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Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...

, Brazil, is the name usually used to describe the Belo Horizonte metropolitan region, which is composed of 34 municipalities. As of 2013, it is the third largest metropolitan area of Brazil with more than Six million inhabitants; the largest city by population is

Cities

In total, 34 municipalities are part of the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan area:

Baldim Baldim is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. Its population is estimated to be 7,803, in a total area of . The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Sete Lagoas. ...

, Betim,

Brumadinho Brumadinho () is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the Belo Horizonte metropolitan mesoregion and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. Brumadinho is at an altitude of 880 m. In 2020 the population wa ...

Caeté Caeté is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. The name ''Caeté'' is derived from the local term for some Mar ...

Capim Branco Capim Branco is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast Re ...

Confins Confins is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 is estimated to be 6,800 people. The area of the municipality is 42.008 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizon ...

, Contagem, Esmeraldas,

Florestal Florestal is a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. See also * List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in ...

Ibirité Ibirité is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. Its population in 2020 was 182,153. History Ibirité was bor ...

, Igarapé,

Itaguara Itaguara is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2020 was 13,435. Toponym ''Itaguara'' is a coinage from Tupi–Guarani, meaning "wolf rock", by combining ''itá'' (rock) and ''guará'' (Wolf). See also * ...

Itatiaiuçu Itatiaiuçu is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. Nestled amidst the Ridge Mountains, on the slopes of the Sierra Itatiaiuçu in Metal Zone, the municipality with 267 square kilometers, whose main econo ...

Jaboticatubas Jaboticatubas is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast R ...

, Nova União,

Juatuba Juatuba is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. In 2020 the estimated population was 27,392. See also * List ...

, Lagoa Santa,

Mário Campos Mário Campos is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. As of 2010, the population was 13,192. See also * List ...

Mateus Leme Mateus Leme is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. As of 2020, the estimated population was 31,364. See also ...

Matozinhos Matozinhos is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast Reg ...

Nova Lima Nova Lima is a municipality of about 87,000 people, whose downtown is located about 20 kilometers south of Belo Horizonte, the capital of the south-eastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Mining is one of the main economical activities of the ...

, Pedro Leopoldo,

Raposos Raposos is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. Geography The municipality contains the Raposos gold mines open ...

Ribeirão das Neves Ribeirão das Neves ('' en, Snow's Creek'') is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. Most residents commute to Be ...

Rio Acima Rio Acima is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. As of 2020, the estimated population was 10,420. The munici ...

Rio Manso Rio Manso is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast Regio ...

, Sabará, Santa Luzia,

São Joaquim de Bicas São Joaquim de Bicas is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. As of 2020, the estimated population was 32,148. ...

São José da Lapa São José da Lapa is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. As of 2020, the estimated population was 24,135. Se ...

, Sarzedo,

Taquaraçu de Minas Taquaraçu de Minas is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Itabira. As of 2020, the estimated population was 4,099. See als ...

Vespasiano Vespasiano is a municipality in the Belo Horizonte metropolitan region in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, located north of Belo Horizonte. Vespasiano is home to Cidade do Galo, the training grounds of Campeonato Brasileiro Série A t ...

Metropolitan Belt

The metropolitan belt ( pt, Colar Metropolitano) of the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area is composed of 16 municipalities:

Barão de Cocais Barão de Cocais is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. Its population is estimated to be 32,866 people living in an altitude between 682 and 1425 meters. The area of the municipality is . The city belongs to the mesore ...

Belo Vale Belo Vale is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 mi ...

Bom Jesus do Amparo Bom Jesus do Amparo is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. The city is part of the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and the microregion of Itabira. As of 2020, the estimated population was 6,133. See also * List of mu ...

, Bonfim,

Fortuna de Minas Fortuna de Minas is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeas ...

Funilândia Funilândia is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast Reg ...

, Inhaúma,

Itabirito Itabirito is a municipality in the Minas Gerais state of Brazil. Its population is estimated to have 52,446 people in 2020. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitan of Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Ouro Preto. The municipality co ...

, Itaúna,

Moeda Moeda is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast Region of ...

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Prudente de Morais Prudente José de Morais e Barros (; 4 October 1841 – 3 December 1902) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who was the third president of Brazil. He is notable as the first civilian president of the country, the first to be elected by direc ...

, Santa Bárbara,

São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Itabira. As of 2020, the estimated population was 11,019. ...

São José da Varginha São José da Varginha is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), located in the So ...

and Sete Lagoas.

References

{{reflist Metropolitan areas of Brazil Geography of Belo Horizonte