Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte | |
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| Coordinates: 19°55′41″S 43°56′31″W / 19.92806°S 43.94194°W | |
| Country | |
| State | Minas Gerais |
Belo Horizonte is a Brazilian city, capital of the state of Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte is a Brazilian city in the state of Minas Gerais, with a population of approximately 2.415 million peoples and an area of 331.354 km², or approximately 205.89 square miles. [1] It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country.[2]
Colleges and Universities
- Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG);
- Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais (UEMG);
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC-MG);
- Universidade José do Rosário Vellano (UNIFENAS);
- Centro Universitário Newton Paiva;
- Universidade Salgado de Oliveira (UNIVERSO);
- SKEMA Business School
Culture and Architecture
- (in Portuguese) ARQBH
Sister Cities
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Porto, Portugal (1986)
Milan, Italy
Havana, Cuba
Bethlehem, Palestine
Boston, Massachusetts, United States (2007)
Fort Lauderdale, United States (2003)
Newark, New Jersey, United States (2006)
Masaya, Nicaragua (2002)
Granada, Spain (1975)
Minsk, Belarus (1987)
Luanda, Angola (1968)
Tegucigalpa, Honduras (2004)
Zahle, Lebanon (1974)
Homs, Syria (2001)
Tripoli, Libya (2003)
Cuenca, Ecuador (2004)
Córdoba, Argentina (2007)
São Paulo, Brazil
Lisbon, Portugal (2007)
Wuxi, China (1996)
References
- ↑ "Belo Horizonte (MG) | Cidades e Estados | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2025-11-11.
- ↑ "Belo Horizonte, capital city of the State of Minas Gerais". www.v-brazil.com. Retrieved 2024-07-14.




