Belo Horizonte

Belo Horizonte is 's sixth largest city and the capital of the state of . With its orderly grid plan and tree-lined avenues, it's a pleasant metropolis.
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais and Estádio Independência.

University
The … is situated 6 km west of Belo Horizonte.

Stadium
Photo: Higor Douglas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Estádio Raimundo Sampaio, more commonly known as Arena…

Arts center
Photo: Marcus Guimarães, CC BY 2.0.
The is a cultural…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Savassi and Pampulha.

Neighborhood
Photo: Andrevruas, CC BY 3.0.
is a neighborhood in , Brazil.

Village
Photo: Matthias Ripp, CC BY 2.0.
is an administrative region in the city of , . is situated 8 km northwest of Belo Horizonte.

Belo Horizonte

Latitude
-19.9262° or 19° 55′ 34″ south
Longitude
-43.9398° or 43° 56′ 23″ west
Population
2,380,000
Elevation
882 metres (2,894 feet)
Abbreviation
“BH”
Open location code
58GR33F6+G3
Geo­Names ID
6321162
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Belo Horizonte” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Amharic: “በሎሪዞንቺ”
  • Arabic: “بيلو هوريزونتي”
  • Aragonese: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Armenian: “Բելու Օրիզոնտի”
  • Asturian: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Aymara: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Azerbaijani: “Belu-Orizonti”
  • Basque: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Belarusian: “Белу-Арызонты”
  • Bengali: “বেলু ওরিজোঁতি”
  • Bishnupriya: “বেলো হোরিজোন্টে”
  • Bosnian: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Breton: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Bulgarian: “Бело Оризонти”
  • Catalan: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Cebuano: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Chechen: “Белу-Оризонти”
  • Chinese: “贝洛奥里藏特”
  • Corsican: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Croatian: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Czech: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Danish: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Dutch: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Eastern Mari: “Белу-Оризонти”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيلو هوريزونتى”
  • Erzya: “Белу-Оризонти”
  • Esperanto: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Estonian: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Finnish: “Belo Horizonte”
  • French: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Galician: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Georgian: “ბელუ-ორიზონტი”
  • German: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Greek: “Μπέλο Οριζόντε”
  • Guarani: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Gujarati: “બેલો હોરીઝોન્ટે”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Hebrew: “בלו הוריזונטה”
  • Hindi: “बेलो होरिज़ोंटे”
  • Hungarian: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Icelandic: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Ido: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Indonesian: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Interlingua: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Interlingue: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Irish: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Italian: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Japanese: “ベロオリゾンテ”
  • Kannada: “ಬೆಲೋ ಹಾರಿಜಾಂಟೆ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Belu orizonti”
  • Kazakh: “Белу-Оризонти”
  • Kirghiz: “Белу-Оризонти”
  • Korean: “벨루오리존치”
  • Kurdish: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Latin: “Urbs Belli Horizontis”
  • Latvian: “Beluorizonti”
  • Limburgan: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Lithuanian: “Belo Horizontė”
  • Lombard: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Macedonian: “Бело Хоризонте”
  • Malagasy: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Malay: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Malayalam: “ബെലോ ഹൊറിസോണ്ടെ”
  • Maltese: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Marathi: “बेलो होरिझोन्ते”
  • Mazanderani: “بلو هوریزونته”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Mirandese: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Moksha: “Бэлу-Оризонти”
  • Mongolian: “Белу-Оризонти”
  • Nauru: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Neapolitan: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Belo Horizonte”
  • Ossetian: “Белу-Оризонти”
  • Panjabi: “ਬੈਲੋ ਓਰੀਜ਼ੋਂਤੀ”
  • Papiamento: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Persian: “بلو هوریزونته”
  • Polish: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Portuguese: “Belo Hte”
  • Quechua: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Romanian: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Romansh: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Russian: “Белу-Оризонти”
  • Sardinian: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Scots: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Serbian: “Бело Оризонте”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Sicilian: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Silesian: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Sinhala: “බෙලෝ හොරිසොන්ටේ”
  • Slovak: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Slovenian: “Belo Horizonte”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بلو هوریزونته”
  • Spanish: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Swahili: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Swedish: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Tahitian: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Tajik: “Белу-Оризонти”
  • Tamil: “பெலோ அரிசாஞ்ச்”
  • Tatar: “Белу-Оризонти”
  • Telugu: “బెలో హోరిజోటే”
  • Tetum: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Thai: “เบลูโอรีซองชี”
  • Turkish: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Twi: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Ukrainian: “Белу-Оризонті”
  • Urdu: “بیلو ہوریزونٹے”
  • Uzbek: “Belu-Orizonti”
  • Veps: “Belu Orizonti”
  • Vietnamese: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Volapük: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Belo Horizonte”
  • Welsh: “Belo Horizonte”
  • Western Panjabi: “بیلو ہوریزونتے”
  • Wu Chinese: “贝洛奥里藏特”
  • Yue Chinese: “比路賀利桑特”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Lourdes and Santo Agostinho.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Conservatory of the Federal University of Minas Gerais and Palace of Arts.

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