Contagem

Contagem is a locality in Contagem, Minas Gerais and has about 627,000 residents and an elevation of 945 metres.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais and Cidade Industrial station.

Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais

University

The Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais is a private and non-profit Brazilian Catholic university in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais. In 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014, PUC-MG was chosen the best private university in Brazil. Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais is situated 6 km east of Contagem.

Cidade Industrial station

Metro station

Photo: Daniel Lopes, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cidade Industrial is a Belo Horizonte Metro station on Line 1. It was opened on 1 August 1986 as part of the inaugural section of the line, from Eldorado to Lagoinha. The station is located between Eldorado and Vila Oeste.

Vila Oeste station

Metro station

Photo: Arthurfsv, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cidade Industrial is a Belo Horizonte Metro station on Line 1. It was opened on 30 July 1999, being added to already functioning section of the line from Eldorado to Minas Shopping. The station is located between Cidade Industrial and Gameleira. Vila Oeste station is situated 5 km east of Contagem.

Contagem

Type: Locality with 627,000 residents
Location: Contagem, Minas Gerais, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude

-19.9317° or 19° 55′ 54″ south

Longitude

-44.0536° or 44° 3′ 13″ west

Population

627,000

Elevation

945 metres (3,100 feet)

United Nations Location Code

BR CGE

Open location code

58GQ3W9W+8H

GeoNames ID

3465624

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bishnupriya to Serbian—“Contagem” goes by many names.

Bishnupriya: “কোন্টাগেম”
Bulgarian: “Контажен”
Chinese: “孔塔任”
Japanese: “コンタジェン”
Kazakh: “Контажен”
Korean: “콘타젱”
Russian: “Контажен”
Serbian: “Контажен”

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