3%A2nia" title="Guimarânia">Guimarânia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lagoa_Formosa" title="Lagoa Formosa">Lagoa Formosa</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Matutina" title="Matutina">Matutina</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Patos_de_Minas" title="Patos de Minas">Patos de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rio_Parana%C3%ADba" title="Rio Paranaíba">Rio Paranaíba</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_Rosa_da_Serra" title="Santa Rosa da Serra">Santa Rosa da Serra</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Gotardo" title="São Gotardo">São Gotardo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tiros" title="Tiros">Tiros</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Patrocínio</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Abadia_dos_Dourados" title="Abadia dos Dourados">Abadia dos Dourados</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coromandel,_Minas_Gerais" title="Coromandel, Minas Gerais">Coromandel</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cruzeiro_da_Fortaleza" title="Cruzeiro da Fortaleza">Cruzeiro da Fortaleza</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Douradoquara" title="Douradoquara">Douradoquara</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Estrela_do_Sul" title="Estrela do Sul">Estrela do Sul</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Grupiara" title="Grupiara">Grupiara</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ira%C3%AD_de_Minas" title="Iraí de Minas">Iraí de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Monte_Carmelo" title="Monte Carmelo">Monte Carmelo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Patroc%C3%ADnio" title="Patrocínio">Patrocínio</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Romaria" title="Romaria">Romaria</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Serra_do_Salitre" title="Serra do Salitre">Serra do Salitre</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Uberaba</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/%C3%81gua_Comprida" title="Água Comprida">Água Comprida</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Campo_Florido" title="Campo Florido">Campo Florido</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Concei%C3%A7%C3%A3o_das_Alagoas" title="Conceição das Alagoas">Conceição das Alagoas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Conquista,_Minas_Gerais" title="Conquista, Minas Gerais">Conquista</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Delta,_Minas_Gerais" title="Delta, Minas Gerais">Delta</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Uberaba" title="Uberaba">Uberaba</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ver%C3%ADssimo" title="Veríssimo">Veríssimo</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Uberlândia</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Araguari" title="Araguari">Araguari</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Arapor%C3%A3" title="Araporã">Araporã</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Can%C3%A1polis" title="Canápolis">Canápolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cascalho_Rico" title="Cascalho Rico">Cascalho Rico</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Centralina,_Minas_Gerais" title="Centralina, Minas Gerais">Centralina</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Indian%C3%B3polis" title="Indianópolis">Indianópolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Monte_Alegre_de_Minas" title="Monte Alegre de Minas">Monte Alegre de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Prata,_Minas_Gerais" title="Prata, Minas Gerais">Prata</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tupaciguara" title="Tupaciguara">Tupaciguara</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Uberl%C3%A2ndia" title="Uberlândia">Uberlândia</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Mesoregion_Vale_do_Mucuri" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Mesoregion Vale do Mucuri</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Nanuque</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/%C3%81guas_Formosas" title="Águas Formosas">Águas Formosas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bert%C3%B3polis" title="Bertópolis">Bertópolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carlos_Chagas,_Minas_Gerais" title="Carlos Chagas, Minas Gerais">Carlos Chagas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cris%C3%B3lita" title="Crisólita">Crisólita</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fronteira_dos_Vales" title="Fronteira dos Vales">Fronteira dos Vales</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Machacalis" title="Machacalis">Machacalis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nanuque" title="Nanuque">Nanuque</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_Helena_de_Minas" title="Santa Helena de Minas">Santa Helena de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Serra_dos_Aimor%C3%A9s" title="Serra dos Aimorés">Serra dos Aimorés</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Umburatiba" title="Umburatiba">Umburatiba</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Teófilo Otoni</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Atal%C3%A9ia" title="Ataléia">Ataléia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Catuji" title="Catuji">Catuji</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Francisc%C3%B3polis" title="Franciscópolis">Franciscópolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Frei_Gaspar" title="Frei Gaspar">Frei Gaspar</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itaip%C3%A9" title="Itaipé">Itaipé</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ladainha,_Minas_Gerais" title="Ladainha, Minas Gerais">Ladainha</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Malacacheta" title="Malacacheta">Malacacheta</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Novo_Oriente_de_Minas" title="Novo Oriente de Minas">Novo Oriente de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ouro_Verde_de_Minas" title="Ouro Verde de Minas">Ouro Verde de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pav%C3%A3o,_Minas_Gerais" title="Pavão, Minas Gerais">Pavão</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pot%C3%A9" title="Poté">Poté</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Setubinha" title="Setubinha">Setubinha</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Te%C3%B3filo_Otoni" title="Teófilo Otoni">Teófilo Otoni</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Mesoregion_Zona_da_Mata" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Mesoregion Zona da Mata</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cataguases</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Al%C3%A9m_Para%C3%ADba" title="Além Paraíba">Além Paraíba</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Argirita" title="Argirita">Argirita</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cataguases" title="Cataguases">Cataguases</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dona_Eus%C3%A9bia" title="Dona Eusébia">Dona Eusébia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Estrela_Dalva" title="Estrela Dalva">Estrela Dalva</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itamarati_de_Minas" title="Itamarati de Minas">Itamarati de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Laranjal,_Minas_Gerais" title="Laranjal, Minas Gerais">Laranjal</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Leopoldina,_Minas_Gerais" title="Leopoldina, Minas Gerais">Leopoldina</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Palma,_Minas_Gerais" title="Palma, Minas Gerais">Palma</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pirapetinga" title="Pirapetinga">Pirapetinga</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Recreio" title="Recreio">Recreio</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santana_de_Cataguases" title="Santana de Cataguases">Santana de Cataguases</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santo_Ant%C3%B4nio_do_Aventureiro" title="Santo Antônio do Aventureiro">Santo Antônio do Aventureiro</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Volta_Grande" title="Volta Grande">Volta Grande</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Juiz de Fora</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Aracitaba" title="Aracitaba">Aracitaba</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Belmiro_Braga" title="Belmiro Braga">Belmiro Braga</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bias_Fortes" title="Bias Fortes">Bias Fortes</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bicas" title="Bicas">Bicas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ch%C3%A1cara,_Minas_Gerais" title="Chácara, Minas Gerais">Chácara</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chiador" title="Chiador">Chiador</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coronel_Pacheco" title="Coronel Pacheco">Coronel Pacheco</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Descoberto" title="Descoberto">Descoberto</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ewbank_da_C%C3%A2mara" title="Ewbank da Câmara">Ewbank da Câmara</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Goian%C3%A1" title="Goianá">Goianá</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Guarar%C3%A1" title="Guarará">Guarará</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Juiz_de_Fora" title="Juiz de Fora">Juiz de Fora</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lima_Duarte,_Minas_Gerais" title="Lima Duarte, Minas Gerais">Lima Duarte</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mar_de_Espanha" title="Mar de Espanha">Mar de Espanha</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Marip%C3%A1_de_Minas" title="Maripá de Minas">Maripá de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Matias_Barbosa" title="Matias Barbosa">Matias Barbosa</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Olaria,_Minas_Gerais" title="Olaria, Minas Gerais">Olaria</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Oliveira_Fortes" title="Oliveira Fortes">Oliveira Fortes</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Paiva,_Minas_Gerais" title="Paiva, Minas Gerais">Paiva</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pedro_Teixeira,_Minas_Gerais" title="Pedro Teixeira, Minas Gerais">Pedro Teixeira</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pequeri" title="Pequeri">Pequeri</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Piau" title="Piau">Piau</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rio_Novo,_Minas_Gerais" title="Rio Novo, Minas Gerais">Rio Novo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rio_Preto,_Minas_Gerais" title="Rio Preto, Minas Gerais">Rio Preto</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rochedo_de_Minas" title="Rochedo de Minas">Rochedo de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_B%C3%A1rbara_do_Monte_Verde" title="Santa Bárbara do Monte Verde">Santa Bárbara do Monte Verde</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_Rita_de_Ibitipoca" title="Santa Rita de Ibitipoca">Santa Rita de Ibitipoca</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_Rita_de_Jacutinga" title="Santa Rita de Jacutinga">Santa Rita de Jacutinga</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santana_do_Deserto" title="Santana do Deserto">Santana do Deserto</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santos_Dumont,_Minas_Gerais" title="Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais">Santos Dumont</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_Nepomuceno" title="São João Nepomuceno">São João Nepomuceno</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Senador_Cortes" title="Senador Cortes">Senador Cortes</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sim%C3%A3o_Pereira" title="Simão Pereira">Simão Pereira</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manhuaçu</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Abre_Campo" title="Abre Campo">Abre Campo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alto_Capara%C3%B3" title="Alto Caparaó">Alto Caparaó</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alto_Jequitib%C3%A1" title="Alto Jequitibá">Alto Jequitibá</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Capara%C3%B3" title="Caparaó">Caparaó</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Caputira" title="Caputira">Caputira</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chal%C3%A9" title="Chalé">Chalé</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Durand%C3%A9" title="Durandé">Durandé</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lajinha" title="Lajinha">Lajinha</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Luisburgo" title="Luisburgo">Luisburgo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Manhua%C3%A7u" title="Manhuaçu">Manhuaçu</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Manhumirim" title="Manhumirim">Manhumirim</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Martins_Soares" title="Martins Soares">Martins Soares</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Matip%C3%B3" title="Matipó">Matipó</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pedra_Bonita" title="Pedra Bonita">Pedra Bonita</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Reduto" title="Reduto">Reduto</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_Margarida,_Minas_Gerais" title="Santa Margarida, Minas Gerais">Santa Margarida</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santana_do_Manhua%C3%A7u" title="Santana do Manhuaçu">Santana do Manhuaçu</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_do_Manhua%C3%A7u" title="São João do Manhuaçu">São João do Manhuaçu</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_do_Mantimento" title="São José do Mantimento">São José do Mantimento</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Simon%C3%A9sia" title="Simonésia">Simonésia</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Muriaé</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio_Prado_de_Minas" title="Antônio Prado de Minas">Antônio Prado de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bar%C3%A3o_de_Monte_Alto" title="Barão de Monte Alto">Barão de Monte Alto</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Caiana" title="Caiana">Caiana</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carangola" title="Carangola">Carangola</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Divino,_Minas_Gerais" title="Divino, Minas Gerais">Divino</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Espera_Feliz" title="Espera Feliz">Espera Feliz</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Eugen%C3%B3polis" title="Eugenópolis">Eugenópolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Faria_Lemos" title="Faria Lemos">Faria Lemos</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fervedouro" title="Fervedouro">Fervedouro</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Miradouro" title="Miradouro">Miradouro</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mira%C3%AD" title="Miraí">Miraí</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Muria%C3%A9" title="Muriaé">Muriaé</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Oriz%C3%A2nia" title="Orizânia">Orizânia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Patroc%C3%ADnio_do_Muria%C3%A9" title="Patrocínio do Muriaé">Patrocínio do Muriaé</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pedra_Dourada" title="Pedra Dourada">Pedra Dourada</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ros%C3%A1rio_da_Limeira" title="Rosário da Limeira">Rosário da Limeira</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Francisco_do_Gl%C3%B3ria" title="São Francisco do Glória">São Francisco do Glória</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Sebasti%C3%A3o_da_Vargem_Alegre" title="São Sebastião da Vargem Alegre">São Sebastião da Vargem Alegre</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tombos" title="Tombos">Tombos</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Vieiras" title="Vieiras">Vieiras</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ponte Nova</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Acaiaca" title="Acaiaca">Acaiaca</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Barra_Longa" title="Barra Longa">Barra Longa</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dom_Silv%C3%A9rio" title="Dom Silvério">Dom Silvério</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Guaraciaba,_Minas_Gerais" title="Guaraciaba, Minas Gerais">Guaraciaba</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jequeri" title="Jequeri">Jequeri</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Orat%C3%B3rios" title="Oratórios">Oratórios</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Piedade_de_Ponte_Nova" title="Piedade de Ponte Nova">Piedade de Ponte Nova</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ponte_Nova" title="Ponte Nova">Ponte Nova</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Raul_Soares" title="Raul Soares">Raul Soares</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rio_Casca" title="Rio Casca">Rio Casca</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rio_Doce,_Minas_Gerais" title="Rio Doce, Minas Gerais">Rio Doce</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_Cruz_do_Escalvado" title="Santa Cruz do Escalvado">Santa Cruz do Escalvado</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santo_Ant%C3%B4nio_do_Grama" title="Santo Antônio do Grama">Santo Antônio do Grama</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Pedro_dos_Ferros" title="São Pedro dos Ferros">São Pedro dos Ferros</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sem-Peixe" title="Sem-Peixe">Sem-Peixe</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sericita" title="Sericita">Sericita</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Uruc%C3%A2nia" title="Urucânia">Urucânia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Vermelho_Novo" title="Vermelho Novo">Vermelho Novo</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ubá</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Astolfo_Dutra" title="Astolfo Dutra">Astolfo Dutra</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Divin%C3%A9sia" title="Divinésia">Divinésia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dores_do_Turvo" title="Dores do Turvo">Dores do Turvo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Guarani,_Minas_Gerais" title="Guarani, Minas Gerais">Guarani</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Guidoval" title="Guidoval">Guidoval</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Guiricema" title="Guiricema">Guiricema</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Merc%C3%AAs,_Minas_Gerais" title="Mercês, Minas Gerais">Mercês</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pira%C3%BAba" title="Piraúba">Piraúba</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rio_Pomba" title="Rio Pomba">Rio Pomba</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rodeiro,_Minas_Gerais" title="Rodeiro, Minas Gerais">Rodeiro</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Geraldo,_Minas_Gerais" title="São Geraldo, Minas Gerais">São Geraldo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Senador_Firmino" title="Senador Firmino">Senador Firmino</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Silveir%C3%A2nia" title="Silveirânia">Silveirânia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tabuleiro" title="Tabuleiro">Tabuleiro</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tocantins,_Minas_Gerais" title="Tocantins, Minas Gerais">Tocantins</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ub%C3%A1" title="Ubá">Ubá</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Visconde_do_Rio_Branco,_Minas_Gerais" title="Visconde do Rio Branco, Minas Gerais">Visconde do Rio Branco</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Viçosa</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alto_Rio_Doce" title="Alto Rio Doce">Alto Rio Doce</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Amparo_do_Serra" title="Amparo do Serra">Amparo do Serra</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Araponga" title="Araponga">Araponga</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Br%C3%A1s_Pires" title="Brás Pires">Brás Pires</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cajuri" title="Cajuri">Cajuri</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cana%C3%A3" title="Canaã">Canaã</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cipot%C3%A2nea" title="Cipotânea">Cipotânea</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coimbra,_Minas_Gerais" title="Coimbra, Minas Gerais">Coimbra</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Erv%C3%A1lia" title="Ervália">Ervália</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lamim" title="Lamim">Lamim</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Paula_C%C3%A2ndido" title="Paula Cândido">Paula Cândido</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pedra_do_Anta" title="Pedra do Anta">Pedra do Anta</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Piranga,_Minas_Gerais" title="Piranga, Minas Gerais">Piranga</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Porto_Firme" title="Porto Firme">Porto Firme</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Presidente_Bernardes,_Minas_Gerais" title="Presidente Bernardes, Minas Gerais">Presidente Bernardes</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rio_Espera" title="Rio Espera">Rio Espera</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Miguel_do_Anta" title="São Miguel do Anta">São Miguel do Anta</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Senhora_de_Oliveira" title="Senhora de Oliveira">Senhora de Oliveira</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Teixeiras" title="Teixeiras">Teixeiras</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Vi%C3%A7osa,_Minas_Gerais" title="Viçosa, Minas Gerais">Viçosa</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Mesoregion_Vale_do_Rio_Doce" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Mesoregion Vale do Rio Doce</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Aimorés</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Aimor%C3%A9s" title="Aimorés">Aimorés</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alvarenga,_Minas_Gerais" title="Alvarenga, Minas Gerais">Alvarenga</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Concei%C3%A7%C3%A3o_de_Ipanema" title="Conceição de Ipanema">Conceição de Ipanema</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Conselheiro_Pena" title="Conselheiro Pena">Conselheiro Pena</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cuparaque" title="Cuparaque">Cuparaque</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Goiabeira,_Minas_Gerais" title="Goiabeira, Minas Gerais">Goiabeira</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ipanema,_Minas_Gerais" title="Ipanema, Minas Gerais">Ipanema</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itueta" title="Itueta">Itueta</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mutum,_Minas_Gerais" title="Mutum, Minas Gerais">Mutum</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pocrane" title="Pocrane">Pocrane</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Resplendor" title="Resplendor">Resplendor</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_Rita_do_Itueto" title="Santa Rita do Itueto">Santa Rita do Itueto</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Taparuba" title="Taparuba">Taparuba</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Caratinga</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bom_Jesus_do_Galho" title="Bom Jesus do Galho">Bom Jesus do Galho</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bugre" title="Bugre">Bugre</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Caratinga" title="Caratinga">Caratinga</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/C%C3%B3rrego_Novo" title="Córrego Novo">Córrego Novo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dom_Cavati" title="Dom Cavati">Dom Cavati</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Entre_Folhas" title="Entre Folhas">Entre Folhas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Iapu" title="Iapu">Iapu</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Imb%C3%A9_de_Minas" title="Imbé de Minas">Imbé de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Inhapim" title="Inhapim">Inhapim</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ipaba" title="Ipaba">Ipaba</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Piedade_de_Caratinga" title="Piedade de Caratinga">Piedade de Caratinga</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pingo-d%27%C3%81gua" title="Pingo-d'Água">Pingo-d'Água</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_B%C3%A1rbara_do_Leste" title="Santa Bárbara do Leste">Santa Bárbara do Leste</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_Rita_de_Minas" title="Santa Rita de Minas">Santa Rita de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Domingos_das_Dores" title="São Domingos das Dores">São Domingos das Dores</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_do_Oriente" title="São João do Oriente">São João do Oriente</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Sebasti%C3%A3o_do_Anta" title="São Sebastião do Anta">São Sebastião do Anta</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tarumirim" title="Tarumirim">Tarumirim</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ubaporanga" title="Ubaporanga">Ubaporanga</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Vargem_Alegre" title="Vargem Alegre">Vargem Alegre</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Governador Valadares</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alpercata" title="Alpercata">Alpercata</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Campan%C3%A1rio,_Minas_Gerais" title="Campanário, Minas Gerais">Campanário</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Capit%C3%A3o_Andrade" title="Capitão Andrade">Capitão Andrade</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coroaci" title="Coroaci">Coroaci</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Divino_das_Laranjeiras" title="Divino das Laranjeiras">Divino das Laranjeiras</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Engenheiro_Caldas" title="Engenheiro Caldas">Engenheiro Caldas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fernandes_Tourinho" title="Fernandes Tourinho">Fernandes Tourinho</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Frei_Inoc%C3%AAncio" title="Frei Inocêncio">Frei Inocêncio</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Galil%C3%A9ia" title="Galiléia">Galiléia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Governador_Valadares" class="mw-redirect" title="Governador Valadares">Governador Valadares</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itambacuri" title="Itambacuri">Itambacuri</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itanhomi" title="Itanhomi">Itanhomi</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jampruca" title="Jampruca">Jampruca</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Marilac" title="Marilac">Marilac</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mathias_Lobato" title="Mathias Lobato">Mathias Lobato</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nacip_Raydan" title="Nacip Raydan">Nacip Raydan</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nova_M%C3%B3dica" title="Nova Módica">Nova Módica</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pescador" title="Pescador">Pescador</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Geraldo_da_Piedade" title="São Geraldo da Piedade">São Geraldo da Piedade</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Geraldo_do_Baixio" title="São Geraldo do Baixio">São Geraldo do Baixio</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_da_Safira" title="São José da Safira">São José da Safira</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_do_Divino,_Minas_Gerais" title="São José do Divino, Minas Gerais">São José do Divino</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sobr%C3%A1lia" title="Sobrália">Sobrália</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tumiritinga" title="Tumiritinga">Tumiritinga</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Virgol%C3%A2ndia" title="Virgolândia">Virgolândia</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Guanhães</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bra%C3%BAnas" title="Braúnas">Braúnas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carm%C3%A9sia" title="Carmésia">Carmésia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coluna,_Minas_Gerais" title="Coluna, Minas Gerais">Coluna</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Divinol%C3%A2ndia_de_Minas" title="Divinolândia de Minas">Divinolândia de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dores_de_Guanh%C3%A3es" title="Dores de Guanhães">Dores de Guanhães</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gonzaga,_Minas_Gerais" title="Gonzaga, Minas Gerais">Gonzaga</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Guanh%C3%A3es" title="Guanhães">Guanhães</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Materl%C3%A2ndia" title="Materlândia">Materlândia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Paulistas,_Minas_Gerais" title="Paulistas, Minas Gerais">Paulistas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sabin%C3%B3polis" title="Sabinópolis">Sabinópolis</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_Efig%C3%AAnia_de_Minas" title="Santa Efigênia de Minas">Santa Efigênia de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_Evangelista" title="São João Evangelista">São João Evangelista</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sardo%C3%A1" title="Sardoá">Sardoá</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Senhora_do_Porto" title="Senhora do Porto">Senhora do Porto</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Virgin%C3%B3polis" title="Virginópolis">Virginópolis</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ipatinga</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/A%C3%A7ucena" title="Açucena">Açucena</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio_Dias" title="Antônio Dias">Antônio Dias</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Belo_Oriente" title="Belo Oriente">Belo Oriente</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coronel_Fabriciano" title="Coronel Fabriciano">Coronel Fabriciano</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ipatinga" title="Ipatinga">Ipatinga</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jaguara%C3%A7u" title="Jaguaraçu">Jaguaraçu</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Joan%C3%A9sia" title="Joanésia">Joanésia</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Marli%C3%A9ria" title="Marliéria">Marliéria</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mesquita,_Minas_Gerais" title="Mesquita, Minas Gerais">Mesquita</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Naque" title="Naque">Naque</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Periquito" title="Periquito">Periquito</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santana_do_Para%C3%ADso" title="Santana do Paraíso">Santana do Paraíso</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tim%C3%B3teo" title="Timóteo">Timóteo</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mantena</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Central_de_Minas" title="Central de Minas">Central de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Itabirinha" title="Itabirinha">Itabirinha</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mantena,_Minas_Gerais" title="Mantena, Minas Gerais">Mantena</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mendes_Pimentel" title="Mendes Pimentel">Mendes Pimentel</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nova_Bel%C3%A9m" title="Nova Belém">Nova Belém</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_F%C3%A9lix_de_Minas" title="São Félix de Minas">São Félix de Minas</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_do_Manteninha" title="São João do Manteninha">São João do Manteninha</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Peçanha</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"><div style="padding:0em 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/%C3%81gua_Boa,_Minas_Gerais" title="Água Boa, Minas Gerais">Água Boa</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cantagalo,_Minas_Gerais" title="Cantagalo, Minas Gerais">Cantagalo</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Frei_Lagonegro" title="Frei Lagonegro">Frei Lagonegro</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Raydan" title="José Raydan">José Raydan</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pe%C3%A7anha" title="Peçanha">Peçanha</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Santa_Maria_do_Sua%C3%A7u%C3%AD" title="Santa Maria do Suaçuí">Santa Maria do Suaçuí</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_do_Jacuri" title="São José do Jacuri">São José do Jacuri</a></li>
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