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Belo Horizonte

Brazil · Minas Gerais

Belo Horizonte is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.4 million, and the third largest metropolitan area, containing a population of 6 million. 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 most populous metropolitan area in Brazil and the 17th most populous in the Americas. Belo Horizonte is the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil's second-most populous state. It is the first planned modern city in Brazil.

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Things to do in Belo Horizonte

Private Custom Walking Tour with a Local Guide in Belo Horizonte · 3 h · from $62.63 · 3.2/5 (5 reviews)
Instituto Inhotim · 10 h · from $133.17 · 4.9/5 (9 reviews)
Historical Cities of Ouro Preto and Mariana · 10 h · from $128.35 · 5.0/5 (4 reviews)
Inhotim - one of the largest open air museums in the World · 10 h · from $128.35 · 4.6/5 (50 reviews)
Historic Cities of Gold Black and Mariana · 10 h · from $166.97 · 5.0/5 (3 reviews)
Degustando BH · 5 h · from $128.60

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Practical facts

Local time: UTC-3 · 3 h ahead of Costa Rica
Region: Minas Gerais
Main language: Portuguese
On the map: 19.92° S, 43.94° W

Near Belo Horizonte

Mangaratiba · 336 km away
Rio de Janeiro · 342 km away
Campos Do Jordao · 358 km away
Ilha Grande · 361 km away
Paraty · 376 km away
Vitoria · 379 km away

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