Minas Gerais
StateBR-MGState of Brazil.
South AmericaCapital: Belo HorizonteLanguage: Portuguese
Population
21.4M
Metros tracked
29
16.1M in metros (75%)
Composite score
28.7
Sum across tracked metros
Type
State
ISO 3166-2: BR-MG
At a glance
- Endonym
- Estat de Minas Gerais
- Established
- 1889
- Area
- 586,514 km²
- Population density
- 36 /km²
- Highest point
- Pico da Bandeira (2,891 m (9,485 ft))
- Legislature
- Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais
- Human Development Index
- 0.786 (2023)
- Chamber of Deputies seats
- 53
- Senators
- 3
- Rank in Brazil
- 3rd of 27 by composite score
- Area rank
- 4th of 27 by area
- Largest tracked metro
- Brasilia
Civic facts via Wikidata.
Minas Gerais metro footprint
29 metrosLoading map…
Global CapitalContinental MetroMajor MetroRegional HubEstablishedEmergingLocal
Polygons shaded by composite tier. Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted. Some metro footprints may extend beyond the state border where the metropolitan area spans state lines.
29 tracked metros
#223Brasilia
12.84.8MRegional Hub
11.9
5.4MRegional Hub
#1149Uberlândia
1.3885KEmerging Metro
#1977Juiz de Fora
0.4568KLocal Metro
#2023Montes Claros
0.4438KLocal Metro
#2156Governador Valadares
0.3267KLocal Metro
#2315Pouso Alegre
0.3162KLocal Metro
#2539São João del-Rei
0.394KLocal Metro
#2877Tombos
0.3#2908Vale do Aço
0.2743KLocal Metro
#3063Uberaba
0.1357KLocal Metro
#3179Divinópolis
0.1244KLocal Metro
Show all 29 metros
#3183Sete Lagoas
0.1239KLocal Metro
#3306Poços de Caldas
0.1172KLocal Metro
#3313Patos de Minas
0.1169KLocal Metro
#3387Varginha
0.0144KLocal Metro
#3390Teófilo Otoni
0.0143KLocal Metro
#3399Conselheiro Lafaiete
0.0139KLocal Metro
#3442Barbacena
0.0130KLocal Metro
#3500Araxá
0.0119KLocal Metro
#3506Itabira
0.0118KLocal Metro
#3512Passos
0.0117KLocal Metro
#3521Nova Serrana
0.0115KLocal Metro
#3547Lavras
0.0111KLocal Metro
#3563Muriaé
0.0108KLocal Metro
#3569Ubá
0.0107KLocal Metro
#3577Ituiutaba
0.0107KLocal Metro
#3735Viçosa
0.080KLocal Metro
#3907Itabirito
0.056KLocal Metro