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Belo Horizonte

South America

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. 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
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
Elevation Band
Highland 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC-03:00 5
Connections

Associated With

Brazil, Countries
Source Belo Horizonte (Wikipedia)
Minas Gerais, States or Territories

belo-horizonte is associated with minas-gerais.

Source Belo Horizonte (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Minas Gerais, States or Territories

belo-horizonte is the capital of minas-gerais.

Source Belo Horizonte (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Site Of

Aperam South America

Also in Business Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Aperam South Americatier 2
Localiza

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Source Wikipedia: Localizatier 2
Sources
1. Belo Horizonte (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Belo Horizonte is the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil's second-most populous state.
  • Infobox: population_total
    2,415,872
  • Infobox: population_as_of
    2025
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    331.354
  • Infobox, Elevation
    852 m
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    -19.917
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    -43.933
  • Infobox, Founded
    1897
  • Associated With: Brazil, Infobox, Country
    Brazil
  • In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at -19.917,-43.933
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": 844.0
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3. Overpass API (OpenStreetMap): OpenStreetMap coastline within 10 km of Belo Horizonte (-19.917, -43.933)
Overpass API (OpenStreetMap)Count of ways tagged natural=coastline within 10 km of the city coordinates
Quote, Count of ways tagged natural=coastline within 10 km of the city coordinates
"ways": "0"
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -19.75, -43.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -19.75, -43.75
-19.75 -43.75 Cwa
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5. GeoNames: Belo Horizonte - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3470127
Quote, cities500 record 3470127
-19.92083 -43.93778 P PPLA BR 15 3106200 2721564 888 872 America/Sao_Paulo
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Wikidata: Belo Horizonte
Wikidata Q42800, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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