Brumadinho () is a Brazilian municipality in the state of
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...
. The city belongs to the
Belo Horizonte metropolitan mesoregion and to the
microregion
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Austria
*Microregion (Tyrol)
Brazil
* Microregion (Brazil)
Klaus Roth and Ulf Brunnbauer
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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
The Inhotim Institute is home to one of the largest foundations of contemporary art in Brazil and one of the largest outdoor art centers in Latin America. It was founded by the former mining magnate Bernardo Paz in 2004 to house his personal art ...
Museum of Contemporary Art, one of the most important art venues of Brazil, is in the city.
The municipality contains part of the
Serra do Rola-Moça State Park
The Serra do Rola-Moça State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual da Serra do Rola-Moça) is a state park in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
It protects a rugged area in the transition zone between cerrado and Atlantic Forest. Springs in the park are imp ...
, created in 1994.
History
Brumadinho was settled in 1689. The Banda São Sebastião Musical Corporation, a symphonic band, was founded on May 13, 1929, by Tarcilio Gomes da Costa in Brumadinho. The municipality of Brumadinho itself was officially established on December 17, 1938.
On January 25, 2019, the city was the victim of a
tailings dam collapse that killed 270 people.
The disaster released a mudflow that advanced over houses in a rural area near the city.
See also
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List of municipalities in Minas Gerais
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast Region of Brazil. Minas Gerais is divided into 853 municipalities, which are grouped into 66 microregions, which are grouped into 12 mesoregions.
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Brumadinho dam disaster
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Vale SA
References
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Municipalities in Minas Gerais
Populated places established in 1689
1689 establishments in the Portuguese Empire
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