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Minas Gerais

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Minas Gerais is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, the fourth largest state by area and the second largest by population. Its 2025 population was 21,393,441 across an area of 586,528.29 square kilometers, and its capital is Belo Horizonte. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Capital
Belo Horizonte 1
Population
21,393,441 1
2025 figure from Minas Gerais's own Wikipedia infobox.
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Area (sq km)
586,528.29 1
Admission Year
1889 1
Latitude
19.78222 degrees south 1
Longitude
43.95139 degrees west 1
Minas Gerais
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Belo Horizonte

Minas Gerais
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Belo Horizonte, Cities

belo-horizonte is associated with minas-gerais.

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Brazil, Countries

Minas Gerais is a state of Brazil.

Source Minas Gerais (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Belo Horizonte, Cities

belo-horizonte is the capital of minas-gerais.

Source Belo Horizonte (Wikipedia)
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Sebastião Salgado

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Found There

Cerrado languages

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Goyaz Jê languages

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Blunt-leaved Bog-moss

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Hatiora salicornoides

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Magellanic Bogmoss

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Resurrection Fern

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Silvermoss

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Sphagnum magellanicum

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Sphagnum Palustre

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Water Fern

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Water Sprite

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Sources
1. Minas Gerais (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    Minas Gerais (English: , MIN-əs zhə-RYS; Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈminɐz ʒeˈɾajs] ; lit. 'General Mines') is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 census.
  • Infobox, capital
    Capital Belo Horizonte
  • Infobox, population
    21,393,441 (2025)
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    586528.29
  • Infobox, coordinates
    19.78222 S 43.95139 W
  • History section
    In 1889, the Republic was proclaimed in Brazil and Minas Gerais became a State of the Federation.
  • Part Of: Brazil, Lead paragraph
    'General Mines') is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil,
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Wikidata: Minas Gerais
Wikidata Q39109, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source

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