Itabira

Itabira
Municipality
Municipality of Itabira
Flag of Itabira
Flag
Coat of arms of Itabira
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): 

Cidade do Ferro ("City of Iron")[1][2]
Cidade da Poesia ("City of Poetry")[3]
Capital Nacional da Poesia ("National Capital of Poetry")[4]
Capital Estadual do Tropeirismo ("State Capital of Tropeirismo")[5]
Ita City
Location in Minas Gerais
Location in Minas Gerais
Itabira is located in Brazil
Itabira
Itabira
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 19°37′08″S 43°13′37″W / 19.61889°S 43.22694°W / -19.61889; -43.22694
Country Brazil
State Minas Gerais
RegionSoutheast
Intermediate RegionBelo Horizonte
Immediate RegionItabira
Government
 • MayorMarco Antônio Lage (PSB)
Area
 • Total
1,253.704 km2 (484.058 sq mi)
Elevation
795 m (2,608 ft)
Population
 (2020 est.)[6]
 • Total
120,904
 • Density96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Demonymitabirano
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2010)0.756 – high[7]
Websiteitabira.mg.gov.br
Banded Iron Formation or "itabirite", polished slab from the Paleoproterozoic-aged Minas Supergroup in the Iron Quadrangle District. The red bands are hematite, and the silver bands are magnetite. These are quarried, sawn, polished and sold as decorative stones.

Itabira is a Brazilian municipality and a major city in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area mesoregion and to the Itabira microregion.

It is currently the twenty-fourth largest city in the state in terms of population, with 120,904 inhabitants, according to a 2020 IBGE survey. It is known as the "Capital of Poetry", by virtue of being the birthplace of poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, is part of the Circuit of the Gold and of Estrada Real.

  1. ^ "Creative Economy and Culture in Itabira, the City of Iron and Poetry". UNESCO (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  2. ^ "ANIVERSÁRIO DE ITABIRA". Associação dos Municípios Mineradores de Minas Gerais (AMIG) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  3. ^ "Na "Cidade da Poesia", Festival Literário de Itabira homenageia Drummond pelos seus 120 anos". Midia Ninja (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  4. ^ "Santa Maria de Itabira – Casa de D. Maria Prachedes". ipatrimônio (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  5. ^ "Itabira – Muito além de Carlos Drummond de Andrade". 98FM (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  6. ^ IBGE 2020
  7. ^ "IDHM 2010" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.