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Belo Horizonte [5] is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.3 million, and the third largest metropolitan area, with a population of 6 million. [6] It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropolis is anchor to the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area, ranked as the third ...
- Sixth-Largest City
Most populous cities in Brazil São Paulo Rio de Janeiro...
- Greater Belo Horizonte
UTC-3 ( BRT) Greater Belo Horizonte, Brazil, is the name...
- Sixth-Largest City
The first of Brazil’s planned cities, Belo Horizonte occupies a wide plateau encircled by the Curral del Rey Mountains, a hilly ridge forming the “beautiful horizon” for which the city was named. Belo Horizonte lies on the eastern edge of the sertão, or dry interior, of Brazil. The site was chosen in the late 19th century after the city ...
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Minas is the main producer of milk in Brazil, with the highest number of milked cows, responsible for 26.6% of production and 20.0% of total milking animals. The municipality of Patos de Minas was the second largest producer in 2017, with 191.3 million liters of milk. In 2015, the state produced 9.1 billion liters of milk.
- 586,528.29 km² (226,459.84 sq mi)
- Brazil
The team competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first level of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Mineiro, the top tier state league of Minas Gerais. Clube Atlético Mineiro, the oldest active football club in Minas Gerais, was founded on 25 March 1908 by twenty-two students from Belo Horizonte.
- 25 March 1908; 115 years ago (as Athletico Mineiro Foot-Ball Club)
- Galo (Rooster)
- Clube Atlético Mineiro
- Atlético, CAM
Coordinates: 19°55′41″S 43°56′31″W. / 19.92806°S 43.94194°W / -19.92806; -43.94194. Country. Brazil. State. Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte is a Brazilian city, capital of the state of Minas Gerais. About 2.4 million people live in the city. It has an area of 330.9 km².
Belo Horizonte is located at 852 meters (2,795 feet) in altitude and therefore temperatures rarely reach extremes of cold or heat. Maximum temperatures typically reach 29°C (84 °F) in summer and 25°C in winter (77 °F), and the average low in winter is 15 °C (59°F). The rainy season is in the hottest months, between October and March.
