Minas Gerais
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Capital | Belo Horizonte | |
Largest City | Belo Horizonte | |
Area | 586,528.30 km² | |
Population - Total - Density |
17,891,452 30.5 inh./km² |
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Governor | Aécio Neves(PSDB) | |
Demonym | Mineiro | |
Timezone | GMT-3 | |
ISO 3166-2 | BR-MG |
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It has the second most population and fourth largest area. The capital is the city of Belo Horizonte, near the center of the state. The name means "General mines". Minas Gerais was for formed mainly by colonists searching for gold, gemstones and diamonds.
[edit] Location
Minas Gerais is in the west of the southeastern part of Brazil. That area also has the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo. Minas Gerais shares borders with Bahia and Goiás (north), Mato Grosso do Sul (far west), the states of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro (south) and the state of Espírito Santo (east). It also shares a short border with the Brazilian Federal District.
[edit] Cities
Even though it is not the largest state in Brazil, Minas Gerais is the state with the most cities. Of the more than 5500 municipalities in Brazil, Minas has more than 850 of them. The most important ones are the capital Belo Horizonte, Contagem, Betim, Juiz de Fora, Montes Claros, Uberlândia and Ouro Preto
States of Brazil | ![]() |
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Acre | Alagoas | Amapá | Amazonas | Bahia | Ceará | Espírito Santo | Goiás | Maranhão | Mato Grosso | Mato Grosso do Sul | Minas Gerais | Pará | Paraíba | Paraná | Pernambuco | Piauí | Rio de Janeiro | Rio Grande do Norte | Rio Grande do Sul | Rondônia | Roraima | Santa Catarina | São Paulo | Sergipe | Tocantins | |
Federal District: Brazilian Federal District |