Pampulha

Pampulha is an administrative region in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. It is one of nine administrative regions of Belo Horizonte, and occupies 47.13 kilometres in the northeast of the city.

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Type: Village
Description: neighborhood and administrative region of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Also known as: “Pampulha (Belo Horizonte)”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mineirão and Mineirinho.

Mineirão

Stadium

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Mineirão, officially known as Governor Magalhães Pinto Stadium, is an association football stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Owned by the state of Minas Gerais, it is used by Cruzeiro Esporte Clube.

Mineirinho

Stadium

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Mineirinho Arena, sometimes called just Mineirinho, is the biggest indoor sporting arena in Brazil. Located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, the arena holds 25,000 people.

Church of Saint Francis of Assisi

Church

Church of Saint Francis of Assisi

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The Church of Saint Francis of Assisi is a chapel in Pampulha region of Belo Horizonte, in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. It was designed by the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer in the organic modern style.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Savassi and Jardim São Judas Tadeu.

Savassi

Neighborhood

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Savassi is a neighborhood in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. It is located at the Central-South zone city district. Savassi is known for having a large number of bars, pubs, clubs, cafés, bistros, diners, restaurants, nightlife and shopping commerce. Savassi is situated 9 km southeast of Pampulha.

Jardim São Judas Tadeu

Neighborhood

Jardim São Judas Tadeu

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Jardim São Judas Tadeu is a neighborhood, which is situated 10 km northwest of Pampulha.

Pampulha

Categories: neighborhood, district, and locality
Location: Belo Horizonte, Central Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude

-19.8638° or 19° 51′ 50″ south

Longitude

-43.97493° or 43° 58′ 30″ west

Elevation

858 metres (2,815 feet)

United Nations Location Code

BR PLU

Open location code

58GR42PG+F2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2285726138

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

Discover Pampulha from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Pampulha” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Pampulha (Belo Horizonte)”
Catalan: “Pampulha”
Croatian: “Pampulha”
Czech: “Pampulha”
Dutch: “Pampulha”
Esperanto: “Pampulha”
Finnish: “Pampulha”
French: “Pampulha”
Galician: “Pampulha”
German: “Pampulha”
Greek: “Παμπούλια (Μπέλο Οριζόντε)”
Greek: “Παμπούλια”
Hebrew: “פמפוליה”
Italian: “Pampulha”
Japanese: “パンプーリャ”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Pampulha”
Norwegian: “Pampulha”
Portuguese: “Bairro Santa Amelia”
Portuguese: “Bairro santa amélia”
Portuguese: “Bairro Santa Amélia”
Portuguese: “Pampulha (belo horizonte)”
Portuguese: “Pampulha (Belo Horizonte)”
Portuguese: “Pampulha”
Portuguese: “Santa Amélia (Belo Horizonte)”
Portuguese: “Xangrilá (Belo Horizonte)”
Russian: “Пампулья”
Slovak: “Pampulha”
Slovenian: “Pampulha”
Spanish: “Pampulha”
Swedish: “Pampulha”
Turkish: “Pampulha”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Museu Brasileiro do Futebol and Esplanada do Mineirão.

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