Nova Lima is a municipality in the south-eastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, whose downtown lies about 20 kilometers south of the state capital Belo Horizonte. Mining is one of its main economic activities, including the extraction of iron ore and gold, and its most famous mine is Morro Velho, a gold mine about 2,700 meters deep. The census of 1 August 2022 counted 111,697 inhabitants in the municipality, up from 80,998 in 2010 and 64,387 in 2000, which is growth of about 73 percent in two decades, and 111,170 of the 2022 total lived in the urban place of Nova Lima.
Facts
Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Brazil: Minas Gerais municipalities
citypopulation.deMunicipalities table, 2022 censusQuote, Municipalities table, 2022 census
Nova Lima Municipality 64,387 80,998 111,697
2. GeoNames: GeoNames place record for Nova Lima
GeoNamesCoordinates
Coordinates -19.98556, -43.84667
Elevation (band: lowland under 500 m, highland from 500 m)
Elevation ca. 744 m
Timezone
Timezone America/Sao_Paulo
View the Source 3. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Grid cell -19.75 N/S -43.75 E/W containing the GeoNames city coordinatesQuote, Grid cell -19.75 N/S -43.75 E/W containing the GeoNames city coordinates
-19.75 -43.75 Cwa
Nova Lima, Minas Gerais (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Brazil, Lead, location
Nova Lima is a municipality of about 121,000 people, whose downtown is located about 20 kilometers south of Belo Horizonte, the capital of the south-eastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.
On Continent: South America, Lead, location in Brazil
Nova Lima is a municipality of about 121,000 people, whose downtown is located about 20 kilometers south of Belo Horizonte, the capital of the south-eastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.
In Group: Cities of South America (World), Lead, location in Brazil, placement
Nova Lima is a municipality of about 121,000 people, whose downtown is located about 20 kilometers south of Belo Horizonte, the capital of the south-eastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.
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