Belo Horizonte metropolitan area

Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte Metropolitan area of ​​Belo Horizonte
Coordinates	19 ° 46 ′  S , 43 ° 59 ′  W Coordinates: 19 ° 46 ′  S , 43 ° 59 ′  W
The metropolitan area of ​​Belo Horizonte is highlighted in red.
founding	June 8, 1973
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	Minas Gerais
surface	9,471.7 km²
Residents	5,313,480 (estimate July 1, 2018)
density	561  Ew. / km²
Time zone	UTC −3
The Metropolitan Region at Night (2011)

The metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte , Portuguese Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte (RMBH), also known internationally as Greater Belo Horizonte , is a metropolitan region in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais . It was established by law on June 8, 1973 and has its seat in the city of Belo Horizonte . It consists of 34 cities that make up the actual metropolitan region. Another 16 municipalities form a city belt around the region (Portuguese Colar Metropolitano ).

As of July 1, 2018, an estimated 5,313,480 inhabitants lived in the metropolitan region on an area of ​​9471.7 km², in the surrounding belt or the chain of municipalities a further 602,709 inhabitants lived on an area of ​​5507.4 km². Overall, urban spatial planning results in a catchment area of ​​5,916,189 inhabitants and an area of ​​14,979.1 km². It ranks third of the 74 Brazilian metropolitan regions (as of 2018).

It is not a regional authority to which representatives of the people can be directly elected. The basic organ is the Assembleia Metropolitana (German: Metropolitan Assembly ), consisting of four representatives of the government executive, one representative of the state legislature and the 34 city prefects (mayors) and presidents of the city councils.

Demographics

#	Municipality of the metropolitan area	2018 estimate	Area (km²)	#	Municipality of the metropolitan belt	2018 estimate	Area (km²)
1	Baldim	7,851	556.3	a	Barao de Cocais	32,319	340.6
2	Belo Horizonte	2,501,576	331.4	b	Belo Vale	7,710	365.9
3	Betim	432,575	343.7	c	Bom Jesus do Amparo	6,031	195.6
4th	Brumadinho	39,520	639.4	d	Bonfim	6,876	301.9
5	Caeté	44,377	542.6	e	Fortuna de Minas	2,927	198.7
6th	Capim Branco	9,679	95.3	f	Funilândia	4,304	199.8
7th	Confins	6,657	42.4	G	Inhaúma	6.228	245.0
8th	Contagem	659.070	195.3	H	Itabirito	51,281	542.6
9	Esmeraldas	70,200	909.5	i	Itaúna	92,561	495.8
10	Florestal	7,386	191.4	j	Moeda	4,904	155.1
11	Ibirité	179.015	72.6	k	Pará de Minas	93.101	551.2
12	Igarapé	42,246	110.3	l	Prudente de Morais	10,629	124.2
13	Itaguara	13,278	410.5	m	Santa Bárbara	30,807	684.1
14th	Itatiaiuçu	11,037	295.1	n	Sao Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo	10,818	363.8
15th	Jaboticatubas	19,858	1,115.0	O	Sao José da Varginha	4,927	205.5
16	Juatuba	26,484	99.5	p	Sete Lagoas	237.286	537.6
				Total metropolitan belt		602.709	5,507.4
17th	Lagoa Santa	63,359	229.3
18th	Mário Campos	15.207	35.2
19th	Mateus Leme	30,798	302.7
20th	Matozinhos	37,473	252.3
21st	Nova Lima	93,577	429.0
22nd	Nova União	5,718	171.5
23	Pedro Leopoldo	63,789	292.9
24	Raposos	16,277	72.2
25th	Ribeirão das Neves	331.045	155.5
26th	Rio Acima	10,203	229.8
27	Rio Manso	5,783	231.5
28	Sabará	135.421	302.2
29	Santa Luzia	218.147	235.3
30th	Sao Joaquim de Bicas	30,989	71.6
31	Sao José da Lapa	23,385	47.9
32	Sarzedo	32,069	62.1
33	Taquaraçu de Minas	4,055	329.2
34	Vespasiano	125,376	71.2
Metropolitan area as a whole		5,313,480	9,471.7
Total population in 2018 (region and belt)				Total area (region and belt)
5,916,189				14,979.1 km²

Web links

Commons : Belo Horizonte metropolitan area  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the Associação dos Municípios da Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte - GRANBEL (Brazilian Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} IBGE : Estimativas da população residente no Brasil e unidades da federação com data de referência em 1 ° de julho de 2018. (PDF; 2.6 MB) In: ibge.gov.br. 2018, accessed January 30, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} IBGE : Area Territorial Oficial. Accessed January 30, 2019 .