Pôr do sol no Parque Ipanema, Ipatinga MG

Ipatinga is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in eastern

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

state, Brazil. The city was founded on 29 April 1964 and covers a total area of . Its population is 267,333 as of 2021. It is part of the

Vale do Aço A vale is a type of valley. Vale may also refer to: Places Georgia * Vale, Georgia, a town in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region Norway * Våle, a historic municipality Portugal * Vale (Santa Maria da Feira), a former civil parish in the municipal ...

(Steel Valley) metropolitan area (population 430,700). Ipatinga is at the site where the

Piracicaba River The Piracicaba River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Tietê River, which it joins in the reservoir created by Barra Bonita Dam. There is also another Piracicaba river in the state of Minas Gerais, n ...

flows into the Doce River. Located 217 km far from the state capital of Belo Horizonte, it is served by highway and railroad connections (Vitória-Minas Railway). There is also a medium-sized airport,

Vale do Aço Regional Airport Vale do Aço Regional Airport , formerly known as Usiminas Airport, is the airport serving Ipatinga, Brazil, located in the adjoining municipality of Santana do Paraíso. It is managed by contract by Infraero. History Formerly owned and managed ...

in the area of the neighboring city

Santana do Paraíso Santana do Paraíso is a Brazilian municipality situated in the state of Minas Gerais which was founded in 1992. It forms part of the Vale do Aço metropolitan area. Its estimated population in 2020 was of 35,369 inhabitants. Before its foundatio ...

, that serves the Steel Valley and can receive small and medium-sized planes, including jets like the Boeing 737 and the Fokker 100.

Geography

According to the modern (2017) geographic classification by Brazil's National Institute of Geography and Statistics (

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), the city is the main municipality in the

Intermediate Geographic Region of Ipatinga The Intermediate Geographic Region of Ipatinga (code 3105) is one of the 13 intermediate geographic regions in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and one of the 134 of Brazil, created by the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE ...

Industry

It is the most important city of the Vale do Aço metropolitan area and it is the headquarters of one of the largest steel making complexes in Brazil, Usina Siderúrgica de Minas Gerais –

Usiminas Usiminas is one of the largest producers of steel in the Americas, with major steel mills in Brazil with a total capacity of 9.5 million metric tons of steel per year. The company accounts for 28% of total steel output in Brazil. Usiminas has a ...

Environment

Despite the steel complex's presence, Ipatinga has 127 m² of green area per inhabitant, one of the highest averages in the country. Ipanema park, Ipatinga's main park, has about one million square meters of green space with 12 thousand trees planted, one of the largest in the country.

Sports

Ipatinga Futebol Clube Ipatinga Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football club based in Ipatinga, state of Minas Gerais, founded on 21 May 1998. During the 2013 season, the club played in Betim, shortly after returned to Ipatinga in 2015. On May 22, 2022, the club was a ...

, the city's main football club won the state championship in 2005 and reached the

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semi-finals in 2006. In 2007, it placed 2nd on the National Championship's Série B, climbing to the first division. Ipatinga Futebol Clube holds its home at

Estádio Municipal João Lamego Netto Estádio Municipal João Lamego Netto, usually known as Lamegão or Ipatingão, is a multi-purpose stadium in Ipatinga, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches. Ideal futebol Clube usually play their home match ...

popularly known as Ipatingão. The stadium was founded on 23 November 1981, and it is considered the fourth largest soccer stadium of the state of Minas Gerais. In 2013 this team changed Ipatinga to Betim.

Statistics

*Climate: Tropical wet and dry (or savanna) climate (Köppen-Geiger climate classification: Aw) *Average annual temperature: 23 °C *Latitude South 19°28'46" *Longitude West: 42°31'18" Distances from major cities: *Belo Horizonte: 217 km *Rio de Janeiro: 661 km *São Paulo: 808 km *Campinas: 830 km *Vitória: 401 km *Brasília: 935 km *Salvador: 1140 km

Sister cities

Ipatinga currently has two

sister cities A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of inter ...

:Pouso & Prosa: CIDADES-IRMÃS
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, Japan since July 24, 1978 * - Marlborough, Massachusetts,

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since 2009

Notable people

* Christian Carvalho (born 1980), Brazilian footballer

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Municipalities in Minas Gerais