Belo Horizonte
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Belo Horizonte (lit. "Bonnie Horizon", Portuguese pronunciation: [bɛloɾiˈzõtʃi][1]) is the caipital o an mucklest ceety in the state o Minas Gerais, locatit in the sootheastren region o Brazil. It is the third-lairgest metropolitan aurie in the kintra. Belo Horizonte (or "Beagá", as it is an aa familiarly kent frae the soond o its initials "BH" in Portuguese) haes a population o ower 2.4 million, or amaist 5.4 million in the offeecial Metropolitan Aurie.
Belo Horizonte | |
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The Municipality o Belo Horizonte | |
Eik-name(s): BH (read "beagá"), The Garden Ceety, Belzonti (misspellin, caused bi local accent), Belô (as foreigners uisually caw the ceety) | |
Coordinates: 19°55′8.88″S 43°56′19.2″W | |
Kintra | Brazil |
Region | Sootheast |
State | Minas Gerais |
Foondit | 1701 |
Incorporatit (as ceety) | 12 December 1897 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Marcio Lacerda (PSB) |
Area | |
• Municipality | 330.9 km2 (127.7 sq mi) |
• Urban | 282.3 km2 (109 sq mi) |
• Metro | 9459.1 km2 (3652 sq mi) |
Elevation | 852.19 m (2796 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• Municipality | 2,375,444 (6t) |
• Density | 7290.8/km2 (17521/sq mi) |
• Metro | 5,397,438 (3rd) |
• Demonym | Belorizontino |
Time zone | UTC-3 (BST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (BDT) |
Postal Code | 30000-000 |
Area code(s) | +55 31 |
Website | Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais |
The region wis first settled in the early 18t century, but the ceety as it is kent the day wis planned an constructit in the 1890s, in order tae replace Ouro Preto as the caipital o Minas Gerais. The ceety features a mixture o contemporary an classical buildings, an hosts several modern Brazilian architectural icons, maist notably the Pampulha Complex. In plannin the ceety, Aarão Reis an Francisco Bicalho sought inspiration in the urban plannin o Washington, D.C.[2] The ceety haes employed notable programs in urban revitalization an fuid security, for which it haes been awardit internaitional accolades.
The ceety is biggit on several hills an is completely surroondit bi muntains.[3] There are several lairge pairks in the immediate surroondins o Belo Horizonte. The "Parque das Mangabeiras", locatit sax kilometres sooth-east frae the ceety centre in the hills o the Serra do Curral, affords a view ower the ceety. It hase an aurie o 2.35 km2 (580 acres), o which 0.9 km2 (220 acres) is native forest. The "Mata do Jambeiro" nature reserve extends ower 912 hectares (2,250 acres), wi vegetation typical o the Atlantic forest. Mair nor ane hunder species o bird inhabit the reserve, as well as ten different species o mammals.