Brumadinho

Brumadinho
Municipality of Brumadinho
Flag of Brumadinho
Official seal of Brumadinho
Brumadinho is located in Brazil
Brumadinho
Brumadinho
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 20°08′34″S 44°12′00″W / 20.14278°S 44.20000°W / -20.14278; -44.20000
Country Brazil
State Minas Gerais
RegionSoutheast
Intermediate RegionBelo Horizonte
Immediate RegionBelo Horizonte
Settled1689
IncorporatedMay 25, 1955
Government
 • MayorAntônio Brandão
Area
 • Total
247,160 sq mi (640,150 km2)
Elevation
2,890 ft (880 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total
40,666
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2010)0.747 – high[3]
Websitewww.brumadinho.mg.gov.br

Brumadinho (Brazilian Portuguese: [bɾumaˈdʒiɲu]) is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the Belo Horizonte metropolitan mesoregion and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. Brumadinho is at an altitude of 880 m. In 2020 the population was 40,666. The municipality is on the Paraopeba River.

The Inhotim Museum of Contemporary Art, one of the most important art venues of Brazil, is in the city.

The municipality contains part of the 3,941 hectares (9,740 acres) Serra do Rola-Moça State Park, created in 1994.[4]

  1. ^ "Área territorial oficial" [Official Territorial Area] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). October 1, 2002. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
  2. ^ IBGE 2020
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Parque Estadual da Serra do Rola-Moça (in Portuguese), IEF, archived from the original on July 11, 2016, retrieved January 16, 2017