Belo Horizonte
City skyline, with Serra do Curral as background
Flag Seal
Nickname: BH, The city garden.
Motto: There is no place better than BH.
Location of Belo Horizonte
Coordinates: 19°55′8.88″S 43°56′19.2″W / -19.9191333, -43.938667
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	Minas Gerais
Founded	1901
Incorporated (as city)	December 12, 1897
Government
- Mayor	Fernando da Mata Pimentel (PT)
Area
- City	330.9 km² (127.7 sq mi)
- Metro	9,459.1 km² (3,652 sq mi)
Elevation	852.19 m (2,796 ft)
Population (2007)[1]
- City	2,458,525
- Density	6,764.96/km² (17,521/sq mi)
- Metro	5,397,945
Time zone	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
- Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (UTC-2)
HDI (2007)	0.839 – high
Website: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais

Belo Horizonte (Portuguese for "beautiful horizon", (IPA: [bɛloɾiˈzõtʃi]^[2] ) is the capital of Minas Gerais state, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country. Belo Horizonte or "Beagá" as it is more familiarly known from the sound of its initials BH in Portuguese; has a population of almost 2.4 million and over 5.3 million in the official Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte. // A nickname is a name of an entity or thing that is not its proper name. ... For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Brazil is currently divided in five regions, by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE). ... The Southeast Region of Brazil is composed by the states of Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. ... Brazil is divided into twenty-six estados (states; singular estado) and one district, the Distrito Federal (Federal District) which contains the capital city, Brasília. ... Capital (and largest city) Belo Horizonte Demonym Mineiro Government  -  Governor Aécio Neves  -  Vice Governor Antônio Augusto Junho Anastasia Area  -  Total 588,528. ... A Municipal Corporation is a legal defintion for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, and towns. ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Fernando da Mata Pimentel is Mayor of Belo Horizonte in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. ... The Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores, PT) is a left-wing political party in Brazil. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Although DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... This page talks about Human Development Index, for other HDIs see HDI (disambiguation) World map indicating Human Development Index (2007). ... Capital (and largest city) Belo Horizonte Demonym Mineiro Government  -  Governor Aécio Neves  -  Vice Governor Antônio Augusto Junho Anastasia Area  -  Total 588,528. ... For other uses, see Country (disambiguation). ...

The first settlements in the region occurred in the early 1700s, but the city as it is known today was planned and constructed in the 1890s, in order to replace Ouro Preto as the capital of Minas Gerais. It is nowadays well known for the contrast between contemporary and classical buildings, being in fact the location of many modern Brazilian architectural icons, most notably the Pampulha Church. View of Ouro Preto Vila Rica do Ouro Preto, a city in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is a former colonial mining town located in the Serra do Espinhaço mountains and has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO because of its outstanding Baroque architecture. ... Capital (and largest city) Belo Horizonte Demonym Mineiro Government  -  Governor Aécio Neves  -  Vice Governor Antônio Augusto Junho Anastasia Area  -  Total 588,528. ...

The city offers interesting leisure areas, theatres boasting an intense artistic-cultural production, good and varied cuisine, exquisite handcrafts available on the markets and specialised shops, and maintains a traditional characteristic: the typical regional hospitality. Economic development has been proceeding through the professionalisation of many different tourism segments, above all the areas of events and business. Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... Cuisine (from French cuisine, cooking; culinary art; kitchen; ultimately from Latin coquere, to cook) is a specific set of cooking traditions and practices, often associated with a specific culture. ... Look up Market in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The Confins International Airport connects Belo Horizonte with many Brazilian cities and also operates international flights. Tancredo Neves International Airport Located at 45Km from Belo Horizontes downtown, Tancredo Neves International Airport, popularly known as Confins International Airport, is deemed to be one of the finest and best equipped in Latin America, although is also Brazils idlest airport. ...

The city is home to the Federal University of Minas Gerais. The Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Federal University of Minas Gerais or UFMG) is a public university (and therefore it does not charge any tuition for the enrolled students) located in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. ...

Geography

Climate

Belo Horizonte's climate can be classified as Tropical altitude, with yearly average temperature between 9°C (48.2°F) and 35°C (95°F). The Köppen climate classification of the region is Cwa (Tropical on high altitudes, humid/warm summer and a dry/cool winter). As a city located in the southern Hemisphere, Belo Horizonte's spring starts in September, its summer in December, its autumn in March, and its winter in June. Updated Köppen-Geiger climate map[1] The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. ... southern hemisphere highlighted in yellow (Antarctica not depicted). ...

Even though inter-seasonal differences are not as pronounced as they are in temperate places, and many people believe that, as in much of Brazil, there are just two seasons (a hot and humid one from October to March, and a colder and drier one from April to September), there is a contrast between spring and summer, and between fall and winter.

The coldest month is generally July, with a lowest recorded temperature of 3.1°C (37.6°F). The hottest month is usually January, with a highest recorded temperature of 35.4°C (95.7°F). There can be problems related with low air humidity during August.

The 852m (2795ft) elevation of Belo Horizonte helps a little in cooling the city, suppressing high maximum air temperatures experienced in nearby cities at lower altitudes.

Belo Horizonte's climate is mild throughout the year. Temperatures vary between 16°C (60.8°F) and 31°C (87.8°F), the average being 21°C (69.8°F). Winter is dry and summer is rainy.

However, its climate is still neither as hot as Rio de Janeiro's, nor as cold as Curitiba's in the winter. This article is about the Brazilian city. ... Nickname: Motto: A cidade sorriso (The smiling city) Location of Curitiba Coordinates: , Country Brazil Region State Paraná Founded 29 March 1693 Incorporated 1842 Government  - Mayor Carlos Alberto Richa (PSDB) Area  - City 430. ...

History

Estação Square in Belo Horizonte.

The metropolis was once a small village, founded by João Leite da Silva Ortiz, a bandeirante explorer from São Paulo. Having found a location with pleasant weather, a nice landscape and good soil for farming, the explorer settled in the region in 1701, leaving a gold hunting expedition. He then established a farm called "Curral d'el Rey" - archaic Portuguese for the "King's Corral, which in modern Portuguese would be spelled Curral do Rei." The farm's wealth and success encouraged people from surrounding places to move into the region, and Curral del Rey became a village surrounded by farms. For other uses, see Metropolis (disambiguation). ... Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... The Monument to the Bandeiras, a stone sculpture group by Victor Brecheret, located in São Paulo, Brazil Bandeirantes were participants in the Bandeiras, expeditions organized by the inhabitants of the then poor village of São Paulo dos Campos de Piratininga together with allied Indians to enslave other Indians... Landmark buildings Edifício Italia (at left) and Copan (curved façade at center), in São Paulo Downtown. ... For other uses, see Weather (disambiguation). ...

Another important growth factor of the village were the migrants from the São Francisco river region, who had to pass through Curral d'el Rey in order to reach southern parts of Brazil. Travelers usually visited a small wooden chapel, where they prayed for a safe trip. Due to that, the chapel was named Capela da Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem, which means "Chapel of Our Lady of the Good Journey." After the construction of Belo Horizonte, the old baroque chapel was replaced by a neo-gothic church which became the city's cathedral. Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... The São Francisco River is a river in Brazil with a length of 3,160 kilometres. ... A chapel is a private church, usually small and often attached to a larger institution such as a college, a hospital, a palace, or a prison. ...

The previous capital of Minas Gerais, Ouro Preto, was a symbol of both the monarchic Brazilian Empire and the period when most of Brazilian income was due to mining, and that never pleased the members of the Inconfidência Mineira, republican intellectuals who conspired against the Portuguese dominion of Brazil. In 1889 Brazil became a republic, and it was agreed that a new state capital, in tune with a modern and prosperous Minas Gerais, had to be set. The Empire of Brazil was a political entity that comprised present-day Brazil under the rule of Emperors Pedro I and his son Pedro II. Founded in 1822, it was replaced by a republic in 1889. ... The Inconfidência Mineira (Minas Conspiracy) of 1789, a Brazilian independence movement, was a result of the confluence of external and internal causes. ... Look up republic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

A small farm in Curral del Rey.

In 1893, due to good climatic and topographic conditions, Curral Del Rey was elected by Minas Gerais governor Afonso Pena from other cities as the spot for the new economical and cultural center of the state, under the new name of "Cidade de Minas," or Minas City. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Categories: Brazil-related stubs | People stubs ...

Aarão Reis, an urbanist from Pará, was then set to design the first planned city of Brazil, and then Cidade de Minas was inaugurated finally in 1897, with many unfinished constructions as the Brazilian Government set a deadline for its completion. Inhabitation of the city was subsidized by the local government, through the concession of free empty lots and funding for building houses. An interesting feature of Belo Horizonte Reis designed was the downtown street plan, featuring a regular array of perpendicular and diagonal streets, named after Brazilian states and Brazilian indigenous tribes. Urban, city, or town planning, deals with design of the built environment from the municipal and metropolitan perspective. ... Capital (and largest city) Belém Demonym Paraense Government  -  Governor Ana Júlia Carepa  -  Vice Governor Odair Santos Corrêa Area  -  Total 1. ... A New town or planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was designed from scratch, and grew up more or less following the plan. ... Politics of Brazil takes place in a framework of a federal presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Brazil is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ...

An old picture of Belo Horizonte.

In 1906, the name was then changed to Belo Horizonte, and at that time the city was experiencing a considerable industrial expansion that increased its commercial and service sectors. From its very beginning, the city's original plan prohibited workers to live inside the urban area which was defined by Avenida do Contorno (a long avenue which goes around the city's central areas), reserved for the public sector functionaries (hence the name of the still trendy neighborhood "Funcionários"), and causing an accelerated occupation outside the city's area well provided with infrastructure since its very beginning. Obviously, the city's original planners didn't count on its population growth afterwards, which proved especially intense in the last twenty years of the 20th century. Image File history File links Bhantiga. ... Image File history File links Bhantiga. ... For other uses of this term, see Industry (disambiguation) Industrial redirects here. ...

Demographics

Savassi district, a major financial center of Belo Horizonte. Standing to the left, Chevrolet Hall is a very important venue for sports and cultural events.

According to the IBGE of 2007, there were 4,982,000 people residing in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte. The population density was 6.764,96 inh./km². The last PNAD (National Research for Sample of Domiciles) census revealed the following numbers: 2,321,612 Brown (mixed) people (46.6%), 2,117,350 White people (42.5%), 513,000 Black people (10.3%), 29,000 Asian or Amerindian people (0.6%).^[3] IBGE, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica), is the agency responsible for statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... In Brazil, the Pardos are a mixture of Europeans, Blacks and Amerindians, varying from light to dark complexion, as used by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in censuses since 1950. ... White Brazilians make up 49. ... Afro-Brazilian is the term used to racially categorise Brazilian citizens who are black or mainly-black, yet it is rarely used in Brazil. ... Asian Brazilian is a Brazilian-born person of Asian descent. ... The Indigenous peoples in Brazil (provoke indía gnas in Portuguese) comprise a large number of distinct ethnic groups who inhabited the countrys present territory prior to its discovery by Europeans around 1500. ...

Religion

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Economy

Belo Horizonte has never been a popular destination among tourists, as it lacks one of the main touristic features of Brazil - beaches. However, it annually receives large numbers of visitors, as it is in the Brazilian main economic axis with economic influence even on regions of other states. Both multinational and Brazilian companies, like Google and Oi, maintain their headquarters in the city. This article is about the corporation. ... Oi, Portuguese for Hi, is a Brazilian mobile phone company, owned by Telemar. ...

The service sector plays a very important role in the economy of Belo Horizonte, being responsible for 85% of the city's GDP, with the industry making up for most of the remaining 15%. GDP is an acronym which can stand for more than one thing: (in economics) an abbreviation for Gross Domestic Product. ...

The major thoroughfare Afonso Pena Avenue is a hotspot for business and culture.

Belo Horizonte has a developed industrial sector, being traditionally a pole of the Brazilian siderurgical and metallurgical industries, as the state of Minas Gerais has always been very rich in minerals, specifically iron ore. The main industrial district of the city was set during the 1940s in Contagem, a part of greater Belo Horizonte. Multinational companies like FIAT (which opened its plant in Betim in 1974), Arcelor, and Toshiba have subsidiaries in the region, along with other textile, cosmetic, food, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, furnishing and refractory companies. Siderurgy (from Latin sidus - star and Greek ergon - work) is a process consisting of extracting iron from iron ore by heating, first mixed with combustibles then separated in a melting pot. ... Georg Agricola, author of De re metallica, an important early book on metal extraction Metallurgy is a domain of materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their compounds, which are called alloys. ... Minerals are natural compounds formed through geological processes. ... Contagem is a city in the center of the state of Minas Gerais, in Brazil. ... For other uses, see Fiat (disambiguation). ... Arcelor S.A. (Euronext: LOR) is the worlds largest steel producer in terms of turnover and the second largest in terms of steel output, with a turnover of 30. ... Toshiba Corporations headquarters (Center) in Hamamatsucho, Tokyo Toshiba Corporation sales by division for year ending March 31, 2005 Toshiba Corporation ) (TYO: 6502 ) is a Japanese multinational conglomerate manufacturing company, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. ... For other uses, see Textile (disambiguation). ... Make-up redirects here. ... A chemical substance is any material substance used in or obtained by a process in chemistry: A chemical compound is a substance consisting of two or more chemical elements that are chemically combined in fixed proportions. ... Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmacon is drug, and logos is science) is the study of how chemical substances interfere with living systems. ... Furnishings (aka art objects, decorative arts, knick-knacks, bric-a-brac) are the objects, other than furniture, that occupy an interior space. ... The term refractory can refer to multiple things: A refractory clergyman is one who refused to swear an oath to the French Revolution-era French state under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. ...

Between the companies headquartered in the city we can list siderurgicals Açominas (held by Gerdau, one of the largest multinationals originated in Brazil); Usiminas; Belgo-Mineira (held by Arcelor); Acesita (partially held by Arcelor); mobile communication Telemig Celular; and Telecom Italia Mobile, as well as the NYSE-listed electrical company CEMIG, which is said to have the best transmission quality of Brazil. Leading steel product makers Sumitomo Metals of Japan and Vallourec of France have also recently announced plans to construct an integrated steel works on the outskirts of Belo Horizonte. Gerdau S.A. is the largest producer of long steel in the Americas, with mills in Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, the United States and Uruguay. ... Arcelor S.A. (Euronext: LOR) is the worlds largest steel producer in terms of turnover and the second largest in terms of steel output, with a turnover of 30. ... Acesita S.A. is a major Brazilian manufacturer of specialty steels headquartered in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. ... Telemig Celular S.A. is a major Brazillian telecommunications company headquartered in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia. ... TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile) is Telecom Italias mobile phone brand, and runs a GSM, EDGE, UMTS and HSDPA network in Italy and a GSM network with EDGE in Brazil. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world. ...

Modern office buildings at Afonso Pena Avenue.

There are also a large number of small enterprises in the technological sector with regional to nationwide success, such as biotechnology Biomm, information technology firms RM Sistemas and Paiva Piovesan, and industrial automation company IHM, among others. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 235 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 235 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Insulin crystals Biotechnology is technology based on biology, especially when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine. ... Information and communication technology spending in 2005 Information Technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), is the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware. ...

Due to both governmental and private funding in the diversification of its economy, the city has become an international reference in Information Technology and Biotechnology, and is also cited because of the advanced corporate and university research in Biodiesel fuel. Projects in these fields are likely to expand due to integration between universities, the oil company Petrobras and the Brazilian Government. Over 16% of the Brazilian biotechnological industries are located in Belo Horizonte, with annual revenues of more than US$ 550 million. This article is about transesterified lipids. ... Petrobras, short for Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., is a government-owned Brazilian oil company headquartered in Rio de Janeiro. ...

During the past few years, the city has made investments in "business-tourism," by promoting more than 3,000 national or international events yearly. One of the largest events that ever took place in the city, the IDB meeting, occurred in 2005 and attracted people from everywhere in the world. The Inter-American Development Bank (preferred abbreviation: IDB; but frequently given as IADB), was established in 1959 to support Latin American and Caribbean economic/social development and regional integration by lending mainly to public institutions. ...

The GDP for the city was R$ 28,386,694,000 (2005).^[5] GDP is an acronym which can stand for more than one thing: (in economics) an abbreviation for Gross Domestic Product. ...

The per capita income for the city was R$ 11,951 (2005).^[6] Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in their country. ...

Education

Federal University of Minas Gerais.

Portuguese is the official national language, and thus the primary language taught in schools. But English and Spanish are part of the official high school curriculum. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 535 pixelsFull resolution (1707 × 1141 pixel, file size: 716 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Praça de serviços, prédio da Biblioteca Universitária e, ao fundo, Departamento de Física do ICEx e ICB Foto: Eber Faioli File... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 535 pixelsFull resolution (1707 × 1141 pixel, file size: 716 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Praça de serviços, prédio da Biblioteca Universitária e, ao fundo, Departamento de Física do ICEx e ICB Foto: Eber Faioli File... The Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Federal University of Minas Gerais or UFMG) is a public university (and therefore it does not charge any tuition for the enrolled students) located in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ...

Educational institutions

• Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG);
• Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais (UEMG);
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC-MG);
• Centro Universitário (UNA)
• Universidade FUMEC (FUMEC);
• Universidade José do Rosário Vellano (UNIFENAS);
• Centro Universitário Newton Paiva;
• Centro Federal de Ensino Tecnológico de Minas Gerais (CEFET-MG);
• and many others.

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Culture

There are many notable Brazilian artistic groups which have its origins in Belo Horizonte. Grupo Corpo, which is perhaps the most famous contemporary dance group in the country, was created in the city in 1975, travel internationally and are acclaimed throughout the world. Giramundo is an important group, specialized in performing puppet shows. They maintain the museum of the puppets they created since their foundation in 1970. first launched a complete album in 1981, and has released 11 works since that year. Grupo Corpo are a Brazilian dance theatre company founded in 1975. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

A slogan that has become as popular among Belo Horizontinians as I ♥ NY to New Yorkers.

Another innovative artistic group is Uakti. They create their own musical instruments using materials like PVC, wood, metals and glass. The origin of their name is based in a myth by the Tukano Indians, and reflects the indigenous feeling present in their works. Many important rock groups were founded in Belo Horizonte, being among them Jota Quest, Pato Fu, Skank, 14 Bis and Tianastácia. But the band that achieved most international success was thrash metal group Sepultura^{[citation needed]}. Image File history File links Euamobh. ... Image File history File links Euamobh. ... I Love New York logo, by Milton Glaser. ... Uakti (WAHK-chee) is a Brazilian instrumental musical group, whose members are Marco Antônio Guimarães, Artur Andrés Ribeiro, Paulo Sérgio Santos, and Décio Ramos. ... PVC may refer to the following: Polyvinyl chloride, a plastic Premature ventricular contraction, irregular heartbeat Permanent virtual circuit, a term used in telecommunications and computer networks Param Vir Chakra, Indias highest military honor. ... For other uses, see Wood (disambiguation). ... For alternative meanings see metal (disambiguation). ... This article is about the material. ... Tucano (also Tukana, Tucana, Tukano, Dasea, Jurutí, Jurití, Yurutí, Tariana, Tariano, Koneá, Koreá, Patsoka, Wahyara; autonym: Dahseyé) is a Tucanoan language spoken in Amazonas, Brazil and Colombia. ... For other uses, see Native Americans (disambiguation). ... This article is about the genre. ... Jota Quest is a Brazilian pop rock/funk band. ... Pato Fu is a brazilian band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. ... For other uses, see Skank (disambiguation). ... 14 Bis is a Brazilian pop-rock band. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by high speed riffing and aggression. ... Sepultura is a Brazilian thrash metal band, formed in 1984. ...

Clube da Esquina is a musical movement that originated in the mid 1960s, and since that time their members have been considered influent in Minas Gerais culture and have important artists such as Tavinho Moura, Wagner Tiso, Milton Nascimento, Lô Borges, Beto Guedes, Flávio Venturini, Toninho Horta, Márcio Borges, Fernando Brant and 14 Bis, among others. Clube da Esquina (in English Corner Club) is a genre of Brazilian music, originating in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. ... Capital (and largest city) Belo Horizonte Demonym Mineiro Government  -  Governor Aécio Neves  -  Vice Governor Antônio Augusto Junho Anastasia Area  -  Total 588,528. ... Milton Nascimento (born 26 October 1942) is a singer-songwriter who is considered one of the icons of Brazilian Music. ... Toninho Horta, guitar player and violinist, plays eclectic music and has a recent CD Com o Pé no Forró with Dominguinhos and other musicians. ... Márcio Borges (born on January 21, 1973 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian football defender currently playing for Arminia Bielefeld of Germany. ... 14 Bis is a Brazilian pop-rock band. ...

Every two years, the city realizes the FIT BH, The International Theater Festival of Belo Horizonte, which attracts artists from all over Brazil and many parts of the world.

In 2006 there was an extreme sports event in Belo Horizonte with a slogan that became very popular in Belo Horizonte: "Eu amo BH radicalmente", or "I love Belo Horizonte radically."

Infrastructure

International Airport

Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF).

Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport is located in the municipalities of Lagoa Santa and Confins, 38 km (23 mi) from Belo Horizonte, and was opened in January 1984. It was planned from the start for future expansion in steps to meet growing demand. The airport has one of the lowest rates of shutdown for bad weather in the country. However, the Confins airport was not using much of its capacity until 2005, when it was decided that a large part of the Pampulha Airport flights (which is smaller and located inside Belo Horizonte's urban area) would move to Confins. It was planned from the start for future expansion in steps to meet growing demand. Tancredo Neves International Airport (IATA: CNF, ICAO: SBCF), popularly known as Confins International Airport, is located 45 km from downtown Belo Horizonte. ... Tancredo Neves International Airport (IATA: CNF, ICAO: SBCF), popularly known as Confins International Airport, is located 45 km from downtown Belo Horizonte. ... This article is about the year. ... For other uses, see Weather (disambiguation). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Flight (disambiguation). ...

The first step was undertaken with careful concern for the environment, including monitoring by specialized consultants, since the region has a rich archeological heritage. Among the hundreds of caverns in the region, the one at Lapa Vermelha stands out. Located 2.7 km (1.6 mi) from the airport, the oldest female cranium in the Americans was discovered there, dated at roughly 12 thousand years old. Confins is certified by the ISO 9001 standard, covering ten processes in the administrative, operational, safety/security and maintenance areas. The Tancredo Neves International Airport has both domestic and international flights (to some locations in South America and Europe). Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Cranium can mean: The brain and surrounding skull, a part of the body. ... ISO 9000 specifies requirements for a Quality Management System overseeing the production of a product or service. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

Highways

The Viaduto Santa Tereza is dated from the foundation of Belo Horizonte and is still a very important connection between Floresta and Downtown.

The city is connected to the rest of Minas Gerais state and the country by a number of roadways. Minas Gerais has the country's largest federal highway network.^[7]

• BR-040 connects Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro (going south) and Brasília (going northwest). It also links other cities in the state, such as Juiz de Fora, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Santos Dumont, Sete Lagoas, and Paracatu.

• BR-262 begins in Mato Grosso do Sul and ends in Espírito Santo, crossing Minas Gerais from west to east. It links Belo Horizonte to Pará de Minas, Araxá, Manhuaçu, Uberaba, and Vitória, the capital of Espírito Santo state.

• BR-381 is an important federal highway. It connects Belo Horizonte to São Paulo.

• MG-010 is a state highway that connects the capital to the Tancredo Neves International Airport, itself located in the municipalities of Confins and Lagoa Santa, which are part of the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte. Starting in 2005, several flights were transferred from the Pampulha Regional Airport to the international airport. To improve access to the international airport, MG-010 is being expanded (effectively duplicating its lanes).^[8]

The city is also served by other minor roads such as state highways MG-020, MG-050, MG-030, and MG-433. The Brazilian national network of highways is the second largest of the world. ... This article is about the Brazilian city. ... Nickname: Location of Brasília Coordinates: , Country Region State Brazilian Federal District Founded 21 April 1960 Government  - Governor Jose Roberto Arruda Area  - Total 5,802 km² (2,240. ... Juiz de Fora is a city in the southeast of Minas Gerais, Brazil close to the state border with Rio de Janeiro. ... Conselheiro Lafaiete is a city of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. ... Sete Lagoas (meaning Seven Lakes in Portuguese) is a town in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. ... Here are a place and a river that have the name Paracatu (originating from the Tupi or Tupinambá language) in Minas Gerais, Brazil: Paracatu, Minas Gerais (pop (2004): 81,599, postal code: 38600, Area code: 31-377x), a city and a municipality Rio Paracatu (Paracatu River), a river near Paracatu... BR-262 is an east-west highway connecting the Brazilian states of Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul. ... Capital (and largest city) Campo Grande Demonym Sul-mato-grossense or Mato-grossense-do-sul Government  -  Governor André Puccinelli  -  Vice Governor Murilo Zauith Area  -  Total 357. ... Motto Trabalha e Confia (Portuguese) Work and Trust [in God] Capital Vitória Largest city Vila Velha Demonym Capixaba or Espiritossantense Government  -  Governor Paulo Hartung  -  Vice Governor Ricardo Ferraço Area  -  Total 46. ... Capital (and largest city) Belo Horizonte Demonym Mineiro Government  -  Governor Aécio Neves  -  Vice Governor Antônio Augusto Junho Anastasia Area  -  Total 588,528. ... Araxá is a city and municipality in southwest Minas Gerais state, Brazil. ... Manhuaçu is a city in the state of Minas Gerais, in Brazil. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... For other uses, see Vitoria (disambiguation). ... Motto Trabalha e Confia (Portuguese) Work and Trust [in God] Capital Vitória Largest city Vila Velha Demonym Capixaba or Espiritossantense Government  -  Governor Paulo Hartung  -  Vice Governor Ricardo Ferraço Area  -  Total 46. ... Map of Rodovia Fernão Dias The Fernão Dias highway near the city of Atibaia. ... This article is about the city. ... Tancredo Neves International Airport (IATA: CNF, ICAO: SBCF), popularly known as Confins International Airport, is located 45 km from downtown Belo Horizonte. ... Lagoa Santa is a small city and municipality in southeast Goiás state, Brazil. ... Pampulha Domestic Airport (IATA: PLU, ICAO: SBBH) or Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport, is Belo Horizontes secondary airport, dealing mostly with domestic flights. ...

There is also an East-West Express Way, which goes from the city to the nearby industrial centers of Contagem and Betim (together having a population of ca. 900,000), and Anel Rodoviário, a kind of "beltway" - indeed it is not circumferential, but connects many highways, such as the federal (BR-ones) so it is not necessary for a large number of cars and trucks to pass through the city center. Contagem is a city in the center of the state of Minas Gerais, in Brazil. ... Betim is a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil. ...

Many of these roads are in poor condition, but in the last years many revitalization and rebuilding projects have been started.

Distances

View of Belo Horizonte.

View of Belo Horizonte.

• Nova Lima: 22 km (13.6 mi)
• São Sebastião das Águas Claras: 23 km (14.2 mi);
• Sabará: 25 km (15.5 mi);
• Santa Luzia: 26 km (16.1 mi);
• Contagem: 27 km (16.7 mi);
• Ravena: 30 km (18.6 mi);
• Betim: 31 km (19.2 mi);
• Rio Acima: 34 km (21.1 mi);
• Caeté: 46 km (28.5 mi);
• Juatuba: 49 km (30.4 mi);
• Esmeraldas: 50 km (31 mi);
• Brumadinho: 58 km (36 mi);
• Moeda: 60 km (37.2 mi);
• Florestal: 63 km (39.1 mi);
• Sete Lagoas: 76 km (47 mi).

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Bus system

The bus system has a large number of bus lines going through all parts in the city, and is administrated by BHTRANS. Among the upcoming projects are the expansion of the integration between bus lines and the metro. Autobus redirects here. ... Autobus redirects here. ... A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway — usually in an urban area — with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ...

Metro of Belo Horizonte.

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Metro

Belo Horizonte Metro originated at the end of 1970s, and is one of the oldest urban railways in the country. There is still just one line, with 19 stations, from Vilarinho to Eldorado Station, in Contagem, but it is now insufficient to address the commuting needs of the entire city. Two new lines, from Santa Tereza to Barreiro (a part of this line, from Carlos Prates to Barreiro, is being built), and from Pampulha to Savassi, are being planned. There is also a project for the expansion for the first line, from Vilarinho to Ribeirão das Neves and from Eldorado to Betim. A man-made lagoon located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. ... Ribeirão das Neves is a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil. ... Betim is a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil. ...

Tourism and recreation

Liberty Square.

Belo Horizonte has plenty of significant cultural landmarks, many of them situated in the Pampulha district, where there are very wonderful examples of Brazilian contemporary architecture. These include one of the largest soccer stadiums in the world, the Mineirão stadium, and the São Francisco de Assis Church, widely known as Igreja da Pampulha, designed by famous Brazilian Modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer. In Pampulha there is also the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais campus, whose buildings themselves are important contributions to the city's architecture. Other remarkable Pampulha buildings include the Mesbla and Niemeyer buildings, in addition to the headquarters of corporations such as Usiminas, Seculus, and Telemig Celular. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 390 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 390 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... A man-made lagoon located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. ... Mineirão stadium, established in 1965, officially named for Governor Magalhães Pinto, is the largest soccer staduim in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. ... This article focuses on the cultural movement labeled modernism or the modern movement. See also: Modernism (Roman Catholicism) or Modernist Christianity; Modernismo for specific art movement(s) in Spain and Catalonia. ... Oscar Niemeyer Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho (born December 15, 1907) is a Brazilian architect who is considered one of the most important names in international modern architecture. ... The Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Federal University of Minas Gerais or UFMG) is a public university (and therefore it does not charge any tuition for the enrolled students) located in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. ...

Praça Sete de Setembro (September Seven Square) with an obelisk that celebrates Brazilian Independence.

In downtown Belo Horizonte, are located the neo-Gothic Boa Viagem Cathedral, the church of São José, the Praça da Estação (Station Square), which is an old train station that now is also the Museum of Arts and Workmanship, the Municipal Park, the famous Sete de Setembro Square, where an Obelisk built in 1922 marks the one hundred years of Brazilian independence from Portugal.

The Municipal Park (Amério Reneé Giannetti) in downtown Belo Horizonte.
Built in 1897 with the city foundation.

Near downtown, in Lourdes neighborhood, locates the Lourdes Basilica, a beautiful building in the Gothic Style and the Nossa Senhora de Fátima Church, in Santo Agostinho neighborhood, situated in Carlos Chagas square, both referred to as the Assembléia Church and the Assembléia Square due to their proximity to the state's legislative assembly.

The Serra do Curral mountains are the symbol of the city.

Next to downtown is the famous Savassi region, known for fine restaurants and as a center of cultural events as well as the best of the city's nightlife. Many landmarks are located there, such as the Praça da Liberdade (Liberty Plaza), and its surrounding buildings, including the Executive Offices of the governor called the Palace of Liberty (Palácio da Liberdade), the first building to be finished during the city's planned development in the late 1890s. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 468 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 468 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...

São Francisco de Assis Church.
(Pampulha's Church).

Last but not least is the "Rua do Amendoim" (Peanut Street), an example of a gravity hill, where parked automobiles appear to roll uphill, defying gravity. Whether this is an illusion or a magnetic phenomenon is left to the visitor to decide. Though most of the effect seems to have disappeared due to housing development in the area, many people still believe that the street is magic. Magnetic Hill in Ladakh, India A gravity hill, also known as a magnetic hill (and sometimes a mystery hill or a gravity road), is a place where the layout of the surrounding land produces the optical illusion that a very slight downhill slope appears to be an uphill slope. ...

Another important landmark is Praça do Papa (Plaza of the Pope), located at a high point just south of the downtown area, with its spectacular view of the entire city. It is named for the July 1, 1980 visit by John Paul II, who held a youth mass there. Afterwards, he stood and remarked over the sea of youthful faces, "Que Belo Horizonte!" or "What a beautiful horizon!" The nearby Parque das Mangabeiras (Mangabeiras Park) boasts extensive wildlife, with an area so huge it has its own internal bus service. It is not uncommon for tourists to see monkeys and other animals, and a few people have even managed to get lost inside its woods.

Sports

The Mineirão Stadium with the Mineirinho arena next to it.

As in the rest of Brazil, football is the most popular sport among locals. Belo Horizonte has two of the most successful teams in the country, and the city also has one of the biggest football stadiums in the world, the Mineirão, opened in 1965. Soccer redirects here. ... Mineirão stadium, established in 1965, officially named for Governor Magalhães Pinto, is the largest soccer staduim in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. ...

The older Independência Stadium hosted a legendary victory of the United States World Cup Team 1950 in a 1-0 triumph over England. See England v United States (1950) and^[9] Atlético Mineiro, which is also called by its nickname and mascot "Galo" (rooster) . Yet, one of the oldest football clubs in the city and was founded in 1908. Atlético Mineiro was the first Brazilian champion, in 1971, and has also won two CONMEBOL Cups (nowadays called Copa Sudamericana) and 39 State Championships. In spite of so much tradition, the team has suffered through very difficult times recently and was relegated to the Brazilian Série B. However, the club won the championship in 2006 and is back to Série A in 2007. Estádio Independência The Estádio Raimundo Sampaio, usually known as Estádio Independência is a football stadium inaugurated on June 29, 1950 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, with a maximum capacity of 18,000 people. ... Joe Gaetjens held aloft after scoring the winning goal On June 29, 1950, at the 1950 World Cup in Brazil, the United States national football team defeated the English team 1–0 in group play. ... Clube Atlético Mineiro, usually known as Atlético is a Brazilian football team from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, founded on March 25, 1908. ... For other uses, see Rooster (disambiguation). ... Soccer redirects here. ... Atlético Mineiro is a Brazilian football team from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, founded on March 25, 1908. ... The Copa CONMEBOL (English: CONMEBOL Cup) was played from 1992 to 1999, it was the South American equivalent to the European UEFA Cup. ... The Copa Sudamericana (English: South American Cup, Portuguese: Copa Sulamericana) is an international football cup competition played annually by clubs of South America. ... FMF official logo) Campeonato Mineiro is the league played in the Brazilian southeastern State of Minas Gerais and is held by the Minas Gerais Soccer Federation FMF (Federação Mineira de Futebol). ... The Série B is the intermediate division of Brazilian football. ... For other sports leagues which may be referred to by this name, see List of professional sports leagues. ...

Cruzeiro was founded in 1921 by the members of the local Italian community. Cruzeiro has been one of Brazil´s most victorius clubs in the 1990s and early 2000s, winning 4 National Cups, 1 National League, 2 Copa Libertadores, and 2 Supercopa Libertadores, and is also the winner of Taça Brasil in 1966 and 34 State Championships including Supercampeonato Mineiro in 2002. This article is about the football (soccer) team. ... Languages Italian, Sicilian, Neapolitan, Corsican, Sardinian, Emiliano-Romagnolo, Ligurian, Lombard, Piedmontese, Venetian, Ladin, Friulian Religions predominantly Roman Catholic      The Italians are a Southern European ethnic group found primarily in Italy and in a wide-ranging diaspora throughout Western Europe, the Americas and Australia. ... This article is about the country. ... The Copa do Brasil (or Cup of Brazil) is a knockout competition played by 64 football teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. ... For other sports leagues which may be referred to by this name, see List of professional sports leagues. ... The Copa Toyota Libertadores (also known as Copa Libertadores de América) (Portuguese: Copa Libertadores da América or Taça Libertadores da América, English: Liberators Cup) is a Football cup competition played annually by the top clubs of South America. ... Supercopa Sudamericana (English: South American Supercup, Portuguese: Supercopa Sulamericana), also known as Supercopa João Havelange was a competition played from 1988 to 1997 by the past winners of Copa Libertadores. ... The Taça Brasil (or Brazilian Trophy) was a Brazilian national football competition disputed before the creation of Campeonato Brasileiro. ... FMF official logo) Campeonato Mineiro is the league played in the Brazilian southeastern State of Minas Gerais and is held by the Minas Gerais Soccer Federation FMF (Federação Mineira de Futebol). ...

The city is also home to América Mineiro, which has its own playing field, the Independência Stadium. It was a major team in Brazil decades ago, but passed three years striving to leave Brazilian League Série C. Things came worse at the beginning of 2007. The team was relegated to the Módulo II of Campeonato Mineiro and didn't even qualify for playing the Série C, being completely out of Campeonato Brasileiro. América Futebol Clube, or América (or América Mineiro), as they are usually called, is a traditional Brazilian football team from Belo Horizonte in Minas Gerais, founded on April 30, 1912. ... Estádio Independência The Estádio Raimundo Sampaio, usually known as Estádio Independência is a football stadium inaugurated on June 29, 1950 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, with a maximum capacity of 18,000 people. ... The Série C of the Campeonato Brasileiro is the third and lowest division of Brazilian football. ... FMF official logo) Campeonato Mineiro is the league played in the Brazilian southeastern State of Minas Gerais and is held by the Minas Gerais Soccer Federation FMF (Federação Mineira de Futebol). ...

Besides football, Belo Horizonte has one of the largest attendances at volleyball matches in the whole country. Crowds usually go to Mineirinho in order to watch either the Brazil national volleyball team or Minas Tênis Clube matches. For the ball used in this sport, see Volleyball (ball). ... Mineirinho, officially Ginásio Jornalista Felipe Drumond, is an indoor sporting arena located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. ... The Brazil mens national volleyball team is the national team of Brazil. ...

Minas Tênis Clube is a sport association with various modalities, and its volleyball team has some of the most advanced training facilities in the country^{[citation needed]}. Besides Mineirinho, the clubs also plays on its own ground, the modern Telemig Celular Arena. Both its male and female volleyball teams have already won the Brazilian Superleague of Volleyball titles.

Belo Horizonte is one of the proposed cities to host games in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in Brazil. The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be held in Brazil[1] and will be the 20th FIFA World Cup. ...

Human Development

Belo Horizonte at night.

The human development of Belo Horizonte varies greatly by locality. There are neighborhoods that had very high human development indexes in 2000 (equal to or greater than the indexes of some Scandinavian countries), but also those in the medium range (in line with, for example, North Africa).^[10] Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... For other uses, see Scandinavia (disambiguation). ... Marrakech, Morocco, in front of Atlas mountains in Maghreb The Maghreb (المغرب العربي ; sometimes also rendered Moghreb), meaning western in Arabic, is the region of the continent of Africa north of the Sahara desert and west of the Nile — specifically, the modern countries of Morocco, Western Sahara (annexed and occupied by Morocco...

Highest-scoring neighborhoods and localities:

• Carmo/Sion (0.973)
• Cruzeiro/Anchieta (0.970)
• Grajau/Gutierrez (0.965)
• Belvedere/Mangabeiras/Comiteco (0.964)
• Serra/São Lucas (0.953)

Lowest-scoring neighborhoods and localities:

• Favela Cabeça de Porco (0.685)

Sister Cities

• Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Porto, Portugal (1986)
• Milan, Italy
• Havana, Cuba
• São Paulo, Brazil
• Bethlehem, Palestine
• Boston, USA (2007)
• Fort Lauderdale, USA (2003)
• Newark, New Jersey, USA (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)
• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Lisboa, Portugal (2007)
• Wuxi, China (1996)

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See also

• Tancredo Neves International Airport
• Sepultura
• Clube da Esquina
• Pato Fu
• List of municipalities in Minas Gerais

Tancredo Neves International Airport (IATA: CNF, ICAO: SBCF), popularly known as Confins International Airport, is located 45 km from downtown Belo Horizonte. ... Sepultura is a Brazilian thrash metal band, formed in 1984. ... Clube da Esquina (in English Corner Club) is a genre of Brazilian music, originating in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. ... Pato Fu is a brazilian band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. ... Municipalities of Minas Gerais, Brazil This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), Brazil. ...

References

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Official

• (Portuguese) Official homepage
• (Portuguese) Estado de Minas Gerais Newspaper

Education

• (Portuguese) PUC-MG - the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais
• (Portuguese) UFMG - Federal University of Minas Gerais
• (English) Escola Americana de Belo Horizonte - (American School of Belo Horizonte)
• (Italian) Escola Internacional Fundação Torino (School of Torino International Foundation)

Photos

• Images of Belo Horizonte

Tourism

• Belo Horizonte travel guide from Wikitravel
• Information about Belo Horizonte
• (Portuguese) Maplink - Belo Horizonte Street Guide and Maps
• (Portuguese) Belo Horizonte Yellow Pages
• (Portuguese) Culture in Belo Horizonte

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