Belo Vale

Belo Vale
The Municipality of Belo Vale'
Flag of Belo Vale
Official seal of Belo Vale
Location of Belo Vale
Belo Vale is located in Brazil
Belo Vale
Belo Vale
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 20°24′28″S 44°01′26″W / 20.40778°S 44.02389°W / -20.40778; -44.02389
Country Brazil
RegionSoutheast
State Minas Gerais
Founded1938
Incorporated (as city)December 17, 1938
Government
 • MayorJosé Lapa dos Santos (PMDB)
Area
365 km2 (127.7 sq mi)
 • Urban
5 km2 (2 sq mi)
Elevation
797 m (2,615 ft)
Population
 (2020 [1])
7,719
 • Density211/km2 (550/sq mi)
 • 
Belovalense
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Postal Code
35473-000
HDI (2000)0.733 – high
WebsiteBelo Vale, Minas Gerais

Belo Vale is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located 82 km south of Belo Horizonte, the state capital. The population was 7,719 inhabitants in 2020.

In 2014, a story about the village of Noiva do Cordeiro, situated within Belo Vale, was published by tabloids around the world. Among other things, these reports said that the population of Noiva do Cordeiro was entirely made up of single women, but this has been dismissed as a hoax by BBC Brazil.[2]

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ "'Cidade de beldades' desmente boato internacional de 'campanha por homens'" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 February 2015.