Belo Horizonte is the capital of Minas Gerais, one of the most important Brazilians states.
Surrounded by the "Serra do Curral" (group of mountains), was designed and built to be the political and administrative capital of Minas Gerais under the influence of ideas of positivism, in a time of strong appeal of Republican ideology in the country.
According to 2010 estimates, its population is 2,375,444 inhabitants, being the sixth most populous city in the country. Belo Horizonte has been nominated by the Population Crisis Committee of the UN, as the metropolis with better quality of life in Latin America and 45 th among the 100 best cities in the world.
The city has the fourth highest GDP among Brazilian municipalities, representing 1.38% of total wealth produced in the country. The ranking of the magazine “América Economía” is an evidence of the development of the city in recent times, in which Belo Horizonte appears as one of the 10 best cities for doing business in Latin America in 2009, Brazil's second and ahead of cities like Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and Curitiba.
The Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, formed by 34 municipalities, has an estimated population of 5,397,438 inhabitants, is the third largest agglomeration in Brazil, is the seventh in Latin America and the 62nd largest in the world.
Belo Horizonte is one of 12 Brazilian cities that will host matches of the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014, and a sub-offices of the Summer Olympics 2016.
Many companies have chosen to settle in Belo Horizonte, trying to avoid the serious problems of cities like Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
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