States or Territories

Minas Gerais

State

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Minas Gerais." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/minas-gerais.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Minas Gerais. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/minas-gerais

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-minas-gerais,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Minas Gerais},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/minas-gerais},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

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.

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

Latitude

19.78222 degrees south 1

Longitude

43.95139 degrees west 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Belo Horizonte

belo-horizonte is associated with minas-gerais.

Source Belo Horizonte (Wikipedia)

Brazil

Minas Gerais is a state of Brazil.

Source Minas Gerais (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Belo Horizonte

belo-horizonte is the capital of minas-gerais.

Source Belo Horizonte (Wikipedia)

On Continent

South America

Minas Gerais is on continent.

Source Minas Gerais (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Minas Gerais (Wikipedia)

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Minas Gerais 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.

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