Cities

Belo Horizonte

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Belo Horizonte." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/belo-horizonte.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Belo Horizonte. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/belo-horizonte

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-belo-horizonte,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Belo Horizonte},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/belo-horizonte},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Belo Horizonte is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.4 million, and the third-largest metropolitan area, with a population of 6 million.

Facts

Population

2,415,872 1

Area (sq km)

331.354 1

Founding Year

1897 1

Population Estimate Year

2025 1

Elevation (m)

852 1

Latitude

19.917 degrees south 1

Longitude

43.933 degrees west 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Brazil

Source Belo Horizonte (Wikipedia)

On Continent

South America

Sources

1. Belo Horizonte (Wikipedia)

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Belo Horizonte is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.4 million, and the third largest metropolitan area, containing a population of 6 million.

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